John F. Wood
In August 1899, Joseph Fox Wood (1875-1944) married Leona Moore (1882-1959) at LeCompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of James Moore, a Justice of the Peace, and local butcher. They were the parents of two children: Ruth Octavia Wood (b. 1901) m. Donald Degray Demarest in May 1918 and Giraud von Nest Foster in New York City in May June 1932; and Robert Spearing Wood (1902-1995) m. Connie Frances Pierce (1909-1984) at Dallas, Texas in May 1958.(The Daily Picayune, August 26, 1899, p. 8)
John F. Wood filed for divorce from Leona Moore Wood in Harrison County, Mississippi in January 1914. He averred in the litigation that she had abandoned the family at New Orleans in 1910 and was a resident of Derry, Louisiana. Mr. Wood asked for custody of their two children. Leona had actually returned to LeCompte, Louisiana and was living with her family. She later married a Mr. Harrison. Leona passed on June 25, 1959 and her corporal remains interred in the LeCompte Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, January 19, 1914, p. 1 and 1910 Rapides Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T624_527, p. 6A, ED 84)
At Biloxi, John F. Wood made his livelihood as a traveling commercial hardware salesman. As a young man, he had gone to work for his Uncle Albert Baldwin’s hardware business at New Orleans. They lived at 887 East Beach Drive.
On October 13, 1917 in Orleans parish, Louisiana, John married May Clara Spearing Farrar, the widow of Edgar Howard Farrar Jr. (1987-1911). She brought a son, Edgar H. Farrar III (1912-2000) into the marriage.
John Fox Wood died at the Biloxi Hospital on July 7, 1944. His corporal remains were sent to New Orleans for burial in the Metairie Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, July 7, 1944, p. 5)
heir suggestion:
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John Fox Wood and Leona Moore had 2 children. Ruth married Donald Degray Demarest and Giraud Van Nest Foster (please correct spelling). There 2nd child was named John Sorber Wood (after his grandfather). He is burried next to his mother at LeCompte Cemetery.
The 3rd son is with his 2nd wife, as the middle name Spearing.
Thank you for the corrections.
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In August 1899, Joseph Fox Wood (1875-1944) married Leona Moore (1882-1959) at LeCompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of James Moore, a Justice of the Peace, and local butcher. They were the parents of two children: Ruth Octavia Wood (b. 1901) m. Donald Degray Demarest in May 1918 and Giraud von Nest Foster in New York City in May June 1932; and Robert Spearing Wood (1902-1995) m. Connie Frances Pierce (1909-1984) at Dallas, Texas in May 1958.(The Daily Picayune, August 26, 1899, p. 8)
John F. Wood filed for divorce from Leona Moore Wood in Harrison County, Mississippi in January 1914. He averred in the litigation that she had abandoned the family at New Orleans in 1910 and was a resident of Derry, Louisiana. Mr. Wood asked for custody of their two children. Leona had actually returned to LeCompte, Louisiana and was living with her family. She later married a Mr. Harrison. Leona passed on June 25, 1959 and her corporal remains interred in the LeCompte Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, January 19, 1914, p. 1 and 1910 Rapides Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T624_527, p. 6A, ED 84)
At Biloxi, John F. Wood made his livelihood as a traveling commercial hardware salesman. As a young man, he had gone to work for his Uncle Albert Baldwin’s hardware business at New Orleans. They lived at 887 East Beach Drive.
On October 13, 1917 in Orleans parish, Louisiana, John married May Clara Spearing Farrar, the widow of Edgar Howard Farrar Jr. (1987-1911). She brought a son, Edgar H. Farrar III (1912-2000) into the marriage.
John Fox Wood died at the Biloxi Hospital on July 7, 1944. His corporal remains were sent to New Orleans for burial in the Metairie Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, July 7, 1944, p. 5)
heir suggestion:
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John Fox Wood and Leona Moore had 2 children. Ruth married Donald Degray Demarest and Giraud Van Nest Foster (please correct spelling). There 2nd child was named John Sorber Wood (after his grandfather). He is burried next to his mother at LeCompte Cemetery.
The 3rd son is with his 2nd wife, as the middle name Spearing.
Thank you for the corrections.
