William Allison Wood
b. 1 November 1860, Liberty, Henry County, Indiana, to Benjamin and Eugene (Hodgson) Wood
d. 29 December 1954, Osage County, Oklahoma
m. 28 February 1886, Wilson County, Kansas
Emma Jane Routh
b. 4 August 1866, Henry County, Indiana, to Milton and Elizabeth (Stanley) Routh
d. 5 August 1954, Osage County, Oklahoma
Children with Emma Jane Routh:
- Ora Elizabeth (1887-1949) married Warren Cress
- Della May (1888-1939) married Clifford Wells
- Gladys (1891-1922) married Ray Rex
- Rex (1893-1958) married Fannie Kamm
- John Franklin (1897-1960) married Faye Cole
- Moses (1895-1984) married Marie Kamm
- Oval (1900-1972) married Bertha Clyde Edmundson
- Pauline (June 1902-December 1902)
- Dorothy (1904-1929) married Marion Hall
- Oren Milam (1909-1950) married Margaret Fanning
William Wood’s father emigrated from Ohio to Delaware County, Indiana, with his parents. After his parents died in 1875, the orphaned William lived with the Milton Routh family in Henry County, Indiana, and moved to Wilson County, Kansas, with them in 1880. In 1886,
William married the Routh’s daughter Emma Jane.
Submitted by:
Jean Wood Cobb
Lynchburg VA