Lura White WOOD

1863 - 1947  (83 years)

• Name	Lura White WOOD  [1]
  Birth	20 Mar 1863	Iredell County, NC   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Feb 1947	Salisbury, Rowan County, NC   [2]
  Person ID	I3122	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Chaplain Franklin Harris WOOD,   b. 19 Aug 1836, Randolph County, NC d. 2 Oct 1913, Randolph County, NC (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Elizabeth PEARCE,   b. 16 Nov 1837, Dinwiddie County, VA d. 26 May 1926, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Oct 1861	Guilford County, NC   [1]
  Family ID	F1294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Fletcher ELLIS, Sr.   d. 11 Aug 1932
  Marriage	15 Nov 1883	Wilmington, NC   [2]
  Notes	Marriage ceremony performed by Lura's father, Reverend Franklin Harris Wood - a Methodist preacher.
  Children	1. George Fitzallen ELLIS,   b. Durham County, NC  [Father: natural]   2. Joseph Wood ELLIS,   b. Durham County, NC  [Father: natural]   3. Robert Beaman ELLIS,   b. Durham County, NC d. 15 Jul 1984  [Father: natural] + 4. Dr Frank Ausband ELLIS,   b. 1884, Durham County, NC d. 1959, Houston, TX (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Mary Elizabeth ELLIS,   b. Nov 1884, Durham County, NC d. 2 Feb 1937, Souothmont, Rowan County, NC (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Drusilla Burkhead ELLIS,   b. 1888, Durham County, NC d. 11 Aug 1932, Rowan County, NC (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]   7. William Fletcher ELLIS, Jr.,   b. 8 Oct 1889, Durham County, NC  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The Ellises spent most of their married lives in Durham...After retirement, however, they lived in old Trinity, next door to Lura's father and mother, and in 1920 moved to Salisbury. - "From Tom's Creek to Sherrill's Ford"

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 244A.txt. [S63] Josephine Wood Lyon, Book: "From Tom's Creek to Sherrill's Ford", (Name: Name: Name: High Point, NC 1985; Location: Various Libraries inNorthCarolina;;;).