El Paso-Pueblo County CO Archives Biographies.....Wood, George G. 1871 - 
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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

GEORGE G. WOOD.

    George G. Wood, who is engaged in general merchandising at Ramah, was born
at Ripley, Jackson county, West Virginia, on the 8th of January, 1871, a son of
John and Ruth (Price) Wood, both of whom were natives of Ohio. In 1895 George G.
Wood removed to Pueblo, Colorado, where he resided for three years and then came
to Ramah. In 1898 he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land and lived
upon the ranch for about eight years, after which he disposed of the property
and erected a suitable building in Raman for mercantile purposes. He then opened
his store in 1908 and has since carried on general merchandising, meeting with a
fair measure of success. In connecton with this he has a ranch of three hundred
and twenty acres which he purchased in 1915. He leases the ranch and the income
derived therefrom adds materially to the comforts which he is thus able to
enjoy. He spent one year in Oregon prior to opening his store at Ramah but since
his removal to the west has remained almost continuously in Colorado and
whatever success he has achieved has come to him as the direct reward  of his
labors.

    On the 17th of February, 1900, Mr. Wood was married to Miss Jenny M. Marsh,
a daughter of B. F. and Mary E. (Usher) Marsh, who were natives of Indiana. The
wife is a high school graduate. They have one daughter, Laura Luella, who was
born November 20, 1901, and is a student in the Ramah high school.

    Mr. Wood belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having membership
in Ramah Lodge, No. 178. He was elected justice of the peace but did not
qualify, as he has no desire to fill the office. For nine years, however, he has
served as a director of the school board of the Ramah Consolidated school. His
political allegiance is given to the democratic party and his religious faith is
that of the Baptist church, to the teachings of which he is ever loyal. His life
is guided by high and honorable principles and at all times he endeavors to
follow the golden rule, attempting to do unto others as he would have them do
unto him.


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HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME III

CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918



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