Obit for WOOD, James W. (b.1853), Wright Co., MN

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Attached is the obit for A. J. Wood, Sr and his son James.  This is the A. 

J. Wood that is buried in the Otsego Cemetary.  There is a lot in the 

Riverside Cemetary Monticello that the folowing Wood family members are 

buried at.

A. J. Wood, Jr

Sarah Fleming Wood

Freddy Wood (son of AJ and transferred from Otsego when the Riverside 

property was purchased)

Horace Wood (son of AJ)

Gertrude Wood

Florence Wood Backen Keay (my mother and daughter of Horace)

James Keay

Ruth Wood Gillham (mother's sister)

James Gillham (Ruth's son)



Death Claims James W. Wood, 95, at Little Falls, Minn.



James R. Wood, 95, died Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the home of his 

daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lena Rolph.  Funeral services were held there on 

Thursday following.  Burial was made in the old Green Prairie cemetery, 

a Camp Ripley, with the Rev. George K. Kaslow officiating.  



The deceased was born in Canada on July 10, 1853, and came to Minnesota, 

then the territory, when a year old.  He settled in this vicinity and was 

married to Nellie B. Bolby in St. Cloud, Minnesota.  She preceded him in 

death in 1887.  



In the early days Mr. Wood served as pony express mail carrier, carrying 

the mail between St. Cloud and Crow Wing.  He also surveyed the hearwaters 

of the Mississippi.  



A son preceded Mr. Wood in death.  A brother, Alfred, it is a resident 

of the Old Soldier's Home, port Snelling, and a brother, Edwin, lives 

in California.  



H W Wood, of Monticello, a nephew of the deceased, attended the funeral 

at Little Falls. 

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