Individual Details
Martha J. Wood
(19 Apr 1861 - 30 Mar 1941)
1900 Census. Jasper Twp, Crawford Co AR, Hh 108
J. E. Shaw, b. Jan 1855, age 45, married 19 years, b. MS, father b. AL, mother b. MS
Martha, wife, b. Apr 1861, age 39, has had 4 children, 3 are living. She was born in AR, father b. KY, mother b. MO
William N., son, b. May 1883, age 17. Virgie, dau, b. Jun 1887, age 13.
Phil, son, b. Sep 1896, age 4.
1910 Census. Jasper Twp, Crawford Co AR, Hh 96
living in the home of Ellis & Sarah Johnson
Marthar Shaw, head of household, age 48, widowed, has had 4 children, 3 living.
Virgie, dau, age 23, Phil, son, age 14.
1920 Census. Martha was rooming in a house in Van Buren; listed as age 56, widowed.
22 Oct 1921. Married Charles A. Snow of Galveston, TX, age 62 as Mrs. Martha Shaw of Van Buren, AR, age 60; Crawford Co, AR.
1940 Census. Jasper, Crawford, AR, Hh 146
William N. Shaw, 57 - all born AR and his family lived in the same house in 1935, farmer
Fannie, wife, 52
Mable, dau, 24. James, son, 22, truck driver, CCC. Earl, son, 20. Lucy, dau, 17. Marvin, son, 14
Martha, mother, 79, widow, lived in Van Buren in 1935
Arkansas Death Certificate #245
Mrs. Martha Snow, died in Van Buren, Crawford Co, AR on 28 Mar 1941. She had lived there her entire life. She died of pellagra.
She was a wddow, born in 1862, in Crawford Co. Parents were William Wood and Mandy Biswell. Thell Shaw, son, of Rt 2, Van Buren, was the informant. Buried Wood Cemetery.
Martha and James Shaw are buried in the same cemetery as her parents - Wood Memorial at Uniontown.
Events
| Birth | 19 Apr 1861 | Crawford County, Arkansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 25 Aug 1881 | Crawford County, Arkansas - James E. Shaw | | ||
| Marriage | 22 Oct 1921 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Charles A. Snow | |||
| Death | 30 Mar 1941 | Crawford County, Arkansas | | ||
| Burial | Woods Cemetery, Crawford County, Arkansas |
Families
| Spouse | James E. Shaw (1855 - 1909) |
| Child | William Newton "Willie" Shaw (1883 - 1971) |
| Child | Virgie Shaw (1887 - 1936) |
| Child | Earl Shaw (1890 - 1899) |
| Child | Phil Shaw (1896 - 1917) |
| Spouse | Charles A. Snow (1859 - ) |
| Father | WILLIAM MOORE WOOD (1816 - 1883) |
| Mother | Susan Amanda "Manda" Biswell (1838 - 1900) |
| Sibling | John William Wood (1857 - ) |
| Sibling | Louisian Wood (1860 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Minnie D. Wood (1865 - ) |
| Sibling | George Wallace Wood (1869 - 1943) |
| Sibling | Charles Albert Wood (1872 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Lee Brown Wood (1876 - 1951) |
Endnotes
1. Delmar Asbill, Family Records sent to Vontrece Miller. Family Records & Annotated Census Sent to me.
2. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.448 "Woods Cemetery".
3. LDS Microfilm #1254041 & #1254042, US Census 1880 AR, Crawford Co, Jasper Twp; p.520, Household 2.
4. Transcribed by Jeania Moore Burns, US Census. 1870. Arkansas, Crawford County., Jasper Twp; p.193; Dwelling 117..
5. "Crawford County Arkansas Marriages 1878-1887"; online at Arkansas USGenWeb, http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcrawfo/marriage.htm.
6. Delmar Asbill, Family Records sent to Vontrece Miller. Family Records & Annotated Census Sent to me.
7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), p.448 "Woods Cemetery".