Medlin, Wood, & Luther (Ephesus Baptist Church)

Medlin, Luther, & Wood family burials at Ephesus Baptist Church. I chose to do a post on these families because I am distantly related to Anna C. Wood Luther and Florence Wood Medlin. These two sisters are buried very near to each other.

Layout of burial plots. Image by K. Stevens, 2011. 

1. James M. Luther & his wife, Anna C. Wood

Photo by K. Stevens, 2011

James Madison Luther (b. 11 Jan 1871, d.23 Oct 1939 ) married Anna Carter Wood (b. 31 July 1871, d.22 Apr 1917) on 17 Dec 1896 in White Oak, Wake, NC. 

James was born in Montgomery County to parents Henry Clay Luther and Elizabeth Deogue. He worked as a farmer and was buried 24 Oct 1939. 

Anna was buried 23 Apr 1915 at Ephesus. Her father was Larkin H. Wood and her mother 

was Fannie Buffaloe.

James & Anna had at least six children Dallas Millard Luther (b.22 Mar 1898, d.5 Oct 1945), James Alsey Luther (b.6 Dec 1900, d. 7 Mar 1985), Oscar Teague Luther (b.16 Dec 1903, d. 9 Aug 1975), Anna Mae Luther Pendergraph (b.1908, d. 24 Feb 1971), Therza (sp?) (1909), Woodrow Wilson Luther (5 Jun 1912- 21 Feb 1988). 

2. Charlie Glenn Luther   

b. 24 Oct 1905, d. 22 Mar 1906

Photo by K. Stevens, 2011. 

3. J. C. Medlin

b. 28 Aug 1836, d. 24 Nov 1924

Photo by K. Stevens, 2011. 

4. Florence W. Medlin

Image by K. Stevens, 2011. 

Ella Florence Wood Medlin (b.30 Dec 1865, d. 21 Sep 1940) was married to Sidney A. Medlin on 8 Feb 1899 in Apex, NC. Her parents were Larkin H. Wood and Francis Buffalo. She was buried in Ephesus cemetery on 22 Sep 1940. 

5. Sidney A. Medlin

Image by K. Stevens, 2011.

Sidney A. Medlin (b.5 Mar 1865, d. 12 Sep 1926) was first married to Arrena Holt on 20 Oct 1887 in Cary, NC. Soon after Arrena died S.A. Medlin remarried to Ella Florence Wood on 8 Feb 1899 in Apex, NC. 

6. Arrena H. Medlin

Arrena "Rena" Holt Medlin (b. 18 Mar 1869, d. 21 May 1898) was married to Sidney A. Medlin on 20 Oct 1887 in Cary, NC. 

7. Henry A. Medlin

Image by K. Stevens, 2011. 

Henry Arthur Medlin (b. 2 Aug 1893, d. 1 Mar 1943) was the son of Sidney A. Medlin and "Rena" Holt. Henry was married to Chloie Lockamy on 19 Jan 1913 in Wake County, NC and had at least three children: James Sidney Medlin (b. 19 Apr 1919, d. 14 Dec 1962), Margaret Medlin (b. 9 Apr 1922, d. 25 Jun 1923), & Unnamed Infant (b/d. 1913). After Chloie died, Henry possibly married Nettie Bradley on 18 Dec 1937 in Wendell, NC.

8. Chloie Lockamy

b. 11 Oct 1892, d. 12 Apr 1936

9. Bessie M. Medlin

Image by K. Stevens, 2011. 

b. 7 Aug 1901, d. 7 Dec 1910

Bessie is the daughter of D.E. & C.E. Medlin. 

10. Margaret Medlin

Image by K. Stevens, 2011. 

b. 9 Apr 1922, d. 25 Jun 1923

Margaret Louis Medlin was the daughter of H.A. Medlin & Chloie Lockamy. She was buried on 26 Jun 1923. 

