Second Generation

2. Raymond McClain Wood was born on 28 May 1886. He was farmer. He lived in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois. He died on 22 Aug 1972.¹ We show the death date as 22 Aug 1972 but Sandra Nees shows 23 Aug 1972. He was buried in Robinson Creek, Shelby County, Illinois.¹ At the time of Phyllis's birth, Raymond worked at the Masonic Home in Sullivan, IL. There was a big flu epidemic that killed a large number of people. They moved to Shelbyville area. About 3 miles north of "Dugout", a dug out place by the Kaskaskia river. The area is now under Shelbyville lake.
Ray worked very hard and had a very hard time but he never complained or wanted pity. He was a farmer, talked very loud and gruff, but in his heart he was as gentle as anyone can be.
Raymond McClain Wood and Goldie Harlow were married on 6 Dec 1910. According to Phyllis Wood Strohl, the family moved to Dugout, Shelby County, IL sometime after her birth in 1917. Dugout (not a town) was located behind the Sheblyville city park. It is now under Lake Shelbyville.

3. Goldie Harlow¹ was born on 8 May 1894.^1,2 Sandra Nees shows a birth date of 27 Aug 1894. We had shown 8 May 1894. She died on 22 Aug 1945.^1,2 Sandra Nees shows the death date as 15 Sep 1945. We show the death date as 22 Aug 1945. Family history has always stated that Goldie died while her daughter Violet was in the hospital with the delivery of James Dennis Reichart on 5 Sep 1945 and Violet did not learn of the death for 2 weeks. She was buried in Robinson Creek, Shelby County, Illinois.¹ She died from complications of hysterectomy.³ Goldie was not raised by her parents, because we think her mother died very young and her father was unable to raise her. We think the family was very large.

Two different accounts exist in the family legends. One belief is that she was raised by her aunt in Newton, IL. The other belief is that she was raised by her aunt in TN and they moved to IL by covered wagon.

We believe Goldie was raised by Ruel (Harlow?).

Goldie also died very young. She went into the hospital to have surgery at the same time her daughter Violet went in to have her first child, James Dennis. Violet had to have a Ceasarian and was not doing well when her mother died of complications of her surgery. Violet did not know her mother had died until 2 weeks after her death.

We believe Goldie worked at the Masonic Home in Sullivan. Phyllis Wood Strohl reports remembering an influenza epidemic that killed many residents of the Home.

Sandra Nees shows her name as Goldie Vadiken. Children were:

	i.	Ruth Wood was born in 1915. She died in 1915. She was stillborn.
	ii.	Phyllis Wood was born on 10 Jan 1917 in north of Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois. She died about 22 Jan 2005.
	iii.	Richard Wood was born on 11 Dec 1918. He died on 16 Feb 1937. Richard was deaf and couldn't talk.
	iv.	Margurite Virginia Wood was born on 20 Sep 1920 in Shelby County, Illinois. She died on 10 Jul 1977.
	v.	Rosetta June Wood was born on 19 Jun 1922 in Shelby County, Illinois. She was born 3 miles NE of Shelbyville. She died on 28 Jul 1995. She died from cancer. Aunt June introduced Terisa, David, and Rick (and maybe Denny) to church in the late 1950's. She took us to Bible school at the Nazarene Church in Shelbyville. As of 1994, she was still teaching Sunday School. Her great granddaughter was in her class. In years gone by, June and her husband Ray picked up as many as 32 kids each Sunday morning.
1	vi.	Violet Leola Wood.
	vii.	Wilma Wood.
	viii.	James Robert Wood was born on 16 Feb 1926. The year of birth does not show in the source, 1926 is a guess. He died about 12 Jun 2000. Jimmy was handicapped. After Ray and Goldie had both passed away, he went to live in a nursing home in Effingham, IL.
	ix.	Elsie Jean Wood was born in 1928. She died on 13 Sep 1979 in Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. From her obituary: Mrs. Brown Dies at Moline, Rites Friday Mrs. Presley Brown, a native of Shelby County died Sept. 13 in Moline, IL. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Estedahl Funeral Home in Moline. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. Brown was born in Shelby County, the daughter of Raymond and Goldie Wood. Surviving are her husband, sons, Jerry of Moline and Charles of California, four sisters, Mrs. Lawrence (Phyllis) Strohl, Mrs. Sam (Margurite) Mose and Mrs Ray (June) Mose, all of Shelbyville and Mrs. Robert (Wilma) Marquiss of Findlay; and a brother, Jimmie Wood of Effingham. Her parents, two sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.
	x.	Wood was stillborn in 1930.
	xi.	Wood was stillborn in 1931.