Neoma "Nona" Ola Wood

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore instead shows her as Ola.

Name Nona Olar Gray
Event Type Death
Event Date 12 Mar 1941
Event Place Jasper, Jasper, Texas, United States
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 24 Sep 1898
Birthplace Sabine, Texas
Father's Name T E Wood
Mother's Name Vina Carrico
Certificate Number 13782
GS Film number 2138478
Digital Folder Number 005145837
Image Number 02467

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3D4-C4Y : accessed 16 Mar 2014), Nona Olar Gray, 12 Mar 1941; citing certificate number 13782, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2138478.

Family/Spouse: Tom Gray. Tom was born about 1894; died about 1961; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Yellowpine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His grave marker reads EDD WOOD, 1873-1917, Gone But Not Forgotten

Thomas married Amelia Melvina "Vinie" Carrico on 21 Dec 1897 in Sabine County, Texas. Amelia (daughter of William David "Dee" Carrico and Mary Charlotte Gary) was born in Sep 1871 in Panola County, Texas; died in 1907 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Bronson Cemetery, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The 1900 census shows her date of birth as Sep 1876, but her tombstone shows 1871-1907.

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Bride's Name: A. M. Carrico
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Marriage Date: 21 Dec 1897
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59081-1
System Origin: Texas-VR
Source Film Number: 1005072
Reference Number: 2:QZW78V
Collection: Texas Marriages, 1837-1973

Notes:

At one time he owned the land where the Jasper County Court House now stands. (White and Toole, p 72).

From FindAGrave:

Thomas E. Wood, Sr. was the son of Charles A. Wood and Elizabeth Muse. His middle name was probably "Edwin" since he is listed by that name in the 1850 census and "Edwine" in the 1860 census. His son, Thomas E. Wood, Jr. went by "Edd."

He married Nancy Meigs Sep 28, 1865 in Jasper Co, TX. They were the parents of four children.

Thomas E. Wood, Sr. died in 1877 at the age of 33 years, leaving his wife, age 29, with four young children to care for. Nancy married second William Wesley "Wes" Dalley on Sep 20, 1879 in Sabine Co, TX. Nancy Dalley is buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine Co, TX.

It is not known where Thomas E. Wood, Sr. is buried. He could be here in the Wood Cemetery near other family members in one of the many unmarked graves, or he could be buried elsewhere in San Augustine or Sabine County. This beautiful spot on the shore of present-day Lake Sam Raburn is a fitting place to honor his short life.

Created by: R Strickland
Record added: Jun 29, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 92757344

Thomas married Nancy Ann Meigs on 28 Sep 1865 in Jasper County, Texas. Nancy was born on 23 Dec 1848 in Alabama; died on 26 Dec 1917 in Pineland Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of John and Nancy Wilson Meigs. (White and Toole, p 72). She married second William Wesley "Wes" Dalley on Sep 20, 1879 in Sabine Co, TX, and both are buried at Brookeland Cemetery in Sabine County.

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Said to be a son of Matthew CARRICO and Rachel WILKERSON.

White and Toole write "Matthew Carrico... Received a land grant of 640 acres of land for services in the Tex. Rev. at Goliad...Rachel Wilkerson's (father)...James Wilkerson, received a grant in Bexar County for services in Capt. Teal's company during the Texas Revolution. James Wilkerson was a Texas Ranger and Indian fighter under Capt. Mabbitt of Shelby County, receiving his last pay for this service in 1852 at old Fort Houston. (White and Toole, p 72).

However, Nell Carrico Denova emailed that "Although Rachael Wilkerson Carrico's father, listed in the White and Toole book, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records", is shown as being James Wilkerson, I still can't find anything on him, in the Texas Revolution or his army papers, or Texas Ranger, or anything. I'm not able to find out who his wife--Rachel's mother--was either.Rachael. My sister, Fran and I have made several trips to Panola, but never one to Sabine, but we need to find some of the family that is living, and ask if any of them may know who Rachel's mother was, or if in fact, James was her father, and not a DAVID Wilkinson.

NELL CARRICO DENOVA

sndenova@eatel.net ?u?

?/u?Please feel free to give my email address above to any of the family members or distant cousins, my email. I live in LOUISIANA, near Baton Rouge.

my line is:

Matthew and Rachael Wilkinson CARRICO
William David and Mary Charlotte Gary Carrico
Winant Gillespie Carrico and Noland Etna Vaughn Carrico
Winant Arvel Carrico and Alta Murphy (my grandparents of Jasper TX)
Vernon.. my dad.


