James Marchant Wood (1889 - 1981)

Born 28 Mar 1889 in Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mabel Neilson (Tomb) Wood — married 14 Feb 1917 in London, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died Aug 1981 at age 92 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Birth and childhood

James Marchant Wood was born in eastern Indiana (Union or Wayne county) on 28 March 1889 to Oras F. Wood (abt.1858-1897) and Carrie Gertrude Stephens.^[1][2] While his delayed birth certificate (from 1963) says that he was born in Liberty, Union county, other records state that he born in Richmond, Wayne county (adjacent to Union county)^[3] or Centreville, Wayne county^[4] or Abington, Wayne county.^[5]

His father died in 1897^[6][7][8] when James was 8 years old. A record of James and/or his mother from the census of 1900 has yet to be identified. A record from the census of 1910 ^[9] shows "Carrie Wood", a widow of age 50, living in Abington, Wayne county, in the household of her brother John Stevens. Carrie was accompanied there by a single child, "James Wood", age 21, who was a "nephew" of John Stevens (i.e. Carrie's son).

Education

James went to high school in Richmond^[10] then, from 1909 to 1911, attended and graduated from Purdue University^[11], where he was known as "Big Jim" (due to his height) and he studied civil engineering. ^[12][13]

Marriage

On 14 February 1917 James married Mabel Neilson (Tomb) Wood (1888-1961) in London, Ontario, Canada.^[14] According to a Purdue alumni directdry of 1924^[15], James had lived and worked in London from 1911 to 1915 as Engineer and Superintendant of the Ideal Concrete Machinery Company before moving first to work in Ohio then in Atlanta, Georgia. The marriage license records that James was living in Atlanta at the time of the marriage. Mabel had grown up in Pennsylvania, but a wedding announcement appearing in a Pittsburgh newspaper stated that she was the daughter of “Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Tomb of London Ontario, formerly of Wilkinsburg …”^[16] The January 1915 Ontario marriage license of Mabel’s sister Nan^[17] states that Nan and her parents lived in London and she had lived there since June 1914.

A notice of the marriage also appeared on 23 Feb 1917 in the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette stating that after a honeymoon in New York the couple would live in Atlanta, GA.^[18] "L.A. Wood of Fort Wayne, Indiana was best man." While it might appear that this was a relative of James, he had no known relative by that name. Rather, James' best man appears to have been Purdue 1911 civil engineering classmate Lynton Alexander Wood whose photo and profile appear next to James' in the 1911 Purdue University Debris.^[19][20]

Children

James and Mabel had 3 children:

1. Nancy Arabella Wood, b. 25 Sep 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana^{[21][22][23][24][25][26]}, m. John Alden Pond in Memphis, TN on 10 June 1943^[27][28][29], d. in Bethesda, MD on 21 Oct 2005^[30][31]
2. James Marchant Wood, jr., b. in Memphis, Tennessee 21 Dec 1920^[32][33]
3. Mary Elizabeth Wood, b. in Memphis, Tennessee on 6 Dec 1924^{[34][35][36][37]}

Residence and occupation

• In April 1910 (while studying civil engineering at Purdue University), the above cited census record shows James to be residing with his mother in the household of his uncle in Wayne county, Indiana.

• According to a Purdue alumni directory of 1924^[38], by 1924 James and family lived at 1662 Autumn Ave, Memphis, TN. James's career to date was summarized as follows: i) 1911 to 1915 - Engineer and Superintendant of the Ideal Concrete Machinery Company of London, Ontario; ii) 1915 to 1916 - Sales Engineer of General Fireproof Co. of Youngstown, OH; iii) 1916 - 1919 - Sales Engineer, So. G.F. Co., Atlanta, GA; iv) 1919 - 1922 - Treasurer and Manager, Fischer Cement and Roof Co., Little Rock, Ark; v) 1922 - Secretary and City Sales Manager, Fischer Lime and Cement Co., Memphis, TN.

• A 1915 publication listing alumni of Purdue University recorded that James lived in Youngstown, OH and worked as Sales Engineer for the General Fireproofing Co. ^[39]

• In February 1917 his marriage license (cited above) shows him to be living in Atlanta while getting married in London, Ontario, Canada.

