S. H. WOOD
S.H. Wood came to Cass county in 1874, and bought the farm he now occupies, of Kate Dwyer. It was then wild land, but is now well improved and highly cultivated. Mr. Wood was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, eighteen miles from Harrisburg. AT the age of eight years, he went to Monmouth, Illinois, where he lived until 1874. He is a son of Samuel and Martha E. (Bell) Wood, who now live in Cass county. S.H. Wood was married in Columbus, Ohio, to Pauline Blackwood, a native of that State. This marriage took place February 6, 1868. They have two children...Robert H. and John S. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a Republican politically.
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. 597.
