"The Milton and Milton Junction Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, June 14, 1962, p 1. Mrs. Byron Rood, 80, Milton, passed away Tuesday, June 12, at 3:30 a.m. in Edgerton Community Hospital, following a short illness. Services were to be held today, Thursday, June 14, at 2 p.m. in the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Milton, with D. Nelson Inglis officiating in the absence of her pastor, Rev. Elmo F. Randolph, with burial in Milton Cemetery. Pallbearers are: Franklin Bradley, Robert Hurley, Erlo Nelson, Forrest Branch, Herbert Crouch and Theron Ochs. The daughter of N. P. and Caroline Olson Nelson, she was born Sept. 30, 1882, at Dell Rapids, S. D. She was married to Byron Rood on July 6, 1903 in South Dakota. After their marriage they moved to Milton where they have since resided. She was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Milton. Surviving are her husband; one daughter, Nelsie, at home and one son, Leman, at Edgerton; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Frederick, Gentry, Ark., Mrs. Lydia Hurley, Madison, and Miss Hannah Nelson, Milton; three brothers, Julius and Charles of Milton, and Martin of Lima Center; six grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. One son, Edward, and a sister, Mrs. C. A. Davis, preceded her in death. "The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, May 23, 1974, p 16. Byron R. Rood, 95, of 614 College St., longtime area resident, died Friday morning, May 17 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, where he was admitted after taking a fall in his yard Wednesday afternoon. He was born Oct. 2, 1878 at North Loup, Nebraska and had lived in the Milton area since 1899. He attended Milton Academy and while a student sang with the school's gospel group. He was married to Lena Nelson July 6, 1904 at Dell Rapids, South Dakota and the couple farmed in the area until 1925 when they moved to Milton. For forty years prior to retirement, Mr. Rood was a meat cutter in Milton stores. He was a member of the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Leman of Edgerton; a daughter, Miss Nelsie Rood with whom he resided; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Martin Nelson and Miss Elsie Rood, both of Milton, and Mrs. Charles Harmon, Beaver City, Nebraska. He was preceded in death by a son, Edward, in 1960 and his wife in 1962. services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20 at the church, Rev. Earl Cruzan officiating. Burial was in Milton cemetery with Erlo Nelson, Dr. Forrest Branch, Leland Skaggs, Charles Williams, Herb Crouch and Ken Ochs as pallbearers. They Came to Milton http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jonsaunders