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Wood, Thomas Fanning, 1841-1892

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  • 1841-1892

Thomas Fanning Wood was born on February 23, 1841, in Wilmington, North Carolina.

He was a physician, medical journalist, and public health administrator. After completing his secondary education in the Wilmington public schools, he worked in a local drugstore and studied medicine under several physicians. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he volunteered for military duty in 1861. While serving as a hospital steward in Richmond, Virginia, he attended lectures at the Medical College of Virginia. After he passed a medical examination, the Army Medical Board appointed him an assistant surgeon with the rank of captain. Dr. Wood served with the 3rd North Carolina Regiment, Jackson's Corps, participating in several important battles, e.g., Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. When the war ended in 1865, he established a successful medical practice in Wilmington. In 1877, the State Medical Society elected Dr. Wood Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Health, a position he held until his death. In 1878, he founded the North Carolina Medical Journal and became its editor. In 1886, he started to compile and edit the Board of Health's Bulletin, a monthly newsletter. Dr. Wood served as secretary (1867–1871) and president (1881–1882) of the North Carolina Medical Society. In 1868, he was awarded an honorary M.D. degree by the University of Maryland and, in 1890, an honorary LL.D. degree by the University of North Carolina. In his free time, he studied botany and was recognized as one of the state's leading botanists.

In 1875, he married Mary Kennedy Sprunt (1848–1932). He died on August 22, 1892, in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Wood, Thomas B. (Thomas Bond), 1844-1922

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  • 1844-1922

Thomas Bond Wood was born on March 17, 1844, in Lafayette, Indiana.

He was a Methodist missionary, educator, and social reformer. He graduated from Indiana Asbury, later DePauw University, (M.A., 1866) and Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (M.A., 1867). During his studies, he taught German and natural science at Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts (1864–1867). The New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church ordained him deacon in 1867 and elder in 1868. He transferred to the North-West Indiana Conference, where he served as president of Valparaiso College (1867–1869) before he was appointed a missionary to Argentina in 1877. At Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, Wood initially served the English-speaking congregation but within a year conducted services in Spanish, German, and Portuguese. In 1873, he was appointed as U.S. Consul in Rosario, serving until 1878. In 1875, he qualified to practice law in Argentina. From 1877 to 1881, he served in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he founded the first Spanish Protestant religious newspaper, El Evangelista, in 1877. In 1884, he became director of a Protestant day school in Uruguay and then returned to Argentina, where he was president of the Buenos Aires Theological Seminary (1889–1891). He translated the Book of Luke into the language of the Incas. Wood organized a Latin American chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and founded a chapter of the Good Templars. He also introduced Methodism in Panama, initiated the Y.M.C.A. and the University Club for Americans there and promoted education for the natives of the Canal Zone. After a nervous breakdown, he returned to the U.S. in 1913 and retired in 1915.

In 1867, he married Ellen Dow (1840–1926). He died on December 18, 1922, in Tacoma, Washington.

Wood, Peter Wentworth, 1826-1907

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  • 1826-1907

Born in Littlehampton, England, in 1826, Peter married Margaret Fletcher (1822-1885), with whom he had five children. He joined his father's watchmaking business in 1844.

Wood, John, Rev., 1828-1905

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  • 1828-1905

Rev. John Wood graduated from theological college in England in 1851, returning to Canada in 1852. He married Sarah Jane Livingston in October of 1853.

Wood, John, 1793-1872

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  • 1793-1872

Born in 1793 in Clerkenwell, a district of London, John Wood emigrated from England to Canada with his family in 1832. He was the son of Peter Wood (1760-1824) and Sarah Cromwell (1760-1839). John Wood apprenticed to a watchmaker at the age of 14. He married to Anna Wood (née Wentworth). John Wood worked as a watchmaker and jeweller in Montreal from 1835-1867, setting up an independent shop at 130 St. Paul Street in 1839. His son Charles became a partner in his business in 1845, but it was his younger son Peter who eventually took over his father's business affairs towards the end of the 1840s. John Wood was partnered with Thomas Allan from 1866-1867.

Wood, J. T. (Joseph Thomas), -1874.

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  • 1811[?]-1876

Joseph Thomas Wood was a printer and publisher based in London. He was a leading maker of lace paper from the 1840s to 1870s as well a greeting cards and memorial cards. He began ‘cameo embossing’ on his cards that featured large figurative scenes embossed directly on the paper. He was also known for using a special type of glazed card which was shiny on one side, a product he called the ‘enameled card’. At one point, Wood was the largest wholesale manufacturer of plain and fancy stationery in the country as well as the ‘largest Valentine manufactory in the world’ in 1873. After Wood died, the company lost momentum and was handed over to various relations.

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