Denver County, History of Colorado, BIOS: WOOD, Samuel N. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 120, 122
photo p. 121


SAMUEL N. WOOD.

	The honorable career of Samuel N. Wood is indeed an enviable one. 
While he has figured prominently in business and in connection with 
public affairs in Denver for many years, his course has at all times 
been actuated by the highest standards of right and justice, and while 
he has won a considerable fortune, he has also made for himself a most 
creditable name and his career proves that success and an honorable 
name may be won simultaneously. Mr. Wood was born in Jordan, New York, 
May 2, 1844, a son of Smith and Rhoda (Hungerford) Wood. The father was 
also a native of the Empire state and belonged to one of its old 
families of English lineage. The mother was born in New York and her 
people were also early settlers there. Mr. and Mrs. Wood became the 
parents of two children.

	Samuel N. Wood was educated in the academy at Jordan, New York, 
and when sixteen years of age started out to earn his own livelihood. 
He was first employed as a bank clerk in Syracuse, New York, where he 
remained for several years and then entered upon a correspondence with 
Kountze Brothers of Denver, which led in 1870 to his removal to this 
city. He became assistant cashier of the Colorado National Bank, owned 
by the Kountze brothers, and there continued for seven years. Upon 
resigning that position he removed to Deadwood, North Dakota, being 
among the first settlers of that place, and there he organized the 
First National Bank of Deadwood, of which he was cashier and the 
principal stockholder. He continued to reside in that city for three 
years, on the expiration of which period he sold the bank and returned 
to Denver, purchasing a controlling Interest in the First National 
Bank, which was then located at the corner of Sixteenth and Larimer 
streets. He continued with the First National as its cashier for twenty 
years and largely formulated its policy and promoted its success. Since 
that time he has lived retired, enjoying a well earned rest.

	Mr. Wood was married in Denver on the 1st of September, 1903, to 
Miss Louella Frisell, a native of Missouri and a daughter of Dr. 
Frisell, of Butler, that state.

	In his political views Mr. Wood has always been a republican and 
has served as president of the board of public works. During his term 
of office he was instrumental in securing the building of the 
Fourteenth Street viaduct and also a large amount of street building 
and paving. He is a member of a number of the most important clubs of 
Denver, including the Denver Club and the Denver Athletic Club, and he 
belongs also to the Chicago Club and to the Union League Club of New 
York, with which he has been identified for the past thirty-one years. 
His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church and its teachings 
have guided him in all of the relations of life, making him a man whom 
to know is to esteem and honor. He has now passed the seventy-fourth 
milestone on life's journey and his entire career has commended him to 
the confidence and goodwill of those with whom he has been associated.