Which ones do you have questions about? I can tell you that the McAlexanders were related to Richard Wood thru a daughter with his 4th wife, Lucy VIA. The daughter was Laura Matilda Wood who married Charles McAlexander. I don't have a copy of their children at hand. The Cannadays married two of Anna Wood and David Cockram's sons. Anna being dau of Richard Wood and Rachel Cockram. The sons were David Cockram Jr married Ellie Cannaday and Peter Cockram married Mahala Cannaday. The Griffiths- related to Richard Wood in this way: Richard and Rachel's son Alexander Wood had a son John Wesley Wood; He married Celia Lily in WV and they had a dau, Minerva who married Henry Griffith. Now I know these folks aren't in your list but there may be other marriages or connections that I am not aware of. I suspect the woman named Iowa you reference below who married Haynes is the sister to Henry Griffith as he had a sister named Iowa Griffith who first married David Cockram, the same David Cockram who first married Ellie Cannady. Hope this is clearer than mud! Deb --- Cleonharris@aol.com wrote: > While eagerly awaiting the pilgrimage to the > Wood’s Gap Cemetery being > conducted by Truman Adkins on the 29th, I became > curious about the people buried > there. It turns out that not surprisingly many were > descendants of Father > Dickey Wood, but others appear to have been just > neighbors from both sides of the > Floyd-Patrick border. Here are the records made by > O. E. Pilson on 11 April > 1977 in all caps, followed by a brief summary of > what I found in census and > other records. > Charles Leon Harris > > RICHARD WOOD (FATHER DICKEY), PIONEER OF WOOD'S > GAP, B. 1772 ; D. 1856. > Born about 1776 according to 1850 census. Died 20 > Jan 1859 according to the > Patrick County Death Register. Son of John and Milly > Wood of Bedford County. > > RACHEL COCKRAM WOOD, WIFE # 1, MOTHER OF 8 CHILDREN: > HENRY, GERMAN, > ALEXANDER, PETER, JOHN R., JEREMIAH, EDWARD & ANN, > SHE DIED 13 DEC. 1823. > Daughter of Edward and Mary Cockram. Date of death > probably incorrect, as it > is before Dickey’s marriage to Fannie Brammer. > First child, Henry, born 1798 > in Franklin County. > > FANNIE BRAMMER WOOD, WIFE # 2, NO CHILDREN. DIED 30 > AUG. 1830. > Married in Patrick County 8 Sep 1823. > > ELIZABETH DEHART WOOD, WIFE # 3, MOTHER OF 4 > CHILDREN: PRESTON, JACKSON, > DOLLIE, LUCINDA. SHE DIED 26 OCT. 1838 > Probably daughter of James and Catherine DeHart. > First child born about 1832. > > LUCY VIA WOOD, WIFE # 4, MOTHER OF 6 CHILDREN: FRED, > BYRDINE, GEORGE, NANCY, > RUTH, MATILDA, SHE DIED ABOUT 1851. > Daughter of Richard and Frances Via. First child > born 1841. Date of death > Aug 1855. > > GOLDEN E. CANNADAY, B. 23 MAR. 1914 ; D. 7 NOV. 1935 > * > ANDREW J. CANNADAY, B. 5 APR. 1867 ; D. 22 MAY, > 1935 * > Patrick County birth register says Andrew J. > Cannaday was born in Nov 1867 > to Constant Cannaday and his second wife, > Elizabeth. Andrew’s residence in the > 1930 census was Floyd County, Court House District, > south end. Golden was > the son of Andrew J. Cannaday. > > ANICE MCALEXANDER, 1936 ; D. 1941 (U[ndertaker’s > Marker]) > > DAVID HARLOW GRIFFITH, B. 3 MAY, 1915 ; D. 22 JAN. > 1921 > Son of William H. and Annie R. Griffith in Floyd > County, Court House > District in 1920 census. > > (F) RICHARD A. GRIFFITH, B. 1877 ; D. 1958 * > (M) CLARA WHITE GRIFFITH, B. 1883 ; D. 1960 * > The Patrick County birth register says Richard A. > Griffith was born 26 Sep > 1878 to Artensa Griffith, and the 1880 census for > Smith River District of > Patrick County lists Richard A. Griffith age 1 in > the family of Sparrell F. and > Artemesia [Hall] Griffith. According to the 1900 > Patrick County, Smith River > District census, Clara White was born June 1882, > daughter of Alexander