Atwood Family Information

Contributed by George M. Atwood, February, 2002 gbatwood@prodigy.net

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ATWOOD – BEARDEN INFORMATION

by George M. Atwood

GEORGE WASHINGTON ATWOOD — Born 1st March 1865 in Cherokee Co., Texas. He was the son of Isaac Y.B. and his wife Anne (BOTTOMS) ATWOOD.

On the U.S. Census for Van Zandt Co., Texas for 1870, George W. ATWOOD is shown living with his grandfather Zachariah (Zach) BOTTOMS. They lived in that county until the mid‑1870s, moving then to the town of Dexter in Cook County, Texas. They only lived there a short time, moving then into Indian Territory to the area of Pauls Valley, White Bead Hill, and Paoli in Garvin Co., I.T.

George Washington ATWOOD first marries Francis Isabel (also known by Fanny Bell/e) (EDDY). (I have heard that she was married before to a man named ………(?) FREDERICKS,

but have been unable to find any information on this marriage.)

George W. and Francis Isabel (Fanny Bell/e) ATWOOD lived in that White Bead Hill area, and my father George William Alexander ATWOOD was born there on 26th of August 1888. They moved before the 1890 U.S. Census, and they are shown on that census as being in the town of Purcell, McClain Co., I.T.

Mary Bell ATWOOD — the second child of George W. and Francis I. ATWOOD — was born in 1892, I.T.; as to where at that time is unknown. In late 1892 George W. and Francis ATWOOD took the family and went to Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa to see Francis’s father, Leander EDDY. George and Francis ATWOOD stayed there until 1895.

While George and Francis ATWOOD were still in Oskaloosa, Iowa, their third child Rose Bell/e was born in 1895. In late 1895 George and Francis ATWOOD returned to the Pauls Valley, I.T. area, as they had family there — the BOTTOMS, SEGROVES, KIRKLANDS, as well as many others.

Francis Isabel (Fanny Bell/e) (EDDY — FREDERICKS) ATWOOD passed away at or near White Bead Hill and Paoli. She is buried somewhere in that area.

George W. ATWOOD was left with three small children, and Elizabeth (Betty) and Thomas SEGROVES took the children to care for them while George W. ATWOOD worked.

Children by first marriage:

1. George William Alexander ATWOOD

1. 26th August 1888 at White Bead Hill, I.T.

2. Marry Bell/e ATWOOD — b. 1892 place unknown

3. Rose Bell/e ATWOOD — b. 1895 Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa.

On 24th May 1900, George Washington ATWOOD married for the second time to “Miley Ann BEARDEN.”
Miley had been married before to “Edgar TOMBERLIN” and was divorced. They lived in several places—Willis, Pauls Valley, Sulphur, also near Dougherty—before moving to the Fort Worth, Texas area where they lived out the rest of their life.

Miley Ann (BEARDEN) ATWOOD was the daughter of Wiley W. BEARDEN and his wife Amarita (ADAMS) BEARDEN.

George Washington and Miley Anne (BEARDEN) ATWOOD had the following children:

1. Wiley Wesley (Opeck) ATWOOD – b. 27 April 1901 Laing, I.T., d. 6 Oct. 1988 FTW, TX
2. Dulcie Amrita ATWOOD – b. 11 March 1903 Willis, I.T., d. 28 Nov. 1983 FTW, TX
3. Elmore Foaster ATWOOD – b. 8 Dec. 1905 Sulphur, I.T., d. 20 Dec. 1905 Sulphur, I.T.