11. Infant Medlin 

b/d. 1913

This is the child of H. A. Medlin & Chloie Lockamy.

?? F. Annie Medlin

Annie Florence Taylor (b. 10 May 1872, d. 2 Feb 1942) was married to William H. Medlin on 20 Dec 1891 in House Creek Township, Wake, NC. Her parents were Baldwin Taylor and Patilda (?) Underwood. 

?? W.H. Medlin 

William H. Medlin was married to Annie "Florence" Taylor. William's parents were James Medlin and Sabrina Holderfield.

?? Maggie M. Medlin

Maggie Mcgee (b. 3 May 1902, d. 2 Feb 1942) was married to William Macon Medlin on 5 Sep 1920. She was buried on 27 Aug 1980 in Raleigh, NC. Her father was Milton Mcgee and her mother was Mattie Carpenter. 

?? William M. Medlin

William Macon Medlin (b. 11 Sep 1894, d. 25 Mar 1987) was a carpenter. His parents were W.H. Medlin and Annie Florence Medlin. He married Maggie Mcgee on 5 Sep 1920 in Wake County, NC. 

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Thankful Thursday: Census Images on Heritage Quest

I'm thankful for several things today--

#1 Census Images--because they allow you to see a spatial relationship between two or more families

#2 Heritage Quest-- I love Ancestry.com, but I don't have a subscription right now, so instead I use my local libraries access for Heritage Quest. Having more than one place to find census images is also useful because transcriptions are different on the two sites, so a road block on one might not be present on the other.

I was especially thankful earlier this week while I was writing & "updating" Matrilineal Monday: The Daughters of Frances Buffaloe & Larkin Wood. I hated connecting the daughters to their husbands based off of the single marriage records I found on FamilySearch.org.

What if there was more than one Fannie Wood and I was chasing after the wrong one?!?! But lo and behold, I found an image that subsided some of my fears--one that had several of the families I was researching all on one page.

There are at least FOUR connected families on this one page (and possibly more just from my cursory glance at the other surnames on the page):

Image of Ervin Mann & Hattie Wood Mann (daughter of Fannie Wood).

Image of William Castleberry & his children. Two months after the census is recorded he will go on to marry Minnie Wood (shown in image below).

Image of Fannie Wood and several of her unmarried children: Minnie, Rena, Lena, and Kelso. 

Image of William Hunter, his wife Fannie Wood Hunter (daughter of Fannie Wood), their children, and William's mother & sister. 

These images come from the
1900 United States Census; Series: T623, Roll: 1221, Page: 284
White Oak Township, Wake County, North Carolina
Enumeration District: 153, Sheet No. 22B

Wordless Wednesday: 96 years old

Grandma Edna: "Can we just say I'm 100 today?"

Tombstone Tuesday: Kelso K. & Burlena M. Wood

My Great-Great- Grandparents:


Kelso Kedron WOOD 
b. 7 Mar 1882
d. 10 Nov 1931
Parents: Larkin H. WOOD & Frances BUFFALOE

Burlena "Lena" MURRAY
b.5 Dec 1880
d.15 Jul 1961)
Parents: James H. MURRAY & Sarah Ann HUNTER

Married on 25 Dec 1904 in Wake County, North Carolina


Tombstone Location: Swift Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Wake County, North Carolina

Matrilineal Monday: The Daughters of Frances Buffaloe & Larkin Wood

Larkin WOOD & Frances Buffaloe (Crocker) WOOD were blessed with taking care of thirteen children in the mid- to late- 1800s. What was special about this family? Twelve of these children were females, the very last kid was the lone boy. While researching Larkin's daughters I have had both ups & downs- for some of them it has been easy to find marriages and census records, for others it hasn't. 

I am going to use this post as a sort of goal to find out more about these ladies. Throughout tonight I will add updates of what I have found using the internet. 

