This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4U.2ADI/1822 Message Board Post: Hi I am Andrea Bedlington and I am the granddaughter of Donald Bedlington and Joyce Wood-Bedlington. I am looking for any information involving Joyce's father, Henry Gideon Wood. I need to know information about his parents. I also need to know information about Don Bedlington's parents, John Bedlington and Ellen Hamry. Any info would be helpful. Thank you. Andrea Bedlington

> Message Board URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4U.2ADI/1822 > Hi I am Andrea Bedlington and I am the granddaughter of Donald Bedlington and Joyce Wood-Bedlington. I am looking for any information involving Joyce's father, Henry Gideon Wood. I need to know information about his parents. I also need to know information about Don Bedlington's parents, John Bedlington and Ellen Hamry. Any info would be helpful. > Thank you. > Andrea Bedlington California Death Record Index Bedlington, John Stanley b. 4-25-1915 in Washington d. 10-5-1988 in San Bernardino County, California mother's maiden Hamre (that's the way it's spelled) NOTE same place of death and the birth is near enough to be a wife of John Bedlington, Kathryn Elizabeth b. 12-1-1914 in Missouri d. 6-28-1981 in San Bernardino County, California mother's maiden Dittlinger father's surname Rodenmayer Social Security Death Index Bedlington, Donald b. 18 Jun 1923 d. __ Dec 1984 last know residence Spokane, Spokane County, WA SS # issued in Washington Could the above John Bedlington b. 1915 in WA be a brother to Donald ? ? I didn't find a John Bedlington any where in the United States 1920 - 1930 census. I tried Bedlington and Bedlinton. Vera

Mountain Home, Baxter County, AR newspaper - The Baxter Bulletin 9 Nov 1961 issue Rites Today for Henry Gideon Wood Henry Gideon Wood, aged 85, a retired farmer of Norfork, died Tuesday in an Independence, Mo. hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. in the Galatia Methodist Church with Bro. George Cleary officiating. Burial will be in the Galatia Cemetery, under the direction of Roller Funeral Home. Mr Wood, a native of Missouri, had been a resident of Baxter County for about 50 years. He is survived by four sons, Leslie Wood of Hollister, Mo., Howard Wood and Noah Wood of Norfork, and Frank Parnell of Kansas City, Mo.; five daughters, Fannie Mathis and Ruth Bowers of Kansas City, Mo., Nettie Taylor of Albuquerque, N. M.; Joyce Bedlington of Yakima, Wash., and Nita House of Albuquerque; 30 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a brother, Marion Wood of Cabool. Mo., and a sister, Mathis Gree of California. Pallbearers will be Winfred Benbrook, Ransom Stewart, Andy Simpson, Al Wallace, Junior Finley and Gene Alexander. ********** You will find him, his wife and some of their children on the Galatia Cemetery site http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcemete/baxter/galatia.htm I also have the obit for Wilma Gertrude Wood w/o Henry Wood. If you would like it.

Henry G. Wood and Gertie are living in Norfork, Baxter County, AR in 1930 . If you need this census let me know. Henry Wood 32 m. 24 Oct 1916 Baxter County Gertie Payne 22 Henry Wood had step-daughter, Marie Parnell listed in 1930 census and son Frank Parnell listed in obituary. Gertie Payne 16 m. 10 Nov 1909 Baxter County S. E. Parnell 17

Bernie, been workin' on 1910 census -- have several more questions but here's first one. 1910 Census - Baxter County, Arkansas Barren Creek Township Line 46 31 / 31 SMOTHERS (Head) Edd D., 42, m1x, 14yrs; AR TN TN; English; Attorney at law - General Practice; YY; OFF 29 (Wife) Cora, 31, m1x, 14yrs; IN IN IN; English; YY (Son) Rex, 9, AR AR IN (Son) Reginald, 7, AR AR IN (Son) Ray, 4, AR AR IN (Dau) Rubie, 3, AR AR IN (Dau) Ruth, 5/12, AR AR IN ***** Is this same as Edmund SMOTHERS, b. 1867, son of Elisha M. SMOTHERS and wife Loucinda TAYLOR, formerly ROACH ??? And, if so, do you know wife Cora's maiden name? Thanks so much! Peggy