Elizabeth Muse

1812 - 1877  (64 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Muse  [1, 2]
  Birth	28 Oct 1812	North Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	15 Feb 1877	Sabine County, Texas   [1, 2]
  Burial	Wood Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	From FindAGrave: Elizabeth Muse was born in North Carolina (1850 San Augustine Co. TX census). Elizabeth Muse married (1) Benjamin Franklin Howard (or Harwood) who was born about 1807. They were married Jan. 31, 1830 or 1831 in Madison Co, TN. The Howard family moved to Texas before the Texas Revolutionary War. B.F. Howard served in the Texas Revolution. According to a land grant record, he came to Texas in 1835. Benjamin Franklin Howard and Elizabeth Muse had one child: George Washington Howard, born about 1834 (1850 and 1860 census) or 1832 (Howard family history and Civil War records) in TN. He married Sereptha Williams, born in Feb 1822 in AL. Sereptha had first married Thomas Watts, Jr. (1822-1849). Sereptha and Thomas had three children, Greenberry b abt 1843, Amanda b abt 1846 and Benjamin Franklin b abt 1848. Sereptha then married George Washington Howard on July 14, 1853, San Augustine Co. The 1860 San Augustine Co. census found "Wash" and Sereptha with the 3 Watts children and 3 of their own: Mary E. born abt 1854, Napolean B. born abt 1858, Find A Grave 51926307, and Ada born abt June, 1860. Other records show daughter Georgianna born 1862. George Washington Howard died in the Civil War about 1863/4 on or near Galveston Island, burial unknown. There were three George W. Howards from Texas in the Civil War. The most likely was a corporal in Bates' Regiment, 13th Texas Volunteers, Co. M., headquartered at Velasco (present day Surfside). Howard family lore says Sereptha moved to Brownsville after the Civil War and died near the King Ranch on the way back to East Texas. Other accounts have her living longer and dying in Louisiana. B.F. Howard and Elizabeth Muse separated. One family history account says that B.F. Howard left his family and was reported dead. Records show that he was still living in 1865 and possibly 1874 or later. For more on the Howard family, see micspoon.tripod.com/nti/nti11685.html . Elizabeth Muse then married (2) Charles A. Wood. They were married about 1837. They had at least 8 children (census records), all born in Texas, probably all in San Augustine Co. Elizabeth and Charles A. Wood are at rest in the Wood Family Cemetery on the shore of present day Lake Sam Raburn. Maintained by: R Strickland Originally Created by: skyquest Record added: May 04, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51983204
  Person ID	I17786	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Charles A. Wood,   b. 22 Mar 1806, New Jersey d. 19 Mar 1858, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 51 years)
  Children	1. Francis Wood,   b. Abt 1837, San Augustine County, Texas d. 26 Jun 1863, Louisiana (Age ~ 26 years)   2. Charles T. Wood,   b. 14 Mar 1839, Texas d. 3 Mar 1894, Sabine County, Texas (Age 54 years)   3. Margaret Wood,   b. Abt 1841, San Augustine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Azariah Aquilla Wood,   b. 9 Jan 1843, San Augustine County, Texas d. 20 Oct 1920, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 77 years)   5. Thomas E. "Edd" Wood, Sr.,   b. Abt 1844, San Augustine County, Texas d. Abt 1877, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 33 years)   6. Levi Muse Wood,   b. 3 Mar 1848, San Augustine County, Texas d. 15 Feb 1918, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 69 years)   7. Sarah Mariah Wood,   b. 10 Jun 1851, Texas d. 10 Mar 1923, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F6582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Oct 1812 - North Carolina Death - 15 Feb 1877 - Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 72 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Find A Grave Memorial# 51983204 (Reliability: 3).