William Ray Wood, Jr

1905 - 1957  (51 years)

• Name	William Ray Wood  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	29 Aug 1905	Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA   [1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1910	Rocky Station, Lee, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Residence	1920	Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA   [7, 11]
  Residence	1923	Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA   [8]
  	Pineville Independent High School
  Departure	17 Nov 1930	Puerto Cortez, Cortes, Honduras   [10]
  Arrival	20 Nov 1930	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [10]
  Industry	Railroad  [9]
  Family Search ID	G7VY-HVF
  Residence	1950	Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA   [13]
  Burial	1957	Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA   [1, 12, 14]
  	Pineville Cemetery
  Death	13 Mar 1957	Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, 14]
  Person ID	I224	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery, William Azmon Sample and Esther Garrison
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Ray Wood, Sr,   b. 8 Nov 1869, Perryville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA d. 6 Dec 1944, Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emelyn Moore Montgomery,   b. 17 Feb 1883, Selma, Dallas, Alabama, USA d. 29 Aug 1975, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA (Age 92 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Aug 1904	Straight Creek, Bell, Kentucky, USA   [2, 15, 16, 17]
  Family ID	F1548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Richardson Gragg,   b. 7 Jun 1906, Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA d. 11 Jun 1995, Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA (Age 89 years)
  Children	> 1. William Ray Wood, III,   b. 8 Mar 1944, Bell County, Kentucky, USA d. 12 Jan 2018, Ohio, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F42160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 29 Aug 1905 - Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA Residence - 1920 - Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA Residence - Pineville Independent High School - 1923 - Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA Departure - 17 Nov 1930 - Puerto Cortez, Cortes, Honduras Arrival - 20 Nov 1930 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1950 - Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA Burial - 1957 - Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA Death - 13 Mar 1957 - Pineville, Bell, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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Record for William Ray Wood https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1222&h=1773631&indiv=try [S3936] Ancestry.com, Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;). Record for William R Wood https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3077&h=2702430&indiv=try [S3132] Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit; Columbus, Ohio; Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2018. Record for William R Wood https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5763&h=9663482&indiv=try [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Rocky Station, Lee, Virginia; Roll: T624_1633; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 0030; FHL microfilm: 1375646. Record for William R Wood https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=29259269&indiv=try [S4206] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Pineville, Bell, Kentucky; Roll: T625_559; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 4. Record for William K Wood https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=67831462&indiv=try [S3008] Ancestry.com, U.S. School Yearbooks, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Pineville Independent High School; Year: 1923. 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