Elizabeth Wood
 

Kentucky Post, Thursday, 26 January 1905, page 5

NEARLY 80 YEARS


When Newport was a wilderness and when a tiny baby, Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, 81, who died yesterday evening, was brought to Newport by her parents. Newport has since been her home. It is said by many that she had resided in Newport nearly 80 years.

Her birthplace was England. Her death occurred at 610 Washington av. where she had been making her home. Pneumonia was the immediate cause. One of her sons, Charles Wood, was formerly Secretary and Treasurer of Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Undertaker Gus Menninger will have charge.

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Cincinnati Enquirer, Thursday, 26 January 1905, page 9

Mrs. Eliza Wood, 81, widow of James Wood, died last night at her home, 810 Washington avenue. Old age was the cause of death. The deceased had been a resident of Newport for more than half a century and leaves two children, Id and Charles Wood.

 

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