Wood-Pinson Cemetery

History of the Cemetery

THOMAS BOUCHER WOOD FAMILY CEMETERY

According to family history Thomas Boucher Wood (1820-1879) was born in Columbus, Mississippi. He attended the University of Louisville in Kentucky in 1843 and again in 1849, at which time he received his doctoral degree in medicine with a thesis on pneumonia.
Soon thereafter Dr. Wood came to this area to farm and practice medicine. he and Susan Amanda Pinson (1833-1873) were married in July 1850. Susan's family were among the earlier pioneers of nearby Mound Prairie in Anderson County.
The Wood family cemetery is a testament to the harsh conditions of pioneer life. It was established in 1851 when Thomas and Susan's first child, a daughter was stillborn. Family records indicate that she was buried on the homestead. Thomas and Susan Wood had ten children. Their daughter Josephine (1858-1863) was the next family member to be interred here. The following year the Woods' son, John Felix (1862-1864), died and Susan Amanda Wood miscarried a daughter on the same day. Another unnamed infant girl was stillborn in 1873. T. B. Wood and their son, Albert (1853-1879), both succumbed to pneumonia on Albert's twenty-sixth birthday. another daughter Tommie Elizabeth Wood Pelham (1856-1884) was buried here next to her four infants. Some of the Wood family slaves are believed to have been buried just outside the family plot.
In the late 1990s, Wood descendants returned to the site and restored the cemetery. It serves as a memorial to the Wood family pioneers of Henderson County.

Directions:

From the Athens courthouse square, take HWY 31 East to the traffic light at
Wofford Street. Turn left on North Wofford and go about a half mile
across the railroad tracks to the official Texas Historical Marker
for the Wood Cemetery on the right side of the road. Wofford
becomes Cream Level Road north of the RR tracks. Follow
the dirt road behind the marker for about 200 ft. to the cemetery.
It is on private property but permission to enter is not necessary
and there are no fences to cross.

Enumeration

If you have any changes or additions to be added here,
please contact Laura Gregory Roberts that I may get them posted here.

There are only two markers that can be read. This cemetery is located in a small wooded area. For more information on burials and history of the Wood family visit this link to The Portal to Texas History

Submitted by Laura Gregory Roberts

Historical Marker

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View of the Cemetery

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