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John F. Wood
In August 1899, Joseph Fox Wood (1875-1944) married Leona Moore (1882-1959) at LeCompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of James Moore, a Justice of the Peace, and local butcher. They were the parents of two children: Ruth Octavia Wood (b. 1901) m. Donald Degray Demarest in May 1918 and Giraud von Nest Foster in New York City in May June 1932; and Robert Spearing Wood (1902-1995) m. Connie Frances Pierce (1909-1984) at Dallas, Texas in May 1958.(The Daily Picayune, August 26, 1899, p. 8)
John F. Wood filed for divorce from Leona Moore Wood in Harrison County, Mississippi in January 1914. He averred in the litigation that she had abandoned the family at New Orleans in 1910 and was a resident of Derry, Louisiana. Mr. Wood asked for custody of their two children. Leona had actually returned to LeCompte, Louisiana and was living with her family. She later married a Mr. Harrison. Leona passed on June 25, 1959 and her corporal remains interred in the LeCompte Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, January 19, 1914, p. 1 and 1910 Rapides Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T624_527, p. 6A, ED 84)
At Biloxi, John F. Wood made his livelihood as a traveling commercial hardware salesman. As a young man, he had gone to work for his Uncle Albert Baldwin’s hardware business at New Orleans. They lived at 887 East Beach Drive.
On October 13, 1917 in Orleans parish, Louisiana, John married May Clara Spearing Farrar, the widow of Edgar Howard Farrar Jr. (1987-1911). She brought a son, Edgar H. Farrar III (1912-2000) into the marriage.
John Fox Wood died at the Biloxi Hospital on July 7, 1944. His corporal remains were sent to New Orleans for burial in the Metairie Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, July 7, 1944, p. 5)
heir suggestion:
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John Fox Wood and Leona Moore had 2 children. Ruth married Donald Degray Demarest and Giraud Van Nest Foster (please correct spelling). There 2nd child was named John Sorber Wood (after his grandfather). He is burried next to his mother at LeCompte Cemetery.
The 3rd son is with his 2nd wife, as the middle name Spearing.
Thank you for the corrections.
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In August 1899, Joseph Fox Wood (1875-1944) married Leona Moore (1882-1959) at LeCompte, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of James Moore, a Justice of the Peace, and local butcher. They were the parents of two children: Ruth Octavia Wood (b. 1901) m. Donald Degray Demarest in May 1918 and Giraud von Nest Foster in New York City in May June 1932; and Robert Spearing Wood (1902-1995) m. Connie Frances Pierce (1909-1984) at Dallas, Texas in May 1958.(The Daily Picayune, August 26, 1899, p. 8)
John F. Wood filed for divorce from Leona Moore Wood in Harrison County, Mississippi in January 1914. He averred in the litigation that she had abandoned the family at New Orleans in 1910 and was a resident of Derry, Louisiana. Mr. Wood asked for custody of their two children. Leona had actually returned to LeCompte, Louisiana and was living with her family. She later married a Mr. Harrison. Leona passed on June 25, 1959 and her corporal remains interred in the LeCompte Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, January 19, 1914, p. 1 and 1910 Rapides Parish, Louisiana Federal Census T624_527, p. 6A, ED 84)
At Biloxi, John F. Wood made his livelihood as a traveling commercial hardware salesman. As a young man, he had gone to work for his Uncle Albert Baldwin’s hardware business at New Orleans. They lived at 887 East Beach Drive.
On October 13, 1917 in Orleans parish, Louisiana, John married May Clara Spearing Farrar, the widow of Edgar Howard Farrar Jr. (1987-1911). She brought a son, Edgar H. Farrar III (1912-2000) into the marriage.
John Fox Wood died at the Biloxi Hospital on July 7, 1944. His corporal remains were sent to New Orleans for burial in the Metairie Cemetery.(The Daily Herald, July 7, 1944, p. 5)
heir suggestion:
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John Fox Wood and Leona Moore had 2 children. Ruth married Donald Degray Demarest and Giraud Van Nest Foster (please correct spelling). There 2nd child was named John Sorber Wood (after his grandfather). He is burried next to his mother at LeCompte Cemetery.
The 3rd son is with his 2nd wife, as the middle name Spearing.
Thank you for the corrections.
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