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Lydia Higgins Wood

Birth	:	May 1841 Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	23 Jun 1920 North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Burial	:	County Home Cemetery, Wilkes County, USA
Description	:	Daughter of a George W. Higgins and an Elizabeth (Rhodes) Higgins. Per the 1850 US Census, she was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina. By that year, it appears that her mother, Elizabeth (Rhodes) Higgins, had died, and on 9 Oct 1845, her father remarried to a Martha Frances "Fanny" (Hall) Higgins. She was married to a William H. Wood on 15 Sep 1866 in Wilkes County, NC (but by the 1880 Census she was listed as being divorced), and was the mother of (at least) a Mary Ann Wood, a Thomas Avery Wood, and an Ambrose... Read More	Daughter of a George W. Higgins and an Elizabeth (Rhodes) Higgins. Per the 1850 US Census, she was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina. By that year, it appears that her mother, Elizabeth (Rhodes) Higgins, had died, and on 9 Oct 1845, her father remarried to a Martha Frances "Fanny" (Hall) Higgins. She was married to a William H. Wood on 15 Sep 1866 in Wilkes County, NC (but by the 1880 Census she was listed as being divorced), and was the mother of (at least) a Mary Ann Wood, a Thomas Avery Wood, and an Ambrose Wood. It does not appear that she ever remarried, and by the 1910 Census she was listed as living with her older brother, Ervin Higgins, in Traphill Township, Wilkes County, NC, and by the 1920 Census as living with a younger half-brother, Bynum Higgins, a widower, in Rock Creek Township, Wilkes County, NC. In the 1920 Census, she was listed as "Lydia Higgins," as was her name also listed on her 1923 NC death certificate. Memorial Creator/Maintainer is a paternal 2nd great-grandnephew.

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Where is Lydia Higgins Wood's memorial?
Lydia Higgins Wood's memorial is located at: County Home Cemetery, Wilkes County, USA.
When did Lydia Higgins Wood death?
Lydia Higgins Wood death on 23 Jun 1920 in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA