AGED MINISTER DEAD
Rev. B. G. Wood Passes Away at his Home Near Bluford Thursday

Rev B. G. Wood, a retired U. B. minister died at his home near Bluford Thursday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock. He was 82 years of age and had been a resident of this county for over 50 years.

L. S. Wood, a son of deceased lives in this city.

The funeral services will be held at Oakdale Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Coffman.

Source: Mt. Vernon News
Date: Wednesday, March 15, 1911
Submitted by Mary Jane Wood - Jan 27, 2001

Rev. B. G. Wood, born June 16, 1829, died in Jefferson County, Ilinois, March 9, 1911.

He was converted at sixteen and joined the United Brethren Church, to which he was faithful till death.

He married Mary E. Whitsell; seven children were born, five of whom survive, all being Christians.

He served three years in the Civil War.

In 1866 he moved from New Goshen, Indiana, to Jefferson County, Illinois. He was licensed to preach about thirty years ago and labored in several fields with quite a degree of success.

His wife has been dead eleven years.

Afflicted with paralysis a few years since, his only daughter cared for him, and he bore his suffering with great resignation -- J. Coffman.

Source: Religious Telescope, Vol. 77, No. 13
Date: March 29, 1911
Submitted by Mary Jane Wood - Jan 27, 2001

Note from Sandy: his gravestone at Oakdale cemetery shows his first namd as Benjamin.