Location: N-Crowson

Born: May 4, 1846 Louisiana

Died: December 24, 1945 Whitney, Hill County, Texas

Daughter of Isaac Thornton and Tabitha Silas Russell Thornton

Wife of William Smith and John Simeon Wood.

Spouse:
John Simeon Wood (1838 – 1918)

Children:
George Louis Smith (1870 – 1964)
Infant Wood (1883 – 1883)
Stella D Wood (1884 – 1957)
Mattie Jane Wood Breedlove (1886 – 1988)

Eliza Jane Thornton Smith Wood is the daughter of Isaac & Tabitha Silas Russell Thornton. She was the 7th child of 8 born to this family. She married William Smith and had George Louis Smith, Sr. William died in an accident on the way to the mill, there is no gravesite for him. She then married John Simeon Wood, a widower, and they had 3 children, 2 living to adulthood.
She was a gifted quilter.
She is buried in the same plot as her son George and his children.