Philley–Wood family
Thirty-six photographs from the Philley albums and Aunt Allison’s Philley–Wood collection — gatherings, ancestors, Woodside in Upton, Lakeview markers, a 1960 wedding, and Wilbur Wood Philley’s portraits. Click any frame for the full picture.
Eleven frames from the earlier BluePassport-era set.
Philley family portraits, Navy service, and Allison, Kris, and Denny.
Arba Thayer Wood and Ann Maria Stearns Wood.
The Woodside home associated with Arba Thayer Wood.
Cemetery grounds and Wood family grave markers.
Allison’s family at the October 1960 wedding.
Family groups, portraits, and the Allison Philley family tree cover.
Wilbur Wood Philley
As the sun slides lazily o’er the hill
And the day goes slowly to rest,
The soft winds of evening gently thrills
Your heart with its loneliness.
It carries you to some distant land
Where people know no fears;
And where life’s love and happiness
Goes on for years and years.
As the cool wind soothes your throbbing head
And brings hope to your aching soul,
It heightens your spirits, lifts up your heart;
And helps you to seek your goal.
You stand with your face dividing the breeze;
You strengthen your heart again,
To face tomorrow’s soul breaking trials;
And bear the mistakes of men.