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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Panola County, JP 8
Enumerated 17 and 18 June 1880
Page 14B SD 1 ED 67
128-129
Carrico, William D M W 28 Father Famer Tx Ky Tx
Carrico, Mary C. W F 29 Wf Keeping House Tx Miss Miss
Carrico, Winant W M 12 Son Laborer Tx Tx Tx
Carrico, Coral L W M 11 Son Laborer Tx Tx Tx
Carrico, Nancy A W F 9 Dtr At Home Tx Tx Tx
Carrico, William L. W M 7 Son At Home Tx Tx Tx
Carrico, Amelia M W F 3 Dtr At Home Tx Tx Tx
Carrico, Martha L W F Q Dtr At Home Tx Tx Tx
Carrico, Mollie E W F 3/12 Dtr At Home Tx Tx Tx

William married Mary Charlotte Gary. Mary was born on 11 Jul 1850 in Texas; died on 5 Jun 1926 in Texas; was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of James Henry Gary, who was brother of Govy Gary, the grand-father of W.R. Gary who was Supt. of Pineland Schools for a number of years before moving to Beaumont. (White and Toole, p 72). Virgie Speights writes that Mary Gary's father John Henry Gary, was born in Alabama and came to Texas with his brothers, Govey and Ike.

The transcription of her tombstone instead has her year of birth as 1852.

Notes:

The son of Azariah and Margaret Wood. (White and Toole, p 72). Middle name shown sometimes as Azariah/Azrall/Ayers. Barbara Yancey Dore shows Margaret's maiden name was STEDDHAME. She writes that he was "reported to be the first person buried in what would become the WOOD CEMETERY about 1860 or 1861. The Wood family deeded land for a cemetery at a later date. The Wood Cemetery Association, with a permanent care fund, meets at the cemetery each year on the first Saturday in August for their annual meeting and cemetery working."

The following biography, prepared by Robert Strickland, a descendant, is copied from FindAGrave:

Charles Ayers Wood came to Texas from New Jersey in 1831 when Texas was still a part of Mexico. Texas became a republic in 1836 and a state in 1845.

Sources disagree on his middle name. It could have been Ayers (also spelled Ayres or Ayars), his mother's maiden name, or Azrael (or Azraih / Azrail / Azel / Azrall, etc.), after his father. He had two grandsons who were both named Charles Ayers Wood. They were double cousins, sons of Wood brothers who married Meigs sisters. Ayers seems to be the most likely middle name.

According to a Bible originally owned by Samuel Stedham / Steddum / Statham, Charles Ayers Wood was the son of Azraih Wood and Margaret Ann Ayers. Charles was born 22 Mar 1806 in NJ and died 19 Mar 1858 in San Augustine Co., TX. His father, Azraih died 10 Dec 1811 near Philadelphia. "He drowned."

Azel Wood and Margaret Ayars were married Nov. 13, 1802, Cumberland County, NJ Marriages, Volume A 1795-1838, page 46 (www.familysearch.org). Margaret Ayars was born 17 Sep 1774 to John Ayars (1736-1802) and Susannah Jarman (1741-1824). Margaret died in 1815 or on 10 Feb 1813.

In John Ayars and his Descendants compiled by Frank D. Anders, Vineland, NJ, 1913, page 13, (Google Books) we find Margaret Ayars married Azel Wood. Margaret's sister, Mary Ayers (1764-1825) married Samuel Statham (the owner of the family Bible, above). Margaret and Mary were daughters of John Ayars (1736-1802) and Susannah Jarman (1741-1824) married 1757.

Charles was orphaned at the age of 7-9. Perhaps he could have have been raised by the Steddum family, but this is speculation. Samuel Steddum and Mary Ayers had a son Samuel II b. 1789 that was living in San Augustine Co. by 1836. Charles' children are listed in the Steddum family Bible. Samuel Stiddum received a land grant of 1 league and 1 labor in 1828.

By some accounts, Charles was a river boat captain before he came to Texas.

Recorded May 12, 1831, in an application for citizenship in the Republic of Texas [should instead be Mexico?]: "Mr. Chas. A. Wood presents himself a native of The United States with a passport from the Consul of the United States of Mexico, Citizen Francisco Martinez Pizarro, made 4th day of May 1830, Not numbered. Place of residence Nacodoches." Does anyone have a copy of this? Reported by Ann Gary, ancestry.com San Augustine County Message Board. Original document is probably in a library in San Augustine.

There is also an article about Charles in Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records, by Edna McDaniel White and Blanche Findley Toole, LaBelle Printing Co. Beaumont, TX, Copyright, 1972. It says about Charles A. Wood and Elizabeth Muse, "They had married on their way to Texas, and he received a first class land grant in San Augustine Co. on the Attoyac River, but he never lived on it. He was a Blacksmith and worked on river boats. He also invented a special belt for his cotton gin." We know from other records, however, that he didn't marry Elizabeth Muse until after he came to Texas, and she was first married to Benjamin Franklin Howard.

