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CORNELIUS WOOD, PROBATE

JOSEPH WRIGHT WOOD, LETTER

JOHN WILLIAM WOOD, OBITUARY

EVALINE WOOD, WIDOW OF ZEDIKIAH

ZEDEKIAH WOOD AND LYDIA SMITH, MARRIAGE

ZEDEKIAH WOOD, PROBATE

ZEDEKIAH WOOD, PROBATE2

CORNELIUS WOOD, PROBATE

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LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND OATH

THE STATE OF NEBRASKA...§
Frontier County..........................§
Hugh Ralston do solemnly swear or affirm that I Will well and truly administer all and singular the goods and chattels, rights, credits, and effects of Cornilius Wood, deceased and pay all just claims and charges against His estate, so far as his assets shall extend, and that I will perform all other acts now or hereafter required by law, to the bast of My knowledge and ability.
Hugh Ralston

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd
day of September A. D. 1911

E. P. Pyle,
County Judge.

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
___________

THE STATE OF NEBRASKA,..§
Frontier County,..........................§
In the County Court.
KNOW YE: That whereas Cornelius Wood of the couty of Frontier and State of Nebraska
died on or about the 14th July A. D. 1911, at Frontier county, having at the time of his decease personal property and effect in this State. to the end therefore, that said property and debts may be collected, preserved, administered, and distributed according to law. Hug Ralston is hereby appointed Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, credits, and effects, which were of the sid Cornelius Wood estate at the time of his decease with full power and authority to secure and collect the said property and debts wheresoever the same may be found in this State, and in general to do and perform all other acts which now are or herafter may be required of him by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of said County Court, at my office in Stockville this 22nd
day of September 1911.

E. P. Pyle,
County Judge.

ZEDEKIAH WOOD
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Probate Estate #2714.
Executor's or Administrator's Inventory, Certificate and Affidavit.
INVENTORY
INVENTORY of all the Real and Personal Estate of Zedikiah Wood deceased, late of DaviessCounty, Missouri, describing the property, situation and title to the Real Estate, the books and papers, the debts due to the deceased, the names of the debtors, the dates of the contracts, the amount of interest due, and the rate of interest thereon, and all Personal Property, of whatever character; made by Wesley Wood Admr. with the Will annexedof said deceased, and Abraham Nighswonger and Henry E. Gibson Witnesses, appointed to aid in making the same.
Dated at Daviess County, Mo., this 12th day of December 1887.

REAL ESTATE, as follows:
The North west quarter of Section (9) nine of Township Sixtyone of Range Twenty Six and the North half of the North west quarter of the North east quarter of Section Thiry five, Township, Sixty two, Range Twenty Six containing in all one hundred and eighty acres more or less.

Dated Daviess, Mo. Dec. 1887.
Abram W. Nighswonger§
H. E. Gibson..................§ Witnesses.

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AFFIDAVIT OF EXECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR.

STATE OF MISSOURI,§
County of Daviess§
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 13th day of Dec.1887, before me, Judge of the Probate Court of Daviess County, personally appeared Wesley Wood Administrator with the will annexed of Zedekiah Wood deceased, late of Daviess County, Missouri, who being by me duly sworn, on his oath says that the foregoing is a full Inventory and description of all the moneys, good, chattels and estates, real and personal, books, paper, evidences of debt and of title of the said deceased, and of all debts due or becoming due, so far as hecan ascertain them* Except the property absolutely reserved to the widow by law and that he was not indebted or bound in any contract to the deceased at the time of his death, except as stated in said Inventory.

Wesley Wood
Sworn to and subscribed before me, at Gallation this 13th day of Dec 1887.
Frank Ewing
Judge of Probate.
*If there be a Widow, except such property as the law (Homestead or otherwise) absolutely reserves to her.

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SALE BILL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
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SALE BILL of the Personal Property of Zedakiah Wood
of the Estate of Zedakiah Wood Deceased, made by Wesley Wood, Administrator of said Deceased, on the Twenty Fourth day of December 1887.

