Hugh McLauren Wood was born March 16,1850 in Simpson county, Mississippi. He married Rachel Corley on December 14, 1875 in Copiah county, Mississippi. She was born about 1856 in Mississippi. They had 8 children.
1. William Wood was born 1876.
2. Bertha Wood was born September 1880.
3. Hugh Wood was born July 1884
4. Jim Wood was born December 1887
5. Nell Wood was born May 1889
6. Sam Wood was born December 29, 1892 and died February 19,1977. He married Mary Conn. She was born December 11,1906 and died August 18, 1970. Both are buried in Hazlehurst Cemetery, Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
7. George Wood was born December 1894.
8. Robert Wood was born June 1896