Virginia E. b. 27 March 1867, d. 13 March 1939, m. George Wetmore b. 29June 1865, d. 27 Nov 1941. They had 3 children: Florence Emma b. 21 Dec 1895; Harry Ernest b. 7June 1898; Elmer A. b. 8 March 1900.

Artemas Rayner b. 16 Aug 1869, d. 31 Dec 1950, m. Mary Ellen Hickey.

Edward Matthew Edmund b. 27 Apr 1871, d. 14 Apr 1918, m. 28 March 1895 AnnieJane Bevans, b. 29July 1874, d. 16 Nov 1949. They had 4 children: Annie Jane b. 25 Dec 1897; Edith May b. 8 Oct 1902; Edmund Matthew b. 1 Sept 1904; Lillian Gertrude b. 10 Feb 9.

Jane A. b. 14 Apr 1873, d. 1891.

Leonard Southmeade b. 16 Apr 1875, d. 29 Sept 1952, m. Maude Ester Cook, b. 12 Feb 1879, d. 18 Nov 1952. They had 9 children: Melville Southmeade b. 13 Sept 1896; Everett Bernard b. 24 Dec 1897; Edith Alexandria b. 11 June 1900; Everetta Maude b. 23 Nov 1902; Chester Eldin b. 10 Apr 1906; Irving Leon b. 20 Apr 1908; Leonard Elton b. 15Jan 1912; Merrill Westcott b. 29 March 1916; Shirley b. 25 Aug 1917.

Ida Maude b. 7 May 1877, m. George E. Webber, son of George and Ida Maude Webber.

Harry b. 29July 1879, unmarried.

Russell Clayton b. 1880, d. 25 Dec 1952, m. 2 Feb 1907 Carrie Eva Carleton.

Frederick b. 1880, died in infancy.

Thomas Albert b. 19 Nov 1883, d. 1910.

Albert Clmter b. 27 Oct 1885, m. 6Jan 1933 Fleata Viola Garrison.

Grace Marion b. 28 Dec 1890, d. 1972, unmarried.

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Mark b. 1839, d. 10 Jan 1887, son of Billy Wood and Margaret Enman, m. 28 March 1865 Susan Chandler, b. 1841, d. 26 Aug 1908, daughter ofJohn Chandler, Mount Albion.

Mark was a blacksmith by trade and operated a shop near the Tryon Woolen Mills.

Mark Wood and Susan Chandler had 7 children: Albert b. 1866, d. 1946, 1st. m._]ane Harvey, Linkletter Road; 2nd. m. Elizabeth Gunn.

William Henry b. 1 Oct 1868. No record. Celia Jane b. 5 March 1869, m. 3 May 1888 Smith Leard, son of

Charles Wesley Leard. See Leard history. Emma b. 13 May 1871, d. 1930, lst. m. Edward Gordon Howatt, b.

30 Jan 1870, d. 28 March 1909, son of David Howatt and Margaret McEachern. They had 2 children: John Godwell b. 27 July 1897, d. 17 Sept 1918, in W I; Celia Amanda b. 17 March 1900, d. 14July 1962, m. Arthur W. Jay. Emma 2nd. m. Donald Howatt b. 20 Feb 1867, d. 1 Apr 1954, brother of Edward.

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