Tipton-Decatur County IN Archives Biographies.....Wood, George C. 1852 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   GEORGE C. WOOD, M. D., Windfall. The grandparents of our subject were John
and Susan Wood, natives of Virginia, where they were married, subsequently
removing to Nicholas County, Ky., where the father of our subject, Caleb Wood,
was born in 1809. The ancestors of his mother came from Ireland, locating in
Bourbon County, Ky., at a very early day. Here his grandparents, George and
Sophia (Marsh) Carr, were born in 1790 and 1797, respectively, and his mother,
Letitia McDole Carr, was born in the same county in 1819. His parents were
married there in 1839, and in 1841 migrated to Decatur County, Ind.,
subsequently, in 1856, locating in Tipton County. Of a family of eight children
born to them, five are now living, three girls and two boys- George C. was born
January 3, 1852, in Decatur County, Ind., and was only four years of age when
his parents came to Tipton County. He began his earlier education in the schools
of that pioneer period, working upon the farm during the summer months. In the
fall of 1871, he attended, for ten weeks, Howard College, located at Kokomo,
applying himself with such industry to his studies that he was enabled to secure
a twelve-month teacher's certificate, and the ensuing winter taught his first
term in District No. 8, Prairie Township, being at that time only nineteen years
of age. The ensuing spring he again attended Howard College, remaining ten
weeks, and then attended for ten weeks a select school, and upon account of
proficiency was awarded a first-grade certificate, and again taught the school
at No. 8. In February, 1873, he went to Lebanon, Ohio, and remained attending
school until August, returning and teaching a select school in his home
district. He continued teaching district and select school in Tipton County
until the spring of 1875, when he again returned to Lebanon, Ohio, and remained
until August, 1876, when he was awarded the degree of B. S. Returning to Tipton
County, he was Principal of the Graded School at Sharpsville. January, 1877, he
commenced the study of medicine under the tutelege of Dr. A. B. Pitzer, and this
study he has maintained since. He continued teaching select and graded schools
until the fall of 1878, when he went to Indianapolis and attended the Medical
College of Indiana, taking one course. Returning to Sharpsville, he taught a
select school, and in June, 1879, he was elected Superintendent of Schools of
Tipton County; he was re-elected in June, 1881, and has served the two terms in
a highly satisfactory manner to the citizens of the county. He continued to
teach normal and select schools during his terms of office, and as an educator
held superior rank. Dr. Wood also gave much time to his professional studies,
attending courses at Indianapolis during the winter terms of 1879 and 1880, and
March 3, 1881, was awarded his diploma. In April, 1883, Dr. Wood removed to
Windfall, where he has already inaugurated what promises to be a most successful
career. He was united in marriage, November, 1879, to Miss Elnora Linsday. To
them was born, January, 1881, a son-Gordon, who died November 9, 1882.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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