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Wood, John – Wood, Walter Abbott

Wood, John

soldier, state senator, governor, was born Dec. 20, 1798, in Moravia, N. Y. In 1819 he moved to Illinois, and in 1822 built the first cabin on the site of the present city of Quincy. He was a member of the state senate during 1850-54; was lieutenant-governor in 1856, and became governor in 1859. He served with distinction through the civil war.

He died June 4, 1880, in Quincy, Ill.

Wood, John

manufacturer, congressman, was born in 1816 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a representative to the thirty-sixth congress from Pennsylvania.

Wood, John J

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1827 to 1829.

Wood, John M

railroad constructor, legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 18, 1813, in Minisink, N. Y. He was a member of the legislature of Maine, and was for years occupied as a constructor of railroads and other public works. In 1854 he was elected a representative from Maine to the thirty-fourth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-fifth congress.

He died Dec. 24, 1864, in Boston, Mass.

Wood, John Robertson

banker, was born June 4, 1845, in Canada. He received a thorough education, and has attained success in business affairs at Appleton, Wis. Since its organization in 1887 he has been president of the First National bank of Iron Mountain, Mich.

Wood, John Seymour

lawyer, journalist, author, was born in 1853 in New York. He is a lawyer of New York city, editor of The Bachelor of Arts, and the author of Gramercy Park, a story of New York; College Days, or Harry's Career at Yale; Yale Yarns; A Coign of Vantage; An Old Beau, and Other Stories; and A Daughter of Venice.

Wood, Joseph

soldier, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania, Pa. He entered the revolutionary army as major of second Pennsylvania regiment, and rose to the rank of colonel. He was a delegate from Georgia to the continental congress from 1777 to 1779. He died in March, 1789, in Sunbury, Ga.

Wood, Leonard

soldier, physician.

In 1898 he was appointed General Chambers McKibbin's successor as military governor of Santiago. uate of the Maine Wesleyan seminary, and the Boston university. He has attained success as a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and now fills a

Wood, Silas

congressman, author, was born in 1769 in Suffolk county, N. Y.

He was the author of a History of Long Island. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1819 to 1829. He died March 2, 1847, in Huntington, L. I.

Wood, Thomas J

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 30, 1844, in Athens county, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney for a term of two years, in Crown Point, Ind.; and was re-elected. He was a state senator for four years, and was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-eighth congress as a republican.

Wood, Thomas Waterman

artist, was born Nov. 12, 1823, in Montpelier, Vt. During 1878-87 he was president of the American Water-Color society; 1879-91 was vice-president of the National Academy of Design, and president of that institution since 1891. in

Wood, Walter Abbott

manufacturer, congressman, was born Oct. 23, 1815, in Mason, N. H. He removed to New York and engaged largely in manufacturing; and was elected a representative from New York to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republi- He died Jan. 15, 1892, in Hoosick Falls, N. Y. can.