Description of Property....................TO WHOM SOLD...............PRICE................TOTAL AM'T .....................................................................................................Dollars...Cts.............Dollars.. Cts.
One cow.............................................Wesley Mason...........................9.50
One Heifer Calf..................................Perry Godman.........................5.25
One Roan Cow.....................................G. W. Herendon....................21.25
One Yearling Steer.............................W. J. Brown...........................18.00
One Two year old Steer..........................W. R. Cole.........................28.00
One three year old Steer........................W. J Brown........................43.00
One three year old Steer........................W. J. Brown.......................39.00
One Roan Two year Colt.........................M. A. Godman..................80.50
One Bay Two year Colt...........................M. A. Godman...................80.50
One Bay mare....................................Wesley Mason.........................23.00
One Yearling Mule...............................J. F. Ward..............................76.25
..............................................................................................................................................$424.25

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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI,§
County of Daviess§
J. T. Day on his oath, says that the advertisement, a copy of which is herein annexed, was published in THE NORTH MISSOURIAN a newspaper published at Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri, and of which he is one of the publishers, for 3 weeks, as follows:
In No. 13, dated December 15th 1887.
In No. 14 dated December 22d, 1887.
In No. 15 dated December 29th, 1887.
Printer's fee....$2.50
J. T. Day,
Publisher of "The North Missourian."
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 17 day of May A. D. 1888.
Frank Ewing,
Judge.

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Adminstrator's Notice.
Letters of administration. with the will annexed on the estate of Zedekiah Wood,
deceased, were granted to the undersigned administrator on the 9th day of December 1886, by the Probate Court of Daviess county, MO.

All persons having claims against said estate, are required to exhibit them for allowance to
the Administrator within one year after the date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and if such claims be not exhibited within two years from the date of this publication they shall be forever barred. This 15th day of Dec. 1887.
WESLEY WOOD,Administrator.

EVALINE WOOD, WIDOW OF ZEDIKIAH
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STATE OF MISSOURI..§
County of Daviess...........§
The Affiant Richard C. Haynes being duly sworn upon his oath States that he was a
neighbor to Zedikiah Wood deceased in his lifetime and of the widow of said deceased Evaline Wood after his deth, Was at the house of said Evaline frequently during her last illness. That affiant had several conversations with said deceased just before her death on the 7th day of January 1888; in relation to her property and of the allowance of 440¢ given her by statues in all of which she stated that she had given the same to her son Wesley Wood for the keeping of same and for the keeping of herself and that she was sorry that she did not have more to give him and that he now had possession of it to do as he pleased with it.
Richard D. Harnes.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of Febraury A.D. 1889.
Frank Ewing,
Probate Judge.

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STATE OF MISSOURI... §
County of Daviess.............§
The afficant Zachariah B. Booram being duly sworn upon his oath states that his age is 74 years and that his residence in Grundy Co. Mo., That he was well and intimately acquainted with Evaline Wood the widow of Zedekiah Wood, died, that he visited deceased frequently from the time whe was married to said Zedikiah Wood until the 6th day of October, 1887. When the dec'd became bed ridden and affiant remained with her from that time till her death on the 7th day of January 1888, That said Evaline Wood lived with her son Wesley Wood, at the time of her death. I was present on the 12th day of December 1887 and witnessed the appraisment of the personal property of said Zedikiah Wood dec'd which amounted to three hundred and eighty four dollars. That said property was taken by the said Evaline Wood as part of the $400, allowed her and the statutes of Missouri at the appraised value thereof which I learned was $384, by said Administration of said Zedkikiah Wood, Wesley Wood. That immediately thereafter and on the same day said Evaline gave said property to her son Wesley Wood and instructed him that it was now his own and he could sell it or keep it as he choose and delivered to him the possession thereof. That the property so appraised and turned over to said widow by said Administrator and which was given and delievered by said Evaline Wood to her son Wesley was the only property belonging to said deceased and which had been kept by the said Wesley on the farm from the time of the death of said Zedikiah Wood on the Nov. 29, 1884, until the date of said appraisment on the 12th day of December 1887, and said deceased said at the time that said Wesley was entitled to it for the keeping of it for so long a time and for the keeping of herself and that she was sorry that she did not have more to give him.
Z. B
Borman.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of February A. D. 1889.

