William Dee “W.D.” Arrowood (1862-1943)
Names Detail
First Name
WilliamMiddle Name
DeeNick Name/Preferred Name
W.D. or DeeLast Name
ArrowoodBirth and Death
Birth Date
January 16, 1862Death Date
November 15, 1943Age at Death
81 year(s), 9 month(s), 30 day(s)Cemetery Location and Disposition
Cemetery Location
Row 04, Grave 07 | MapDisposition Type
BurialRelationships to Others at the Cemetery
- Husband of Laura Elizabeth [Blackstock] Arrowood (1876-1906)
- Father of Wilburn “Red” Arrowood (1897-1962)
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Notes
From The Four F’s of Moline, Texas:
W. D. ARROWOOD: Wilburn [William] Dee Arrowood was born in Gatesville, Texas, January 16, 1862. He married Laura Elizabeth Blackstock. She was born on the Lampasas River near Hines Chapel Community, south of Evant, Texas. Laura Elizabeth was born January 7, 1876. She passed away October 3, 1906 when her children were young. The baby girl, Alice, was only one and a half years old. Her Aunt Louisa Black (mother of Irk and Bob Black) kept Alice for a year after the mother died.
After the mother’s death, Mr. Arrowood and the children moved to Mr. Faubion’s place on the Lampasas River. From there they moved to Moline and lived on Grandmother Baker’s place near the Gilbert O’Neal home place.
When the baby, Alice, was 3 or 4 years old, the family moved south east of the Moline on their homestead, where the family continued to live until they married and until the death of Mr. Arrowood.
Mr. Arrowood was a farmer and carpenter. He was a school trustee for many years. He was a member of the Odd Fellow Lodge of Moline. He was chairman of voting Precinct #14 of Moline for many years. He was an avid reader and wrote beautifully.
Mr. Arrowood cleared and put into cultivation a hundred acres of farm land. Alice and Dee, the youngest two, played in swings and shade of the mesquite trees while the father worked. Rattlesnakes were prevalent since the land was near a hill.
Each older child stayed out of school a week to take care of the younger ones. Alice remembers her brother, Red, leaving her in the hole while he dug a storm cellar. She told about her and Dee walking their steep A-roof with one foot on each side without falling! She fell out of a window one day feeding an old hen and baby chickens!
Only three of the W. D. Arrowood seven children are living in 1980.
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