WILLIAM WOOD
William Wood was born in Derbyshire, England, on the 30th day of October, 1838, and is the son of Samuel and Matilda (Cartlidge) Wood. When about six years of age he came with his parents to America, and located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and educated. In January, 1865, William came to Cass county, Iowa, and settled in Franklin township. In March, 1873, he removed his family to section 10, where he now owns one hundred and forty acres of land, thirty acres of which are timber. He was married in Cass county in April, 1866, to Harriet Turner, a native of England, who when quite young came to America, where her parents died, and are buried in the Jameson cemetery, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have five children living - Charles A., Lenora A., Walter W., Hattie and Samuel. William died in August, 1868, aged one month, and Jessie K. died in August, 1875, at the age of five months. Mr. Wood was elected to the office of justice of the peace in November, 1880, and has been township assessor, trustee, supervisor and school director. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Odd Fellows' organization.
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. 795.
