Individual Details

Elza Clementine Briggs

(20 Jun 1856 - 13 Jun 1912)



First husband was a Boyers:
1880 Census, Alcorn, MS, Hh 271
S. H. Briggs, 56, Farmer, b. TN, parents b. VA
Critcher, 58, wife, b. NC, parents b. NC
Jas. L., 17, son
Ada A., 14, dau
L. C. Boyers, 24, dau
Leona, 5, g-dau
Wm, 3, g-son

Married (2) Charles Wood, 16 Feb 1882, Alcorn Co, MS

1900 Census. Justice Prec 1, Denton Co, TX, Hh 106
Charles Wood, b. Jul 1861, 38, married 18 years
Elza, wife, b. Jun 1856, 43, 8 children - 7 are living (one of the Buyers children must be deceased)
Sarah L., dau, b. Nov, 1882, 17
Oscar D., son, b. Oct 1884, 15
Henry S., son, b. Dec 1886, 13
Sena Estha, Dau, b. May 1889, 11
Cora A., dau, b. Jan 1892, 8
Mattie May, dau, b. May 1894, 6

1910 Census. Justice Prec 4, Denton Co, TX, Hh 247
Charles D. Wood, 48, married once for 27 years, b. GA, Farmer
Elza, wife, 52, married twice, 8 children - 7 are living, b. MS
Sallie Stevenson, dau, 26, widow, 2 children, b. MS (Sarah)
Henry C. Wood, son, 22, divorced, b. MS
Cora Wood, dau, 17, b. MS
Mattie M., dau, 15, b. TX
Burnett D. Stevenson, grandson, 7, b. TX
Claude E. Stevenson, grandson, 3, b. TX

Texas Death Certificate #14931
Elsie Wood died 13 Jun 1912, 4 milies SW of Denton, Denton Co, TX of chronic rheumatism. She was born 20 Jun 1856 in Mississippi and was married. Sterling Briggs was her father; mother was Sallie Crutcher. Signature of informant unreadable - C. D. ??? Buried IOOF Cemetery in Denton, June 14th.

Buried Oddfellows Cemetery, Denton, Denton Co, TX

Events

Birth20 Jun 1856Tishomingo County, Mississippi
Death13 Jun 1912Texas

Families

FatherSterling Henry Briggs (1822 - 1884)
MotherSarah Crutcher (1822 - 1901)
SiblingJohn L. Briggs (1844 - 1876)
SiblingMary J. Briggs (1845 - )
SiblingGeorge Marion Briggs (1848 - 1940)
SiblingMartha F. Briggs (1850 - 1852)
SiblingLouisa Briggs (1852 - 1906)
SiblingHenry Sterling Briggs (1858 - 1920)
SiblingLaura Briggs (1860 - 1918)
SiblingJames H. Briggs (1863 - 1913)
SiblingAda Anna Briggs (1865 - 1915)