Louis, and was connected with that institution for one year. In July, 1910, he began practice at Slater, where he showed an ability as a physician and surgeon which attracted a steadily growing patronage. Recently, however, he removed to Ogden, Boone county, Iowa.
On the 21st of September, 1910, Dr. Ross was united in marriage to Miss Edna Hendry, a daughter of J. G. Hendry, a well known banker of Bridgewater, Iowa. In addition to his professional societies Dr. Ross is prominently identified with the Masonic order, holding membership in Home Lodge, No. 370, A. F. & A. M.; Des Moines Consistory, No. 3, A. A. S. R.; and Za-ga-zig Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., all of Des Moines. He is also identified with Des Moines Lodge, No. 98, B. P. O. E. He is not affiliated with any religious denomination, but his wife holds membership in the Methodist church. Politically he gives his support to individuals rather than to party and therefore belongs to that growing class of citizens recognized as independent. Having made thorough preparation for the practice of his profession, Dr. Ross has met with marked success from the very start and he now enjoys the confidence of all who know him. Being gifted with a pleasing address he readily makes friends and is recognized as a valuable citizen not only on account of his ability in the healing art but also on account of the interest which he takes in the general welfare of the community.
WILLIAM K. Wood.
One of the first pioneers of Story county, now living, was William K. Wood, who has resided in this county continuously for fifty-nine years. He was born in Logan county, Ohio, on the 19th of April, 1823, and is a son of John G. and Anna (Kennison) Wood. The father was a native of Kentucky and the mother of Virginia, but they were both living in Ohio at the time of their marriage and continued to live there for some years after. During the boyhood of our subject, however, they removed to Kosciusko county, Indiana, where Mrs. Wood died in 1844. About ten years thereafter John G. Wood went to Iowa, locating in Story county, where he was living at the time of his demise on the 27th of January, 1870, having arrived at the venerable age of seventy-eight years. At the age of twenty he entered the service of his country being stationed on the northern frontier during our second war with Great Britain in 1812. He was a very religious man and for many years was a communicant of the Baptist church. The paternal grandfather of William K. Wood was a native of England.
Mr. Wood was reared at home, obtaining his education in the brief sessions of the district school which was held in a log schoolhouse, which, in common with those of the day, was but inadequately lighted by means of