Charles L. Wood
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D. F. Mitchell/Prescott, A. T. Unknown 1700-1235-0000.jpg PO-1235 B&W 1700-1235-0000 1700-1235-0000 Photo Card Print 2.5x4.5 Historic Photographs May 5, 1880 Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
Charles L. Wood (b. 1860 (?) – d. 1945) was born about 1860 and was a native of Pescadero, California; he died November 3, 1945 in Redwood City, California. At the time of his death his wife and three sisters survived him. He lived in Redwood City for 15 years prior to his death. He is buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California.
In the 1880 Census, Charles is shown as age 20, single and living in Big Bug Tule Creek, Cascade Creek, Silver Mts and Tiger, in Yavapai County, Arizona. His occupation is listed as engineer. His father was born in Vermont, his mother in Louisiana.
Two years later, in 1882, his Voter Registration shows him as born in California and living in Pioneer, Gila County, Arizona.
In the 1900 Census, new information shows him as age 40, living in Sheeptrail, Mohave County, Arizona Territory, married in 1892 to W. F. Woods (age 34), renting his home and that he can speak English and write.
The 1910 Census shows him as age 50, living in Oatman, Arizona, that his wife’s name is Minnie F. Wood, that he owns his home (which has no mortgage), and that his occupation is as an engineer and his industry is “Gold Mine.”
The 1920 Census shows him as living in San Diego, California with his wife Minnie, renting his home, and that his occupation is as a carpenter and his industry is “Government Work.”
Handwritten on the back is "Chas L. Wood, Tiger Camp, May 5th -1880.
Tiger Camp, or Tiger, was the name of a mining town in the Mammoth Mining District in Pinal County. With registration of the Hackney mining claim, this area became a mining area in 1879. The town was originally called Schultz after a local miner, but renamed Tiger after World War I. From the 1880s until WWI, gold was the dominant mineral mined here. Molybdenum then became the primary mineral because of steel manufacturing for wartime purposes.
Sources: Census Reports: 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920; Voter Registration, 1882. Obituary, Redwood City Tribune, Redwood City, California, November 6, 1945.Tucson.com/Arizona Star, June 10, 2013.
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