• In March 1917 his draft registration card^[40] shows him to be living in New Orleans but working for an Atlanta employer. Daughter Nancy was born in New Orleans in 1918^[41]

• A census record from January 1920^[42] shows James, Mabel and daughter Nancy to be living in Little Rock, Arkansas and working as the manager of a cement company. Daughter Nancy had been born in Louisiana.

• A census record from 1930^[43] shows James and Mabel living in Memphis at 1662 Autumn Avenue in Memphis, Shelby County, TN with their full family of 3 children. It is here that James and Mabel lived for the rest of their lives.^[44][45] Note that James’ mother Carrie G. Wood and Mabel’s mother Arabella Tomb also lived with them in 1930. Also note that a single, black woman, “Sarah McNeil” also lived with them as a salaried servant. The 1950 census record^[46] stated that James Wood was is vice-president of a company manufacturing culvert machinery.

Nearly drowned in the Mississippi

James and Mabel were among the 32 people rescued by boatman Tom Lee when their ship capsized on 8 May 1925 in the Mississippi river 20 miles south of Memphis. The ship, a sternwheeler named the Norman, had been hired for an excursion by the members and families of the Mid-South Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. "The ship was designed as a towboat, with accommodations for a small crew. But on the morning of May 8th, with her new oil tanks filled to capacity, the Norman took on the additional weight of 72 passengers." With four or five trips from the sinking/sunken Norman to shore and back, Lee was able pull onto his small skiff, named the Zev, almost half of those floundering in the water. Others managed to swim ashore. Twenty three of the passengers were never found, however. ^[47] James was quoted by one reporter, "We all owe our lives to Tom Lee. That’s all there is to it.” A lengthier quote from James Wood was included in an account appearing in the Saint Louis Post Dispatch:^[48] "My wife [and several friends including ] Major Montgomery Gardner of the War Department were on the lower deck when the boat started turning over. We all held hands and walked to the high side of the deck and as the Norman gradually settled on its side we clambered over, still holding each others' hands. The boat suddenly shifted and came to rest with its keel straight up in the air. It turned back slightly and then started down, sinking from underneath us.... That was the last anyone saw of Major Garnder alive. I had gotten hold of a piece of brush and was holding my wife out of the water. Neither of us could swim and we just managed to keep our heads up.... 'There's a boat!', my wife exclaimed suddenly. I whistled as loudly as I could and my strength was fast ebbing way. Tom Lee started his motor boat directly toward us. He knew the current. When he got within a few feet of the four of us he swerved the boat and ran alongside. Holding the wheel with one hand he reached over and drew my wife out of the water .... Then he ... started for me.... If it had not been for Tom Lee, I would not be here today to tell this story. I owe my life and I owe my wife's life to the labor of Tom Lee. And there are many others who will tell you the same thing."

"Jim Wood" is among the names inscribed on a monument to Tom Lee (an obelisk on a pedestal) erected in 1954.^[49]

Deaths of Mabel and of James

Mabel died at home (1662 Autumn) in Memphis on 30 Oct 1961. ^[50] The cause of death was recorded as “Acute coronary artery occlusion”. Her remains were buried at Memphis’ Forest Hill cemetery. ^[51] Big Jim died in Memphis in August 1981. ^[52][53][54] Where was he buried? Burial not listed for either Forest Hill cemetery in Memphis (where Mabel was buried) nor Elkhorn cemetery in Richmond, Indiana (where both of this parents were buried).

