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Wolfe, Norman M – Wood, Fernando

Wolfe, Norman M

lawyer, jurist, was born July 6, 1850, in Richland county, Ohio. He is an eminent lawyer of Mansfield, Ohio. He has been a member of the board of education of his city, city solicitor, and is now judge of court of common pleas.

Wolff, S. A

educator, musician, was born Feb. 8, 1861, near Abbottstown, Pa.

During 1886-91 he was musical director of Gaston college of Dallas, N. C., and since 1891 has been principal of that institution.

Wolford, Frank D

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 2, 1817, in Adair county, Ky.

He was a representative in the Kentucky state legislature in 1847, 1848, 1865 and 1866. He was a presidential elector in 1864 and 1868, and was adjutant-general of the state of Kentucky in 1867 and 1868.

He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-eighth congress, and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.

Wood, Abiel

merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1772. He was a distinguished merchant of Wiscasset, Mass., and from 1807 to 1811, and in 1816, was a member of the state legislature. He was a member of congress from that state from 1813 to 1815, and was a state councilor in 1820 and 1821. He died in November, 1834, in Belfast, Maine. years.

Wood, Alan

banker, congressman, was born July 6, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa.

He took charge of the Delaware Iron works of his father and was there six years. He moved to Conshohocken, Pa., and assisted in building the original mill of the Schuylkill Iron works. He became interested in the two companies, and was president of the First National bank of Conshohocken. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress as a republican.

Wood, Alphonso

educator, author, was born Sept. 17, 1810, in Chesterfield, N. H. He was an educator of Brooklyn whose text-books were very popular. He was the author of Class-Book of Botany; First Lessons in Botany; Leaves and Flowers; and The American Botanist. He died Jan. 4, 1881, in West Farms, N. Y.

Wood, Amos E

agriculturist, state senator, congressman, was born in 1810 in Jefferson county, N. Y. He twice served in the legislature, and once for the term of two years in the state senate, from Woodville, Ohio. He was elected a representative in congress from Ohio from 1850 to 1852. He died Nov. 19, 1850, in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Wood, Benson

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1839 in Susquehanna county, Pa. He was an Illinois soldier in the war of the rebellion, attaining the rank of captain of infantry. He was mayor of the city of Effingham, Ill., and a representative in the general assembly of Illinois. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress.

Wood, Bradford R

lawyer, congressman, was born in Connecticut. He moved to Albany, N. Y., and was a representative in congress from that state from 1845 to 1847. In 1861 he was appointed minister resident to Denmark.

Wood, Charles

clergyman, author, was born June 3, 1851, in Brooklyn, N.

Y. He is a presbyterian clergyman of Germantown, Philadelphia, and the author of Saunterings in Europe.

Wood, Daniel P

lawyer, state senator, was born Nov. 5, 1819, in Pompey, N. Y. He is a prominent lawyer of New York city, and was a member of the New York state senate.

Wood, Fernando

merchant, congressman, was born June 14, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1840 he was elected a representative from New York to the twenty-seventh congress. In 1854 he was elected mayor of New York, and was re-elected to the same position, serving five years. He was also elected to the thirty-eighth, fortieth, forty-first, forty-second, fortythird, forty-fourth, forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses. He died Feb. 20, 1881, in Washington, D. C.