ROBERT H. WOOD
Robert H. Wood came to Cass county in 1874 and settled on the southwest quarter of section 34, which was then wild land. He improved this farm, and in 1881 sold it, and removed to Marne. One year later he bought his present farm in the southwest quarter of section 26. This is a fine farm and well adapted to stock raising in which Mr. Wood is engaged. He was born in Cumberland bounty, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Samuel and E.(Bell) Wood, who are now living in this county. Robert H. Wood went to Warren county, Illinois, when eleven years old, and lived there on a farm until 1874, when he came to Cass county. He was married here, July 21, 1874, to Mollie Matthews, a native of Monmouth Illinois, and daughter of Rev. Robert Matthews, a Presbyterian minister. They have two children: Alma E., aged eight years, and Archie C., aged three years. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Presbyterian church, and he is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani 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, pg. 600.