Sources

1. ↑ Certificate of Delayed Registration of Birth. Issued 5 Jun 1963 by the Indiana State Board of Health Division of Vital Records. A true copy of the certificate is held by a grandchild of James Wood. The certificate specifies his name (James Marchant Wood), date of birth (28 Mar 1889), place of birth (Liberty, Union county, Indiana), name of father (Oras F. Wood), father's place of birth (____, Indiana), mother's name of birth (Carrie Gertrude Stephens), mother's place of birth (____, Indiana)
2. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B25-7JX?cc=1784216&wc=3NW4-RM9%3A1584308903%2C1584350601%2C1584352601 : 28 May 2015), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1917 > no 13259-13876 > image 327 of 1346; Archives of Ontario, Toronto. Specifies full name, Atlanta residence at the time fo marriage, father of groom (“Oras”) and mother of groom (Carrie Stephens) of James
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYT6-9LG4?cc=1968530&wc=9FWT-6TL%3A928313101%2C928635901 : 27 September 2019), Louisiana > New Orleans City no 10; W-Z > image 467 of 545; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Registration card of 5 Jun 1917. Specifies full name, signature, “tall”, date of birth, place of birth, married, New Orleans residence, Atlanta place of employment
4. ↑ The Purdue University “Debris” of 1911 -- the yearbook that “Big Jim” graduated (https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/iiif/debris/32169/full/full/0/default.jpg)
5. ↑ A directory of Purdue University alumni to the year 1924. Page 539 (https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/iiif/ua180/2089/full/full/0/default.jpg)
6. ↑ "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ72-TFD : 3 December 2014), Oras F. Wood, 27 May 1897, Richmond, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." County Health Office, Richmond. Name is "Oras F. Wood".
7. ↑ "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ72-TF6 : 3 December 2014), Oris F. Wood, 27 May 1897, Richmond, Indiana; from "Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2003); citing "The source of this record is the book CSS-2 on page 113 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration." City Health Office, Richmond.
8. ↑ Richmond Register, 28 MAY 1897, page 1, column 3. “Orris F. Wood died yesterday afternoon at his home, 327 south B street of a complication of diseases, age 39 years.… Services and burial at Elkhorn.”
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVN-25K?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-KVN%3A133640401%2C135819601%2C141512401%2C1589090093 : 24 June 2017), Indiana > Wayne > Abington > ED 162 > image 3 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ A directory of Purdue University alumni to the year 1924. Page 539 (https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/iiif/ua180/2089/full/full/0/default.jpg)
11. ↑ James M. Wood collection at Purdue University (https://archives.lib.purdue.edu/repositories/2/resources/1173). Expense account book for James Wood from his freshman year at Purdue (September 1909) to his junior year (December 1911). “James M. Wood was a member of the Purdue University Class of 1911"
12. ↑ The Purdue University “Debris” of 1911 -- the yearbook that “Big Jim” graduated (https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/iiif/debris/32169/full/full/0/default.jpg)
13. ↑ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Purdue University; Year: 1911 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/467661414:1265)
14. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B25-78Q?cc=1784216&wc=3NW4-RM9%3A1584308903%2C1584350601%2C1584352601 : 28 May 2015), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1917 > no 13259-13876 > image 326 of 1346; Archives of Ontario, Toronto. Specifies full names, ages and places of birth of groom (James Marchant Wood; 28; ?, Indiana) and bride (Mabelle Neilson Tomb; 28; Wilkinsburg, PA); residence of groom (Atlanta; residence of bride was left blank); parents of groom (Oras and Carrie Stephens); parents of bride (Frank and Arabella Lowry); occupation of groom (Engineer); religious denomination of groom and bride (Presbyterian; Presbyterian)
15. ↑ A directory of Purdue University alumni to the year 1924. Page 539 (https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/iiif/ua180/2089/full/full/0/default.jpg)
16. ↑ (https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/176308909/person/152288407792/media/2c94dcb8-71da-4b85-a003-ee1011580c24)
17. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YC9Q-11?cc=1784216&wc=3NW4-FMS%3A1584308903%2C1584343501%2C1584345201 : 28 May 2015), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1915 > no 9128-9740 > image 1253 of 1409; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
18. ↑ (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/29225979/)
19. ↑ The Purdue University “Debris” of 1911 -- the yearbook that “Big Jim” graduated (https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/iiif/debris/32169/full/full/0/default.jpg)
