The reason I think he is a brother to Tipton is that he named his son Tipton. Also, the O. in his middle name goes with the O. in Tipton's and Solomon's names. He is near the right age range and lives in Meigs where Tipton was married to Anna. He could also be a cousin or nephew. Also, he has a grandson named Tipton L. Wood by his son, David Wood.

Samuel O. Wood, age 29, Mary, age 22 and William, age 1 are in the 1850 census of Meigs county, Tennessee in 1850.

Mary and three children are in the 1880 census of Meigs, TN.

I found them in the 1860 census of Meigs, TN.

MJplus3@aol.com writes: "I have and Elizabeth Wood (1861-1901) m. to Rev. Thomas Madison Johnston. Her sibs are William (b.1849), Roena (b.1851), Elias (b. 1858), Tipton (b, 1859), Rev. David (b. 1863). Their parents were Samuel Odell Wood (1821-1874) and Mary Hickman."

Sherri, if you can remember, I sent you an e-mail of some photos of a
Tipton Wood, which we could not place with any of the Tiptons we knew
about. I have finally identified who he is (I'm pretty sure.) Samuel
Odell Wood and Mary Hickman had 6 children, one named Tipton, born
1859. Another one of their children was my great-grandmother,
Elizabeth Wood (who married Rev. Thomas Madison Johnston). Another
child was Rev. Dave Wood, born 1863. I have just found out that Dave
had 3 children (before I only knew of 1), Samuel, who died at age 2,
TIPTON, and Lois. I'm pretty sure this is the Tipton whose photos I
have. It would make sense time-wise (remember he was a minister
sending greetings in 1914, which would put him at about age 30-35),
plus, he would be my grandfather's cousin, so would make sense why I
ended up with some photos of him. Hope this helps…good hunting,