Individual Details

Lee Brown Wood

(10 May 1876 - 31 May 1951)



Married 12 Apr 1905, Crawford Co, AR to Ruth Flanagan, age 17. He was 27.

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Lee Brown Wood of 708 N. Oklahoma, Okmulgee, OK was age 42, born 10 May 1876
Medium height - no other description provided. He worked at the Indihoma Refinery, fixing boilers. Ruth Wood of the same address was his nearest relative.

1920 Census. Okmulgee Ward 2, Okmulgee, OK, Hh 413
Lee Wood, 42, b. AR, fireman, refinery
Ruth, wife, 31, b. AR

1930 Census. Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA, Hh 135
Lee B. Wood, 50, married first time at age 25, Laborer in machine shop
Ruth, wife, 42, married at 17

1940 Census. Compton Judicial Township, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 464
208 Caldwell St. - lived in the same place in 1935.
Lee B. Wood, age 63, b. AR, Janitor, Oil Refinery
Ruth, wife, 53, b. AR
Ruth Marie, dau, age 13, b. OK (Where was this child in 1930? Was she adopted?)

26 Apr 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Lee Brown Wood of 208 E. Caldwell St., Compton, L.A. County, CA, was age 64, born 10 Apr 1878 in Crawford Co, AR. Ruth Wood would always know his address. Unemployed, doing odd jobs.
5'2", 125 lb., hazel eyes, brown hair.

1949 Compton CA City Directory
Wood, Lee B (Ruth F) home: 215 E. Caldwell

1950 Census. Compton, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 8
215 E Caldwell St
Lee B Wood, 72, b. AR
Ruth, F, wife, 61, b. AR, Nurse attendant, Sanitarium
Ruth Marie Wood, dau, 23, b. OK, Switchboard Operator, Sanitarium

California Death Index: Lee B. Wood, born 10 Apr 1878 in Arkansas, died 31 May 1951, in Los Angeles Co, CA. His father's surname was Wood; his mother's was Biswell.

Events

Birth10 May 1876Arkansas
Marriage12 Apr 1905Crawford County, Arkansas - Ruth Frances Flanagin
Death31 May 1951Los Angeles County, California

Families

SpouseRuth Frances Flanagin (1888 - 1957)
ChildRuth Marie Wood (1926 - 2007)
FatherWILLIAM MOORE WOOD (1816 - 1883)
MotherSusan Amanda "Manda" Biswell (1838 - 1900)
SiblingJohn William Wood (1857 - )
SiblingLouisian Wood (1860 - 1860)
SiblingMartha J. Wood (1861 - 1941)
SiblingMinnie D. Wood (1865 - )
SiblingGeorge Wallace Wood (1869 - 1943)
SiblingCharles Albert Wood (1872 - 1948)

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