Biographical Sketch of Paris E. Wood, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Paris E. Wood, of Washington County, Mo., was born in Crawford County,
Ind., in 1846.  He attended the public schools until eighteen years 
old, then enlisted in the Union army, in Company D, One Hundred and
Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of
the war.  In 1866 he entered the Indiana State University, but after
about two and a half years' attendance came to Washington County, Mo.,
where he has since made farming his chief occupation, although he
taught school some thirteen terms.  In 1872 he and Anna Hanson were
united in marriage.  She was born in England, in 1851, the daughter of
Abram and Margaret (Smalley) Hanson, both natives of England.  They 
came to the United States in 1853.  Mr. Wood and his wife became the
parents of seven children: Ira A., Lou E., Dora, Pearl A., Isa, Alma N.
and Altha O.  Mr. Wood owns 360 acres of land.  He is a Republican, and
he and wife are members of the Christian Church.  Our subject's grand-
father Wood was a West Virginian, and moved to Southern Indiana when
eighteen years old, and there married Ann Watson. He carried on several
large farms, a gun factory, tannery and a distillery.  His son, John,
Paris E.'s father, at the age of twenty married Mary A. Stewart, who 
was but sixteen years old at that time.  They became the parents of two
sons and three daughters.  Mr. Wood followed the occupations of gun-
smithing and merchandising during his lifetime.  He came to Missouri in
1852, and in 1858 to Washington County.  During the war he went to 
Effingham County, Ill., where he died in the full strength of manhood.
He was a member of the Christian Church, and a Republican in politics.
During the first part of the war he was first lieutenant of Company H,
Thirty-second Enrolled Militia.  His wife died about 1882.

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