 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas 
Sept 17, 1928
Judge Wood Dies Sunday Was Leading Citizen and Lawyer, Prominent in All Affairs in Sherman Judge Judson Hiram Wood, 70 years old, prominent lawyer of this city and well known over North Texas died Sunday morning at his residence, 811 South Crockett street. Judge Wood attended the Democratic convention in Dallas last Monday and returned home ill. He was not considered seriously ill, however, until two days prior to his death. Intestinal influenza was given as the cause of his death. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances Wood, and two sons, Judson Hiram Wood Jr. of Tulsa, Okla., and James Ralph Wood of Dallas. He is also survived by his father, James Wright Wood of Italy, Texas. Judge Wood was born March 22, 1858, on a farm in Rusk county. He attended the common schools in that county and an academy in Smith county known as "Summer Hill Select School." He received his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Virginia in 1882. He was admitted to the bar at Henderson in 1883 and served as county judge of Rusk county from 1886 to 1890. He moved to Sherman in 1891 for the purpose of forming a law partnership with the late Allison Mayfield, who was later railroad commissioner of Texas for about twenty years. The firm name was Wood and Mayfield and was dissolved when Judge Wood was elected county judge of Grayson county. He held this office from 1894 to 1898. Mr. Mayfield became assistant attorney general of Texas under the late Charles A. culberson. After serving four years as county judge, Judge Wood became the law partner of Colonel C.B. Randell from 1900 to 1907. Following this partnership, he was with the firm composed of the late J.A.L. Wolfe. Judge Rice Maxey and the late Judge James P. Haven of Dallas. The firm continued under the name of Wolfe, Wood & Haven from about 1910 to 1912. He was then in partnership from 1916 to 1920 with Judge B.L. Jones, now chief justice of the court of civil appeals for the fifth district, and Judge J.W. Hassell now of Dallas. The name of the firm was Wood, Jones and Hassell. Until this year he was in partnership with his son, James Ralph Wood, now of Dallas. His father's family was originally from North Carolina and came to this state from Tennessee in 1850. His mother was born in Nacogdoches county, Texas, in 1838. Her family was originally from Virginia and moved to Texas the year she was born. Judge Wood was a member of four fraternal organizations in the city, these being the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Elks. He was president of the board of trustees of the city schools here from 1906 to 1910. The Whitewright Sun Thursday, September 20, 1928 pg.9 LOCALS T.H. Sears and T.E. Barbee attended the funeral of Judge J.H. Wood at Sherman, which was held Monday morning. Mr. Sears and Mr. Barbee were honorary pallbearers.  West Hill Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2016 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