Frank Ewing,
Probate Judge
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Petition, Circiut Court
John Wood
Elizabeth Graham, and Woodson Graham, her husband,
Martha A. Morris, and Charles Morris, her husband.
David O. Wood
Emma J. Wood, and
Josephus Wood
Flora Ann Wood,
William O. Wood, minor heirs of
William Wood, deceased, by
Tolitha Wood, then Guardian
and Curator,..........'Plaintiffs'
Vis
Cornelius Wood,
Joseph Wood, and
In the Circiut Court of
Daviess County Missouri
October Term, A. D. 1889.
Plaintiff state that on or about the 29th day of November A. D. 1884, Zedekiah Wood
died at Daviess county, Missouri, intestate, siezed and possessed of the following described real estate lying and begin situated in Daviess County, Missouri: The north West quarter of section nine (9), township sixty one (61), of range twenty six (26), and the north half of the north east quarter of the north east quarter of section thirty five (35), township sixty two(62) of range twenty six (26) containing in all one hundred and eight (180) acers.
That said Zedekiah Wood left as his sole heirs, his children and issue, John Wood, Elizabeth
Graham, wife of Woodson Graham, Martha A.Morris, wife of Charles Morris, all of whom are joined as plaintiffs herein; also Cornelius Wood, Joseph Wood, and Wesley Wood, who are joined as defendants herein, and David O. wood, Emma J. Wood, Josephus Wood, Flora Ann Wood, and William O. Wood, Children and issue of William Wood, who was a son of said zedekiah wood, deceased, and died during the life time of said Zedekiah Wood.
Plaintiffs further state that said Josephus Wood, Flora Ann Wood, and William O. Wood,
are minors; that said Tolitha Wood is the guardian and curator of said minors, duly appointed and qualified as such by the Probate Court of Charitan County, Missouri.
That the parties hereto have title to said lands as follows: The said John Wood, Elizabeth
Graham, Martha A. Morris, Cornelius Wood, Joseph Wood, and Wesley Wood, are each entitled to the individed one seventh of said land. and the said David O. Wood, Emma J. Wood, Josephus Wood, Flora Ann Wood and William O. Wood are each entitled to the undivided one thirty fifth part of said land in fee.
Plaintiffs, therefore pray that partition be made of said lands in accordance with the
respective rights of the parties, and that if partition cannot be made in kind that said lands may be sold and the proceeds distributed according to the rights of said parties, and that such other, and further ---- may be made -----the promises as may be equitable and just,
Alexander I. Richardson,
Attornery for Plaintiffs.
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(Circuit Court Decree - Book P, pg 218)

6th day Feby term 1890
Feby 8th, 1890
John Wood, Elizabaeth Graham, and
Woodson Gran, her husband, Martha A.
Morris, and Charles Morris, her husband,
David O. Wood, Emma J. Wood and Josephus
Wood, Flora Ann Wood, william O. Wood,
Minor heirs of William wood, deceased
by Tolitah wood, their guardian and curator......Plaintiffs
Against
Cornelius Wood, Joseph Wood, and Wesley Wood.....Defendants

Now on this 8th day of February 1890 come the parties by their counsel, and thereupon all and singular
the matters being submitted to the court and by the court seen and heard, the court doth find that on the 29th day of November 1884, Zedekiah Wood died intestate, seized and possessed of the following described Real Estate in Daviess county, Missouri to wit: The North West quarter of section (9) Nine, Township (61) Sixty One, of Range (26) Twenty Six, containing in all one Hundred and Eighty acres.

That said Zedekiah Wood left surviving him as his sole heirs his children and issue, John Wood,
Elizabeth Graham,wife Woodson Graham, Martha A. Morris wife of Charles Morris, Cornelius Wood, Joseph Wood, and Wesley Wood, and David O. Wood, Emma J. Wood, Josephus Wood, Flora Ann Wood, and William O. Wood, children and issure of William Wood, deceased, who was a son of said Zedekah wood.

