Georgia:  Coweta County:  Biography of Albert R. Wood

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ALBERT R. WOOD, the leading coal and wood merchant of Newnan, Coweta Co., 
Ga.; was born in 1843, his parents being William and Elizabeth (Brown) 
Wood. His father, son of John and Elizabeth (Nail) Wood, was born in 
Laurens district, S. C., removing to Georgia in the year 1833. He was a 
farmer and a harness-maker by trade. His father, the grandfather of A. R. 
Wood (son of Samuel Wood, a native of Ireland, who came to America at a 
very early date), was born in North Carolina. He lost his life while 
constructing a mill. He was carrying up one of the corners of it, when he 
lost his balance and fell. A. R. Wood was reared in Newnan from 
childhood, receiving a common school education. In 1861 he enlisted in 
Company A, First Georgia regiment, under Gen. Clement A. Evans, and was 
with this company, which has the honor of being the company which fired 
the first shot a Laurel Hill, in all its(Canaday) Snelling, to whom were 
born nine children: Thomas, Willie R., Jennie L., Jessie, Andrew H., 
Nellie, Anna, Elizabeth, and Georgia C. Mrs. Wood was born and reared in 
Georgia, and both she and her husband are members of the M. E. church. 
After his marriage, Mr. Wood removed to Richmond, Ga., where he was 
engaged in mercantile business for three years, then he removed to Coweta 
county, where he continued in the same occupation one year. He then went 
back to his farm, where he remained until 1890, when he opened a large 
coal and wood yard. Mr. Wood is a member of the masonic fraternity.

Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical 
Association, 1895.