JOHN H. WOOD
John H. Wood was born in Yorkshire, England, January 12, 1834, and is the son of William and Fannie (Rhodes) Wood. His father was a manufacturer of woolen goods, and emigrated from England to the United States in 1844, and in 1845, settled in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he and his wife died a few years ago. John was educated at Illinois College, Jacksonville, where he graduated in the English and Classical, in the class of 1858, with the first honors of the class. He then entered the banking house of Brown and Elliott, as teller and clerk, where he remained for about eight years. He was then appointed cashier of the Farmers National bank, of Virginia, Illinois, and after serving in that capacity for some ten years, he entered the law office of Hon. R. W. Mills, of Virginia, Illinois, then master-in-chancery, taking charge principally of the chancery business. In 1879 Mr. Wood removed to Atlantic, and formed a partnership with Isaac Dickerson, in the real estate, abstract and loan business. Mr. Wood was admitted to the bar in 1880, by Judge J. R. Reed. Mr. Wood was for a number of years a trustee of the State institution for the blind, at Jacksonville, Illinois, and is at present a member of the city council of Atlantic, and in politics is a Republican. In 1862 Mr. Wood was married to Amy Upham, of Jacksonville, Illinois, daughter of Alvah Upham, formerly of Youngstown, Ohio. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wood, of whom three are still living.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 865.
