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Wood, Mrs. Julia Anna A

journalist, author, poet, was born April 13, 1825, in New London, N. H. She received her education at the Colby academy of her native city, and at the Charleston Ladies' seminary, Massachusetts. In 1849 she married William Wood, a lawyer and journalist. Two years later she moved to Sauk Rapids, Minn., where Mr. Wood was appointed United States receiver of public moneys. Her husband also here established the Sauk Rapids New Era, the literary department of which was edited by Mrs. Wood. She has been a widow for more than a quarter of a century, and now publishes the Sauk Rapids Free Press in conjunction with her son. She is the author of The Heart of Myrrha Lake; The Brown House of Duffield; Hubert's Wife; Strayed from the Fold; From Error to Truth; and other works.