ANN G. WOOD, Biography - Chariton County, MO ************************************************************************ File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Willard Smith USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ************************************************************************ ANN G. WOOD, widow of the late Benjamin F. Wood, of this county and a lady well and most favorably known during a lifetime residence in Chariton county was born near Old Chariton, November 8, 1827. Mrs. Wood was a daughter of Alexander and Mary (Hicks) Trent, the former a native of Virginia, whose birth occurred in Buckingham county, in 1797. Following his marriage in 1819, he removed to this county, settling in Missouri township, where he resided until '27, being forced to leave on account of overflows of the river, when he settled at Old Chariton. The death of the mother occurred September 9, 1843, while the father lived until January 12, 185. On August 7, 1845 occurred the marriage of our subject to Benjamin F. Wood, a gentleman for many years well known and respected in this county. He was born near Roanoke Mo., December 16, 1823 and died January 1, 1889. After his marriage Mr. Wood first located in the Bowling Green Prairie. In 1850 he went to California, spending two years. On returning home he located in the forks of the Chariton for two years, when he purchased the fine tract of land containing 200 acres, four miles east of Keytesville, where our Subject now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Wood were the parents of eight children, five of whom are now living, namely, Mary Ellen, wife of Wm. Redding, of Carroll county; Eliza F., now Mrs. J. J. Moore, of Keytesville, Mo.; Oscar, Theodore P. and Latira, wife of Wm. Taylor, who resides upon the old homestead. Though well advanced in years, our subject is a well preserved lady, who in her declining years, is now enjoying the fruits of a well spent life.