Charles Ayers Wood received a first class grant of 1/3 league (1476 acres) of land west of San Augustine on the Attoyac Bayou. This was the amount granted to single men. (Had he had a family, he would have been entitled to a league and a labor of land.) The year of emigration was 1831. You can find a record of this on the TX GLO website, http://www.glo.texas.gov/cf/land-grant-search/index.cfm . Charles traded his grant for land near the location of the Wood Cemetery south of San Augustine. One source said this was part of the Shipp Survey, and another said he purchased it from William Lakey. (The Shipp and Lakey grants are adjacent.)

Charles Ayers Wood married Elizabeth Muse about 1837. Elizabeth Muse had first married Benjamin Franklin Howard (or Harwood) who was born about 1807. They were married 31 Jan 1830 or 1831 in Madison Co, TN. One date appears in a loose document and the other appears in the bound record. They had one child, George Washington Howard, born about 1834 in TN, died during the Civil War in 1863 or 1864 on or near Galveston Island.

Benjamin F. Howard and Elizabeth Muse separated. One family history account says that B.F. Howard left his family and was reported dead. However, records show that he was still living, in 1865 and possibly 1874 or later. For more information on the Howard family, see micspoon.tripod.com/nti/nti11685.html.

Elizabeth Muse then married Charles Ayers Wood. The 1850 and 1860 US Census recorded the family in San Augustine Co., TX. Charles was a farmer. They had at least 8 children, all born in Texas, probably all in San Augustine Co.

Charles A. Wood was said to be the first person buried on the land that would become the Wood Cemetery. The Wood family deeded the land later.

Many thanks to Skyquest, Find A Grave Contributor 46907373, for a draft of this memorial and for helpful tips. Thanks also to Nancy Jack, Contributor 47107985 for the information about the Howard family.

There is little agreement about Charles A. Wood's date of death. The headstone reads, "August 15, 1850." The headstone appears to be modern. This date is not possible if he is the father of daughter Sarah Mariah, born 10 months later. Other accounts list the date of death as 15 Aug 1860 or 1861. These are not likely because he doesn't appear with his family in the Sabine County census recorded 20 Jul 1860. The origin of the 1860 or 1861 date could have been when the cemetery was deeded by the Wood family. The 1858 date (Steddum Bible?) seems to be the only choice consistent with the census records.

Maintained by: R Strickland
Originally Created by: BARBARA GUNDOLF
Record added: Sep 06, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 41647553

Charles married Elizabeth Muse. Elizabeth was born on 28 Oct 1812 in North Carolina; died on 15 Feb 1877 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Wood Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From FindAGrave:

Elizabeth Muse was born in North Carolina (1850 San Augustine Co. TX census). Elizabeth Muse married (1) Benjamin Franklin Howard (or Harwood) who was born about 1807. They were married Jan. 31, 1830 or 1831 in Madison Co, TN. The Howard family moved to Texas before the Texas Revolutionary War. B.F. Howard served in the Texas Revolution. According to a land grant record, he came to Texas in 1835.

Benjamin Franklin Howard and Elizabeth Muse had one child:

George Washington Howard, born about 1834 (1850 and 1860 census) or 1832 (Howard family history and Civil War records) in TN. He married Sereptha Williams, born in Feb 1822 in AL. Sereptha had first married Thomas Watts, Jr. (1822-1849). Sereptha and Thomas had three children, Greenberry b abt 1843, Amanda b abt 1846 and Benjamin Franklin b abt 1848. Sereptha then married George Washington Howard on July 14, 1853, San Augustine Co. The 1860 San Augustine Co. census found "Wash" and Sereptha with the 3 Watts children and 3 of their own: Mary E. born abt 1854, Napolean B. born abt 1858, Find A Grave 51926307, and Ada born abt June, 1860. Other records show daughter Georgianna born 1862. George Washington Howard died in the Civil War about 1863/4 on or near Galveston Island, burial unknown. There were three George W. Howards from Texas in the Civil War. The most likely was a corporal in Bates' Regiment, 13th Texas Volunteers, Co. M., headquartered at Velasco (present day Surfside). Howard family lore says Sereptha moved to Brownsville after the Civil War and died near the King Ranch on the way back to East Texas. Other accounts have her living longer and dying in Louisiana.

B.F. Howard and Elizabeth Muse separated. One family history account says that B.F. Howard left his family and was reported dead. Records show that he was still living in 1865 and possibly 1874 or later. For more on the Howard family, see micspoon.tripod.com/nti/nti11685.html .

Elizabeth Muse then married (2) Charles A. Wood. They were married about 1837. They had at least 8 children (census records), all born in Texas, probably all in San Augustine Co. Elizabeth and Charles A. Wood are at rest in the Wood Family Cemetery on the shore of present day Lake Sam Raburn.

Maintained by: R Strickland
Originally Created by: skyquest
Record added: May 04, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 51983204