That said Josephus Wood, Flora Ann Wood, William O. Wood are minors, that Tolitha
Wood is the guardian and curator of said minors duly appointed and qualified as such by the probate Court of Chariton County,Missouri.
That the parties hereto are entitled to and interested in the said Real Estate as follows,
that is to say:

The said John Wood, Elizabeth Graham, Martha A. Morris, Cornelius Wood, Joseph Wood
and Wesley Wood are each entitled to the undivided one-Seventh part of said land in fee, and the said David O. Wood, Emma J. Wood, Josephus Wood, Flora Ann Wood, and William O. Wood are each entitled to the One undivided one thirty-fifth part of sid lands in fee.

And it appearing to the court from the nature and amount of the said Real Estate, and the
number of the owners that partition thereof in kind cannot be made without great prejudice to said owners. It is further considered adjudged and decreed by the court that partition of said premises be made among the parties hereto according to their said respective interests therein, and it is further ordered that said Real Estate be sold at the court house door in the city of Gallatin, during some future term of the circuit Court of said Daviess County, Missouri, said sale to be made upon the following terms to wit:
One third cash. One third in One year and One third in two years, the deferred payments to bear eight per cent interest from date of sale, and that the proceeds of said sale be divided among said parties according to their respective rights therein and that the costs and expenses incurred in these proceedings be taxed against the said parties according to their interests as declared by the foregoing judgement and decree of this court and it is further Ordered that this casue be continued to await said sale and collection of the purchase money and cause continued.

ZEDEKIAH WOOD2
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Wes L. Robertson on his oath says that the advertisement---a copy of which is hereunto annexed--- was published in the Gallatin Democrat, a newspaper published in Daviess County, Missouri, and of which he is one of the publishers, for 3 weeks, as follows:
In number 32 dated January 30th, 1890
In number 33 dated February 6th, 1890
In Number 34 dated February 13, th, 1890
n Number 35 dated February 20th, 1890.
Printer's fees,...$2.50.
Wes L. Robertson,
Publisher GALLATIN DEMOCRAT.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 20 day of Feb. A. D. 1890.
Frank Ewing,
Probate Judge.

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Final Settlement Notice.
All creditors and others intereseted in the estate of Zadekiah Wood, deceased are notified that the executor of said estate, final settlement and estate on Sat. Feb. --, 1890 ------Probate Court of Daviess County, Mo. To be at Gallatin, in said county, on the 17th day of February 1890.

Wesley Wood, Executor.

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(Probate book #1, page 23)

February Term, February 21st, 1890
In the matter of the Estate of
Zedekiah Wood Deceased

Now comes Wesley Wood Administrator with the will annexed of said estate and present his accounts and vouchers for his Final Settlement and It appearing that notice has been given as required by law, the debts all paid and said Estate fully administered, upon examination said settlement is approved and ordered recorded, and it further appearing from said settlement that here is in the hands of said administrator belonging to said estate the sum of $238.29. It is therefore ordered distributed and paid out by said administrator as follows:
To John W. Wood, son.................... $34.05
To Cornelius Wood, son...................$34.05
To Joseph Wood, son.......................$34.05
To Elizabeth Graham, daughter......$34.05
To Martha A. Morris, daughter.......$34.05
To Wesley Wood, Son.....................$34.05
To David O. Wood,grand son............$6.81
To Emma J. Wood, grand daughter...$6.81
To Flora N. Wood, grand daughter....$6.81
To Joseph Wood, grand son...............$6.81
To William Wood, grand son.............$6.81

And it is further ordered that upon the filing of the receipts of the above named
distributees or their legal representatives for the full amount due them as per the above order of distraibution said administrators be discharged herein.

J. W. WOOD, LETTER
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Bancroft MO Sept 16, 97

Dear Son and Daughter

I will write you an episel to let you know that we are at home again. We had a rather tedious trip up to S.D.

