Obit of Wood, Mary J. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 23 Oct 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Wood, Bennett, McGlassen, Orvis Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6295 DIED-Saturday, August 5, 1905 at the home of her daughter, Ms. Rose Bennett, two and one-half miles north of Ridgeton, OK, Mrs. Mary J. Wood, widow of John P. Wood, M.D., late of Coffeyville, Kansas. Mrs. Wood was born at Danville, Illinois, May 2, 1892 and in early life united with the Methodist Episcopal church and was active in religious work, especially in the Sabbath School, of which she served as secretary for twenty-five years she suffered from paralysis which finally caused her death. In 1850 she was united in marriage to Dr. Wood and was the mother of six children, four of whom are still living and were at her bedside when she passed away. Mrs. Mary McGlassen, Joseph D. Wood and Mrs. Rose Bennett all have adjoining claims in southwest part of Day County and Mrs. Kate Orvis, the other daughter, resides at Thomas, Oklahoma. Her husband died over two years ago aged one hundred and oned years, having practiced medicine over 74 years, mosly at Lawrence, Kansas. The funeral was on the following Monday forenoon, at the Union Chapel, services being conducted by Rev. Magee and burial in the new cemetery just west of the church. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 17-Aug-1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html