The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-19
~. Member Of Prominent Family
and very Well Known Among
the Older Residents
Of the City.
WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY
u. and Her Husband Had Resided
here Since 1s7e-survived by
Five Sons and One
Daughter.
Ter an illness of several weeks,

re of Richard B. b. Wood of The
cate City editorial staff, passed peace
fuIIy away this morning at 4:30
o'clock her death causing sincere sor-
row among the many friends Of the
family in Keokuk.
A few weeks ago this good mother
aud faithful wife was taken seriously
III and her death was not unexpected,
hut she was spared and the children
who had been hastily summoned to
her bedside, returned to their homes
elsewhere, much comforted over her
condition and hoping for her ulti-
mate recovery. This week, however,
there was change for the worse and
death came at the early hour this
morning.
Mrs. Wood was woman of many
excellent virtues and was well known
and highly respected in this city and
in the communities where she had re-
sided. She had drawn about her a
wide circle of friends in Keokuk and
the fsmily has been a prominent and
beloved one ever since the coming TO
Keokuk of Mr.. and Mrs. Wood, many
years ago.
AS the faithful he1pmate Of her hus-
band for over fifty years, as the proud
and devoted mother OF six children.
her first thought and love was for her
home and in 1t she found her great
est pleasure. Now that the golden
wedding has passed, the children have
all grown to maturity and made
places for themselves in the world;
with the sunset OF her life beginning
to cast its warm and pleasant glow
over her kindly life, the good mother
has laid aside her life work and with
smile of satisfaction and content,
closed her eyes in final sleep.
The many friends of the bereaved
husband-and they are legion in Keo-
kuk-extend to him the most sincere
sympathy in this, his greatest loss.
To the sons and daughter all Of
whom are so we'll known and liked
by the younger citizens. the same
sympathy is extended in the loss of
their loving mother.
Born in Kentucky.
Mrs. Wood, daughter of the late
! James Dewitt Culley. was born at
Elizabethtown, KY, December 20,
1S45. Her mother before marriage
was Miss Lauretta J. Buckner, OF a
prominent Kentucky family, cousin
of Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner. who
remained with his soldiers at Fort
Donelson, chief IN command, and sur
rendered with them to the union
forces under General Grant.
On October Z, 1862, she was united
in marriage to Rich'd. b. B. Wood, at
Elizabethtown, KY, by Rev. Samuel
Williams, pastor OF the Presbyterian
church at that place. After marriage
they resided for short time at Louis
vile, KY, and later returned to Eliza
BEETHOVEN where they continued until
the fall of 1874, when,the family came
to Iowa where, they resided at Bloom
field, except a few months at Drake
vile. four years, coming to Keokuk in
1879, where she has since resided, ex-
cept during period of about nineteen
months spent in the extreme south
eastern portion OF Texas, near the
Gulf of Mexico.
Six Children.
Mrs. Wood is survived by five sons
and one daughter, Mrs. Ida Wood Sci.
man, of Bloomfield, Iowa: Chris l..
Wood of Texas; Richard w. Wood Of
st. Louis, Mo-; j. Y. B. Wood of
Aurora. Mo-; and Howard W., and
Iaurance C. Wood of Keokuk. Also
by three grandchildren and one sister,
Mrs. Fannie Culley Mofitt OF Lake
Valley, N. NJ.
She was member OF the First
Westminster Presbyterian church, in
which faith she was reared. She was
noble hearted woman of tender SEN
timent, charitable and kind. She was
a favorite in her circle of friends in
the several communities where she at
different times resided, and her death
viii be deeply mourned wherever she
was intimately known. AS girl she
was full Of life and energy and pos
sessed remarkable individuality.
Much devoted to home and family she
gave most OF her attention to their
welfare, but of kindly social dispo-
sition she was warm in her feelings
Tor her friends and neighbors Her
death was peaceful, going gently into
sleep from which she never awoke.
Self Sacrificing.
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