Louisa CROCKER (16 Sep 1856- 16 Jun 1917) married William Burton WILDER

Evira CROCKER (1858- ?) possibly died before 1870 census

Thersann WOOD (1862-?) 

Calie V. WOOD (27 Sep 1864- 11 Jan 1928) married Unknown WILDER Samuel WILDER

Ella F. WOOD (30 Dec 1865- 21 Sep 1940) married S. A. MEDLIN Sidney A. MEDLIN

Francis WOOD (1868- 3 Feb 1950) married Unknown HUNTER William C. HUNTER

Anna C. WOOD (31 Jul 1871- 22 Apr 1917) married Unknown Joseph M. LUTHER

Minie WOOD (May 1873- ?) married to Unknown W. F. CASTLEBERRY

Hattie WOOD (1876- ?) married to Unknown Irvin MANN

Nelly G. WOOD (1878-?)

Tena May WOOD (15 Jun 1879- ?)

Rena Rey WOOD (15 Jun 1879- 20 Aug 1916) married George F. LUTER LEWTER

Read more for Updates

Surname Saturday: A Week of Celebrating the Wood Family

Today I am celebrating my great-grandmother's 96th birthday with family. To honor her, my oldest living relative, I will dedicate this weeks posts all to her ancestry.

Wood

mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter or forester, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu).

nickname for a mad, eccentric, or violent person, from Middle English wod ‘mad’, ‘frenzied’ (Old English wad), as in Adam le Wode, Worcestershire 1221.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

James Wood (4th Great-Grandfather)

b. abt. 1800 in North Carolina 

m. 19 Feb 1822 to Thursey/Thiresy/Theresy in Wake County, NC

children: 

1. James Wood (abt. 1828) 
2. Mars Wood (abt 1831)
3. Larkin H. Wood (abt 1833)
4. Archibald Wood (abt 1836)
5. Mary Wood (abt 1839)

Larkin Henry Wood (3rd Great-Grandfather)

b. 1833 in North Carolina

m. 26 Feb 1861 to Frances Buffaloe in Wake County, NC

d. between 1882-1900

children: 

1. Thursey A. Wood (abt 1862)
2. Calie V. Wood (27 Sept 1864- 11 Jan 1928)
3. Ella F. Wood (30 Dec 1865-21 Sept 1940)
4. Francis Wood (abt 1868- 3 Feb 1950)
5. Anna C. Wood (31 Jul 1871-22 Apr 1917)
6. Minie Wood (May 1873)
7. Hattie Wood (abt 1876)
8. Nelly G. Wood (abt 1878)
9. Tena May Wood (15 Jun 1879)
10. Rena Rey Wood (15 Jun 1879- 20 Aug 1916)
11. Kelso Kedron Wood (7 Mar 1882-10 Nov 1931)

Kelso Kedron "K K" Wood (2nd Great-Grandfather) 

b. 7 Mar 1882 in North Carolina

m. to Burlena Murray

d. 10 Nov 1931

children:

1. Murry Wood (abt. 1906)
2. Cullen Wood (abt 1907)
3. Elberta Wood (abt 1908 4 Dec 1907- 19 Nov 1986)
4. Jackson Wood (8 Mar 1909- 18 Apr 1989)
5. Allen Wood (abt 1911)
6. Exum Wood (abt 1912 26 Sep 1912- 30 May 1991)
7. Evelyn Wood (abt 1913)
8. Ruth Wood (1 Nov 1913-28 Dec 1968)
9. Edna Wood (13 Aug 1915)
10. Larkin Henry Wood (11 Dec 1916- 9 Jan 1993)
11. Francis Wood (abt 1918)
12. Kelso Kedron Wood Jr (14 Apr 1921- 17 Mar 1994)
13. Arline Wood (abt 1925)

Edna Wood (Great-Grandmother)

b. 13 Aug 1915

m. 13 Feb 1937 to Marvin Edwards

children:

• 7 living
• 2 deceased