Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Wood, William Henry 1865 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

WILLIAM HENRY WOOD.

    William Henry Wood, general merchant at Deep River, has been the leader in
the business affairs of this community for many years. In fact, the Wood family,
grandfather, father and sons, have been closely identified with industrial and
commercial interests of Ross township as long as any other family still existing
in the county, and they have kept fully abreast of the tide of progress and
development which has advanced Lake county from a wilderness to one of the
richest and most prosperous counties of the state.

    The pioneer of the family was John Wood, grandfather of the above named, who
came out from the east to Lake county, Indiana, before the official separation
and organization of the counties of Porter and Lake. He was a miller by
occupation, and by building and operating the old grist and saw mill at Deep
River supplied the early settlers with commodities absolutely essential to
civilization and modest comfort. His mill was one of the first in the county,
and he carried on his business here for many years. He was of English and Scotch
descent.

    George Wood, the father of William H. Wood, was born in Massachusetts, and
in boyhood came out to Lake county with his parents, being reared, educated and
married in this county. He engaged in general merchandising and milling at Deep
River during most of his active career, and was a prominent and influential man
in the surrounding country. He was a member of the Unitarian church at Hobart.
His death occurred when he was fifty-nine years old. He married Mary J. Digerd,
who was born in Buffalo, New York, of Irish descent, and is still living. They
were the parents of six children, four of whom reached adult age.

    William Henry Wood, the fourth child and third son of this family, was born
in Deep River, Lake county, July 2, 1865, and was reared and has spent all his
life at this place. After attending the common schools he entered the business
department of the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso, where he was
graduated in two years, and then returned to Deep River. He was with his father
in the creamery business for two years, and then he and his brother Eugene
bought out their father and carried on the general store and creamery in
partnership for six years. Mr. Wood then bought out his brother, and has been
very successfully conducting the mercantile business ever since. He is also
vice-president of the Ohio Standard Oil Company, at Amsterdam, Ohio, and has
various other business interests.

    As a life-long Republican he has taken much interest in public affairs. He
is now candidate for township trustee, and was at one time on the advisory
board. He has been the postmaster of Deep River for the past ten years, the
office being located in his store. He is a Mason affiliating with Hobart Lodge
No. 357. He is well known in business and social circles, and his store is up to
date and a large one for a place the size of Deep River. He carries about four
thousand dollars' stock, and has a large trade from all the surrounding country.

    Mr. Wood married, in 1894, Miss Martha Battia, of Middle Falls, New York.
They have two children, Olive and Raymond.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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