We only got to Holdreg the first day and to Alton in Iowa the second day and to Pierre on the third. Charley was there and we got to his house about sundown on the 30 of June. It is 42 miles from Pierre to Charleys. They were all well. We started from Pierre for home at 3 am on Monday Aug 30 and got off at Gilman at 1.47 pm next day.

Well you want to know something of the country in S.D. There are about 50 miles of country east from Pierre that I did not see as it was in the night both ways. The balance of the state east of the Missouri River is the levelest country I ever saw. The crops were very poor. I talked with parties who lived in the vicinity of Huron who said the wheat would make for nothing to fifteen bus per acre. Much of the wheat was not cut. I do not think the corn along the railroad could make more than 15 or 20 bu.

The country on the west side of the Missouri River is first the reverse of that on east. It was nearly all hilly and rough. There is no farming on the west side as far out as I was. There is but little of the land that lays level enough to plow, and most of that is gumbo and alkali that would not raise any thing if it was plowed. Charley Lindsay went about 3 miles from home to get a garden spot. They had a pretty good garden but it was somewhat unhandy.

I think that all the country will ever be good for in grazing.

There is grass enough for probably ten times as much stock as there is there at present. The country is nearly all government land, almost none of the land is owner by individuals.

The stockmen file on a piece of land and build a little log cabin on it but never prove up. The reason they do not want a title to the land is because it is not worth the taxes, and they can live on it as long as they want to under a filing.

I 5think Charley is doing pretty well. He and a Mr. Foster are in partnership in sheep. They have about 1900 head sheep, look to be as good as our Missouri sheep, but for some reason the wool don't sell near as well. They shipped their wool to Chicago last spring and had not sold it whice we cam away.

The best offer they had was that, so far as I can see is no better, is worth about 18 cts. Charley has 40 horses and two cows, about $1000 in accounts.

I think a young man who has a little money to get a start of stock might do well in that country. Especially if he likes to herd sheep or run after cattle. They say that stock would live most winters without any feed at all, but they put up some hay to feed through stormy weather.

They have the buffalo grass there the same as in Nebr, and what they call alkali grass, which looks to me to be the same you call grass---- grass in Nebr. The Alkali grass is their best grass both for grazing and for hay.

Well, I did not have much fun hunting in Dak. I saw only two jack rabbits in the state, and I suppose they had heard of me as I could not get in shooting distance of them.

I killed six prairie chickens and caught one fish in Cheyenne river and this was all. I will now give you a chapter on Indians. Charley Lindsay lives on the south side of the Cheyenne river and the Indian reservation comes up to the river on the north side, so that it is not more than a half mile from his house to the home of the "noble red man."

These Indians are considerably darker than I had supposed. They are fully as dark as mulattoes. Though some of the half breeds are as fair as the average white person.

They have a congregation at Church and an Episcopal Church just across the river from Charlies and I had a pretty good time with them.

The Pastor of the Congregational Church lives in about a mile of Charlies He is a full blood Sioux Indian, but was educated in white school and can talk english pretty well. We attended his meetings and Sunday School. One day he would have me to make a Sunday school address which I did and he interpreter. I do not think the address was a "roaring success" as the specking through an interpreter was something new to me.

There are about 2800 Indiana on this reservation. I was at one of the sub agencies on Monday before we started for home. The government issues clothing to these Indians twice a year and provisions once a month. It was a ration day that I was at. About 1000 Indian draw rations at that sub agency and I think nearly all of them were there though this is not necessary as one could draw for many, but the Indian is a goer and when any thing is up he goes and takes family and dogs along. It is about 30 miles from Charley's to this sub agency, and in going there we did not see a single Indiana at home, so I think they were nearly all there. They had a wedding in high life at the agency on Sunday and I could have been at it as well as not if I had known the time of day that it was to come off. Mr. Phelps the Congregational Preacher had told us of the wedding and insisted that I should be there, but he though the ceremony was to be at 2 P.M. we got in a mile of the place at 3 and stopped for the night at a trading post, but found when it was too late to go that the wedding did not come off til 5 P. M.

They had Thursday feast, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. I was in the midst there of on Monday and don�t you forget it and I wont.

