Honey Grove, Texas

The Wood Family

Published in the Honey Grove Signal-Citizen about 1938

Written by H. P. Allen, assisted by W. J. Erwin

The Ben F. Wood family came from Christian County, Ky., to Honey Grove in 1847, and bought several hundred acres of land lying about one mile southeast of the town site where Honey Grove was built. The land he bought had no improvements on it, and he rented land from J. T. Allen and made a feed crop the first year, then began making improvements on his own land, where he spent the balance of his life. Mr. Wood was a conservative, good man, thoroughly upright and dependable. He provided a home for each of his children. Mrs. Wood was a daughter of Angus Galbraith. Their children were Elizabeth, who became the wife of John T. McCleary; Wallace, whose wife was Joanna Pierce; M. H. (Polk), whose wife was Wilsie Shelton; Emma, who married Henry Holmes; A. L. (Gus), who married Judge Piner's youngest daughter; Ben, whose wife's name we have forgotten; Charles' wife was the only daughter of Captain Rutherford. All the children of Mr. and Mrs. Wood have passed away except Gus and Charlie.

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