20. ↑ "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Purdue University; Year: 1911 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/467661414:1265)
21. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3R7-TZL : 11 January 2021), Nancy W Pond, 21 Oct 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
22. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRM-7B25 : accessed 7 October 2022), Mrs Nancy Wood Pond, Washington DC, United States, 25 Oct 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Washington Post, The, born-digital text.
23. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR69-FN5?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-XR1%3A1036470101%2C1037340501%2C1037359001%2C1589332409 : 9 September 2019), Arkansas > Pulaski > Little Rock Ward 1 > ED 116 > image 2 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). “Nancy A.” Wood was born about 1918 in Louisiana.
24. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR87-7L5?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-CC5%3A648806201%2C649268401%2C649349101%2C1589282768 : 5 May 2016), Tennessee > Shelby > Memphis > ED 211 > image 22 of 77; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
25. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-DFW3?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-554%3A792528401%2C799218201%2C799568801%2C799574201 : accessed 7 October 2022), Tennessee > Shelby > Civil District 1, Memphis, Ward 20 > 98-119 Civil District 1, Memphis City Ward 20 (Tract 26 - part) > image 15 of 32; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
26. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257264798/nancy-arabella-pond: accessed 31 January 2024), memorial page for Nancy Arabella Wood Pond (25 Sep 1918–21 Oct 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 257264798; Cremated; Maintained by Lynx Lady (contributor 46776859).
27. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-HFWD : Fri Oct 20 12:53:52 UTC 2023), Entry for John A Pond and Nancy A Wood, 10 Jun 1943.
28. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-HFWD : Fri Oct 20 12:53:52 UTC 2023), Entry for John A Pond and Nancy A Wood, 10 Jun 1943.
29. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-HFWZ : Fri Oct 20 11:46:32 UTC 2023), Entry for John Alden Pond and Nancy Arabella Wood, 12 Jun 1943.
30. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3R7-TZL : 11 January 2021), Nancy W Pond, 21 Oct 2005; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
31. ↑ Obituary of Nancy Wood Pond in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/10/23/nancy-wood-pond-church-offic/0b089c3f-82b8-4ded-b78d-b278c9f5fb43/) "Nancy Wood Pond. Church Official. Nancy Wood Pond, 87, who held several leadership positions in the Presbyterian Church, died of complications from a brain tumor Oct. 21 at Suburban Hospital. She lived in Bethesda. Mrs. Pond had lived in the Washington area since 1962. In 1971, she was the first woman to be named moderator of the Potomac Presbytery, the regional governing body of the Presbyterian Church of Washington, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. She was a member of the mission board of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and served six years on the board of trustees of National Presbyterian Church in Washington. She also served on the Presbyterian Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel, for which she received a distinguished service award. Mrs. Pond was born in New Orleans and raised in Memphis. She was a graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis. She was a Red Cross volunteer at the National Institutes of Health from 1971 to 2004. She also volunteered for other charities, including Bethesda Cares, an organization to support the homeless. She was a member of Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda and was in the Bethesda Community Garden Club for nearly 40 years. She enjoyed international excursions for bird-watching and observing nature. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, John Alden Pond of Bethesda; four children, Nancy M. Pond and John A. Pond Jr., both of Rockville, Jim W. Pond of Holliston, Mass., and Dr. Robert S. Pond of Geneva; a sister, Betty Herbers of Bethesda; a brother, Jim Wood of Memphis; and six grandchildren."
32. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR87-7L5?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-CC5%3A648806201%2C649268401%2C649349101%2C1589282768 : 5 May 2016), Tennessee > Shelby > Memphis > ED 211 > image 22 of 77; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
33. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-DFW3?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-554%3A792528401%2C799218201%2C799568801%2C799574201 : accessed 7 October 2022), Tennessee > Shelby > Civil District 1, Memphis, Ward 20 > 98-119 Civil District 1, Memphis City Ward 20 (Tract 26 - part) > image 15 of 32; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
34. ↑ Obituary in The Washington Post on Feb. 15, 2017 ( https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/mary-herbers-obituary?id=6078779)
35. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR87-7L5?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-CC5%3A648806201%2C649268401%2C649349101%2C1589282768 : 5 May 2016), Tennessee > Shelby > Memphis > ED 211 > image 22 of 77; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
36. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-DFW3?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-554%3A792528401%2C799218201%2C799568801%2C799574201 : accessed 7 October 2022), Tennessee > Shelby > Civil District 1, Memphis, Ward 20 > 98-119 Civil District 1, Memphis City Ward 20 (Tract 26 - part) > image 15 of 32; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
37. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 1525; Sheet Number: 4; Enumeration District: 98-41 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/106735776:62308?_phsrc=nFx1706&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=James+M&gsln=Wood&ssrc=pt_t179939841_p192341587762&ml_rpos=1&queryId=df4848937f4cfc6d4307b9ffa801c07d )
38. ↑ A directory of Purdue University alumni to the year 1924. Page 539 (https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/iiif/ua180/2089/full/full/0/default.jpg)
39. ↑ Purdue University Register of Officers and Alumni, 1875 – 1915. Corrected to 1916. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4435977:2203)
40. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYT6-9LG4?cc=1968530&wc=9FWT-6TL%3A928313101%2C928635901 : 27 September 2019), Louisiana > New Orleans City no 10; W-Z > image 467 of 545; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Registration card of 5 Jun 1917. Specifies full name, signature, “tall”, date of birth, place of birth, married, New Orleans residence, Atlanta place of employment
41. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKRM-7B25 : accessed 7 October 2022), Mrs Nancy Wood Pond, Washington DC, United States, 25 Oct 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Washington Post, The, born-digital text.
42. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR69-FN5?cc=1488411&wc=QZJG-XR1%3A1036470101%2C1037340501%2C1037359001%2C1589332409 : 9 September 2019), Arkansas > Pulaski > Little Rock Ward 1 > ED 116 > image 2 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
43. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR87-7L5?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-CC5%3A648806201%2C649268401%2C649349101%2C1589282768 : 5 May 2016), Tennessee > Shelby > Memphis > ED 211 > image 22 of 77; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
44. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-DFW3?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-554%3A792528401%2C799218201%2C799568801%2C799574201 : accessed 7 October 2022), Tennessee > Shelby > Civil District 1, Memphis, Ward 20 > 98-119 Civil District 1, Memphis City Ward 20 (Tract 26 - part) > image 15 of 32; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
45. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 1525; Sheet Number: 4; Enumeration District: 98-41 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/106735776:62308?_phsrc=nFx1706&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=James+M&gsln=Wood&ssrc=pt_t179939841_p192341587762&ml_rpos=1&queryId=df4848937f4cfc6d4307b9ffa801c07d)
46. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 1525; Sheet Number: 4; Enumeration District: 98-41 (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/106735776:62308?_phsrc=nFx1706&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=James+M&gsln=Wood&ssrc=pt_t179939841_p192341587762&ml_rpos=1&queryId=df4848937f4cfc6d4307b9ffa801c07d)
47. ↑ Tom Lee: A Hero's Tale. Memphis magazine, May 2014. (https://memphismagazine.com/features/tom-lee-a-heros-tale/)
48. ↑ When Tom Less just happened by. The Literary Digest. 13 June 1925 (https://www.ecrater.co.uk/p/30850783/black-hero-when-tom-lee)
49. ↑ Tom Lee marker. The obelisk was destroyed in a wind storm but the pedestal remains. (https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=4947)
50. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMS-6Z4V : 1 March 2021), Mabelle Wood, 30 Oct 1961; Death, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
51. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150953476/mabelle-wood: accessed 08 October 2022), memorial page for Mabelle Tomb Wood (18 Nov 1888–30 Oct 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 150953476, citing Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Neil Loftiss (contributor 47136115).
52. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL7B-6MG : 9 January 2021), James Wood, Aug 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
53. ↑ Obituary in the Commercial Appeal of 14 August 1981. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/941001305:61843?tid=&pid=&queryId=75b4c3d6accc689f074fd685bedcc4a3&_phsrc=nFx1720&_phstart=successSource)
54. ↑ Obituary in the Memphis Press Scimitar of 13 Aug 1981. (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/912959889:61843)