and > Bettie A. White, and still single. She married > Richard A. Griffith before 1920. > > JOHN B. COCKRAM, B. 1880 ; D. 1887 > Born in Patrick County on 10 June 1880 to Gabriel > A. and Lurinda A. Cockram, > who lived in the Smith River District of Patrick > County. Gabriel A. Cockram > was the son of Richard and Judith Ann Wood Cockram. > Richard was the son of > David Preston and Anna Wood Cockram, and Judith Ann > Wood was the daughter of > Jeremiah and Mary Ann DeHart Wood. Both Anna and > Jeremiah Wood were children of > Richard and Rachel Wood. > > HENRY COCKRAM, B. 31 JULY, 1872 ; D. 21 NOV. 1874 > Probably son of William H. and Millie Jane Cockram, > below. > > WILLIAM H. COCKRAM, B. 1 JAN. 1843 ; D. 15 DEC. > 1936, CO. D, 51 VA. INF. C. > S. A. > William Harvey Cockram was the son of David Preston > and Anna Wood Cockram, > mentioned above. He lived in Floyd County. > > MILLIE JANE DEHART, WIFE OF WM. H. COCKRAM, B. 30 > MAY, 1847 ; D. 13 FEB. 1941 > Daughter of James Wilson and Rebecca Jane Martin > DeHart. > > DAVID COCKRAM, CO. D, 51 INF. C. S. A. (NO DATES) > Born about 1845 to David Preston and Anna Wood > Cockram (see above). David > married (1) Ellender Cannaday, daughter of Constant > and Elizabet Cannaday (see > above), before 1870, and (2) Iowa A. Griffith 29 > July 1888. Iowa A. Griffith > was the sister of Richard A. Griffith (see above). > > (H) MONROE F. HAYNES, B. 19 JAN. 1848 ; HUSBAND OF > IOWA A. HAYNES, (NO DATES) > He married Iowa A. Griffith Cockram, widow of David, > in the 1920s, and in > the 1930 census they were in Floyd County, Court > House District, south end. > > NELDA SUE MCALEXANDER, B. & D. 12 OCT. 1949 > > ELBERT MCALEXANDER, B. 17 AUG. 1900 ; D. 28 APR. > 1920 > Possibly James E. McAlexander, son of Jessie A. and > Mary E. McAlexander (see > below). > > MARY G. MCALEXANDER, B. 1876 ; D. 1961 (U) > > JESSIE A. MCALEXANDER, B. 1867 ; D. 1950 * > MARY E. MCALEXANDER, B. 1879 ; > ——————— * > According to the 1930 census Jesse A. and Mary E. ? > were married in the > 1890s and lived in Floyd County Court House > District, south end. > > JOHN JEFF D. WOOD, B. 13 SEPT. 1867 ; D. 25 APR. > 1943 & > SELINA SALMONS, B. 12 FEB. 1872 ; D. 5 JULY, 1959 > & > Jefferson D. Wood was born in West Virginia to John > B. and Lucy A. Wood (see > below). He married (1) Malinda A. ? about 1889, then > Salina E. P. Salmons > before 1920. Salina E. P. Salmons was listed as a > daughter age 8 of Joseph and > Lethanda B. Salmons in the 1880 census for the > Smith River District of Patrick > County. In the 1930 census John Jeff and Salina > lived in the Smith River > District of Patrick County. > > ALVIN HARMON WOOD, B. 26 AUG. 1915 ; D. 12 NOV. 1940 > Son of John Jeff D. Wood and his first wife > Malinda. > > LOUCINDA A. WOOD, WIFE OF JOHN B. WOOD, B. 14 JULY, > 1840 ; D. 26 NOV. 1913 > Possibly Lucinda A. Cannaday daughter of Constant > and his first wife Sarah > (see above), last recorded with her parents at age > 19 in the 1860 Patrick > County, Smith River District census. > > JOHN B. WOOD, B. 1839 ; D. 7 MAR. 1907, AGE 68 YRS. > GONE SOLDIER > Born in Indiana and therefore probably the son of > Henry and Nancy Bryant > Wood. Henry, first child of Richard and Rachel, > left Patrick County in the 1830s > and settled in Sullivan County Indiana. John B. > Wood married Loucinda around > 1864, and they settled in the Smith River District > of Patrick County before > 1870. > > MARY E. WOOD, D. 28 JUNE, 1897; AGE 89 YRS. > > APPROXIMATELY 40 GRAVES ARE MARKED WITH CRUDE > STONES, NO INSCRIPTIONS. > > > ==== VAPATRIC Mailing List ==== > Patrick Co., Va. Genealogy (VaGenWeb) > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vapatric/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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