Melvin Richard Wood

1866 - 1936  (70 years)

• Name	Melvin Richard Wood
  Nickname	Mel
  Born	13 May 1866	Cameron, Steuben County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Aug 1936	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I7109	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Wood,   b. 1834, Upton Bishop, Herefordshire, England ,   d. Jun 1879, Cameron, Steuben County, New York  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Sylvia Ann Vanskiver Wood,   b. 5 Jan 1855, Cameron, Steuben County, New York ,   d. 20 Nov 1932, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Notes	Maggie's obituary states Dennis was her brother; Emmett is listed as her half brother.
  Family ID	F1251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ann Taylor Wood,   b. 1870,   d. 1900  (Age 30 years)
  Married	1891
  Children	+ 1. Frank E Wood, Sr.,   b. 21 Nov 1892, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 26 Feb 1977, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 84 years) + 2. Laurel Pearl Wood Reser,   b. 12 Jul 1894, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 29 Jan 1948, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 53 years) + 3. Riley Arr Wood,   b. 22 Mar 1896, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 17 Jan 1976  (Age 79 years) + 4. Ethel May Wood Rezac
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2018 10:31:33
  Family ID	F2402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Wood, Melvin 1 Melvin Wood Melvin Richard Wood was born at Cameron, New York, May 18th, 1866, and passed away at his farm home north of Rossville, Monday, August 17th. Mr. Wood came to this state with his parents in 1881 at the age of 15 years and located with his parents north of Rossville. In 1891 he was married to Miss Margaret Ann Taylor who departed this life in 1900. There were four children born to this union. He leaves to mourn his loss two sons, Frank Wood of the home address; Riley Wood of Carbondale, Colo.; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Rezac of Emmett and Mrs. Pearl Reser of Rossville; one sister, Mrs. W.H. Zickefoose of Emmett; one brother, Dennis Wood of Topeka; two stepbrothers, George Wood of Topeka, and Emmett Wood, Guthrie, Okla.; 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were held in the Methodist church Wednesday afternoon conducted by the Rev. H.E. Straw. Music was furnished by Mrs. Arthur Wallerstedt, Mrs. C.E. Gresser, Mrs. E.G. Griswold and Mrs. Margaret Witter with Miss Lucille Griswold as pianist. The pallbearers were Frank Schraeder, Frank Page, Hudson McCollough, Emil Kovar and Tom Smatla. Interment was in the Rossville cemetery. [Aug 1936] -- Mr. and Mrs. Will Zickefoose of Emmett, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Franz of Delia were among the many out-of-town folk in Rossville, Wednesday to attend the Mel Wood funeral. [20 Aug 1936]
  		Obituary- Wood, Melvin 2 Mrs. Marion Lasswell and daughter, Letha, of Topeka, were in Rossville, Wednesday, to attend the funeral of Mel Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miller and children of Delia were here Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mel Wood. Mr. and Mrs. George Kovar and son of Kansas City were in Rossville, Wednesday, to attend the funeral of her uncle, Mel Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Warner Rogers and baby of the Dover neighborhood, were in Rossville Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mel Wood.