San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....Wood, Lewis S. 1850 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

LEWIS S. WOOD, of Hollister, is well known as an energetic business man and
farmer. He has resided in California since 1870, and at Hollister since 1872.

  A native of Clay county, Missouri, Mr. Wood was born near Smithville,
September 24, 1850. His parents, Isaac and Louisa (Duncan) Wood, were natives of
Kentucky, and the latter was of Scotch descent. The father was a farmer by
occupation.

  Lewis S. Wood was about nineteen years of age when he landed in California. He
spent two years in Oregon, and, as a State volunteer, took part in the Modoc
war. Upon coming to California, he located at Hollister, where he dealt in
lumber, hay, wood, etc., and also did some real-estate business for about twelve
years. Then he settled on a farm about four miles and a half south of Hollister,
where he has since resided.

  Mr. Wood has been twice married. At Tres Pinos, in 1877, he wedded Miss Mattie
S. Newkirk, a native of Utah. She died at Hollister, May 16,1887, leaving four
children, Ellen E., Albert, Lewis Lee, and Mattie E. September 10,1889, he was
joined in marriage to Rose A. Ford, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs. Wood is a
native of Liberty, Missouri, and, previous to her marriage, was a popular and
successful teacher at that place.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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