Gwinnett-Rockdale-Newton County GaArchives Biographies.....Wood, John H. September 23 1865 - living in 1911
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Author: J. C. Flanigan
Rev. John H. Wood.

	The subject of this sketch was born near Covington, Newton county, 
Georgia, September 23, 1865, and was raised near Conyers, Rockdale County, 
Georgia. His early life was spent as a general laborer on a farm, going to the 
nearby country schools during a few weeks of the summer after crops were 
finished, and sometimes a month or two were spent in school in mid-winter. His 
father was Leslie A. Wood, a native of. Spartanburg, S. C., who at the age of 
fifteen, came with his father and a large family of brothers and sisters to 
Gwinnett county, Georgia, where he lived until after the Civil War. While a 
young man, he was elected sheriff of Gwinnett county, and served one term. He 
became a Baptist preacher, but died when his son John was three years old. His 
wife was the daughter of Samuel G. Hunter of Jackson County, Georgia.

	At the age of twenty-one, John H. Wood entered Kentucky University, 
Lexington, Ky., and spent five years in that institution, graduating June 9th, 
1891, from the Ministerial Department.

	Immediately after graduation Mr. Wood was employed as District 
Evangelist of North East Georgia, and labored in Gwinnett, Walton, Oconee and 
Jackson counties. In January 1892, he moved to Jug Tavern (now Winder) and 
became pastor of four country churches, viz: Mt. Vernon in Walton county, 
Christian Chapel, Galilee and Harmony in Jackson county. In 1894, 1895, 1896 
he was pastor of the Winder Christian church and some nearby country churches. 
In 1897, he moved to Watkinsville, Ga., and became pastor of the Watkinsville 
church in connection with Maxeys in Oglethorpe county, Mt. Vernon in Walton 
county and Antioch in Oconee county. This was a very .pleasant and fruitful 
pastorate, but in 1899 he was again called to the church at Winder and served 
this church for two years. In 1902, Mr. Wood was called to the West End 
Christian church, Augusta, Ga., where he did acceptable service for four 
years. In 1906, he was again called to the Winder church where he is still 
ministering. . Besides the above pastorates, he has held many other 
responsible positions in his church, viz: Cor. Sec. of the Georgia Christian 
Education Society, President of the North East Georgia District Convention, 
and Cor. Sec. of the Georgia Christian Missionary Society, which position he 
now holds in connection with the pastorate of the Winder Christian church. Mr. 
Wood has preached about 300 funerals, married about 150 couples, and added to 
the various churches and missions he has served about 1500 people. His life 
has been a very busy one and has accomplished much, when you consider that the 
Christian church is not strong in this state. He has been directly or 
indirectly connected with the erection of half a dozen church buildings, among 
them, is the elegant new church of Winder. Mr. Wood is now in his prime and 
has the promise of many more years of usefulness.


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From:

GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911

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