The feast was a half mile from the agency. Charley and I went to the agency on Monday morning to see the rations issued and did not think of going out to the feast supposing it was over but Mr. Phelps the Indiana Preacher heard we were there and came after us in his buggy and said we must go so we went. When we got to the ground we saw six or seven hundred Indians sitting on the ground in a circle with a huge pile of grub piled up in the middle. Mr Phellps took me under his guardian care as I was stranger in strange land. Before partaking of the daintey they had some religious services. There were four other Indian preachers there. These five preachers and myself marched into the ring near the pile of grub . The choir sang a couple of hymns. Mr. Ward read a scipture lesson and Wm Phelps prayed and then came the feast. We went and sat down in the ring.

A half dozen Indians went to the pile grub and taking I up in their hand put it in washtubs and old pans and kettles and started round the right distributing it. Thsy would take their hands and roll up a wad of stuff and lay it on the ground by each of the communicants. And we all ate of it. After a while they came around with something rolled up in a beefs paunch and I doubt if the aforesaid paunch had been washed. When Phelps saw them coming, he says to me "I know you will like that it's awful good." I asked him what it was. He said it was beefs heart pounded up with choke cherries seeds and all. It was seasoned with something smelt like skunk cabbage. I ate some it, but could not eat half that was handed for me.

Next come the boiled dog and dog soup. Unfortunately for me the waiters started on the opposite side of the ring from me and the dog played out before they reached me.

I never wanted to get a whack at anything as bad in life as I did at that dog. I went into that ring determined to eat some of every thing that came round if turned me inside out in five minutes. After the feast the old squaws had a dance which was amasing.

Then the gifts to the bride 11 horses, The groom got 13 horses and we quit . Jas Wood

P. S. You can show this letter to Charley Wood and it will do for both of you. All of you write soon your mother has not very well since we got home but is about. Florance is here canning peaches. Crops are fairly good. Fruit of all kinds is abundant. Better come, can and dry some. The apples are falling off baddly. J. W.

ZEDEKIAH WOOD AND LYDIA SMITH, MARRIAGE
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Marriage Book 3, Page 171

Zedekiah Wood

To

Lydia Smith

The State of Ohio, Clermont County,

I duly certify that on the 11^th day of January 1837. I joined in the holy state of matrimoney, Zedekiah Wood and Lydia Smith of lawful age.

Given undo my hand and seal that 18^th day of January 1837.

John Randall, J. P.

JOHN WILLIAM WOOD, OBITUARY
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Gallatin North Missourian

Gallatin, Missouri

DEATH OF JOHN WILLIAM WOOD NEAR GILLMAN

John William Wood, son of Cornelius and Elizabeth Wood, was born near Bancroft, Mo. February 9, 1869, and departed this life at his home near Gilman City, Mo. May 14, 1939, at the age of 70 years, 3 months and 5 days.

When a young man he went to Curtis, Neb., and there married Miss Jennie Armstrong in the year of 1890. To this union two daughters, Gertie and Alma, were born. They were left motherless at an early age.

The family moved to Missouri where his older daughter, Gertie, died at the age of 11 years.

On February 8, 1934, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Lenore terry.

He became a member of the Church of Christ at "Old" Scotland on Sunday, Sept. 9, 1934, and remained true to his faith until death. The morning before his death he was among a number that met for worship at that place.

He was a kind and true companion, a good neighbor, honest in his dealings with everyone. It is due him to mention that he was a worthy father to his stepchildren and was kind and considerate at all times.

He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Alma Scott, of Jamesport, Mo; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Curtis, Caldwell, Idaho, and Mrs. Rose Scott. Jamesport, Mo.; two brothers, Sam Wood, Curtis, Neb., and Tom Wood, of Oklahoma.; also four stepchildren survive him, Wendell Terry, Lincoln, Neb., Lowell Terry, Gilman City, and Margaret Ann and Charles Nathan Terry of the home.

Funeral services were held at Scotland, Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, conducted by Bro. James Truitt. Burial was in the cemetery there.

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