Newhanover County NcArchives News.....A. V. Wood’s Naval Store Depot. October 1, 1881
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Advertiser And Appeal – Brunswick, GA October 1, 1881
Nearly four years since A. V. Wood, Esq., came among us from Wilmington, N. 
C., as cashier and book-keeper for John D. Sprunt, then engaged in a 
moderate way in the naval store business as an experiment.  During the time so 
engaged with Mr. Sprunt—who, by the way, is one of nature’s noblemen—Mr. Wood, 
by his quiet courtesy and strict attention to business, made many friends.  
When Mr. Sprunt was called away to London he transferred his business here to 
Mr. Wood, who continued the same.—Last spring he removed his yard to the foot 
of J street and the surrounding lots, up town, where more room was to be had 
than in the surrounding lots, where he has put up wharves, buildings and 
tramways suitable for his business, and is now actively engaged in shipping 
spirits and rosin, having a stock now of $75,000 in value on the yard.  Most 
of this stock goes abroad in foreign bottoms.  The yard is a busy scene, with 
samplers and laborers, and vessels at the wharves receiving cargo.  We are 
gratified to observe the great increase in the business of Mr. Wood, who has 
made his way, by strict probity and attention to his affairs, and is known as 
perfectly reliable by parties he deals with, both here and abroad.  The 
old “North State” may send us as much much more of this kind of “Timber” as 
she can spare, and Brunswick will be the gainer.

Additional Comments:
Alfred Vincent Wood was the brother of Dr. Thomas Fanning Wood, of Wilmington, 
NC.  According to one record, he was born October 3, 1853 in Wilmington, NC 
and died the 12th of April, 1926 in Glynn County, GA.   According to the 1900 
Census, Glynn County, Brunswick, GA, his wife's name was Marion.  There are 
photos listed for both Alfred Wood and Marion Colesberry in the Wood Family 
Papers - Family Photo Album (UNC-W). 
http://library.uncw.edu/web/collections/manuscript/MS172_010012.html


John Dalziel Sprunt was the son of Alexander Sprunt and a younger brother of 
Margaret Tannahill, James D. and Mary Kennedy Sprunt.  Mary Kennedy Sprunt 
married Dr. T. F. Wood.     

Although not mentioned in this newspaper article, Jesse Wilder, almost 20 
years the senior of A. V. Wood, came to Brunswick, GA, from Wilmington, NC, 
and built a turpentine distillery in early 1880.   

"Turpentine and Its Products," a reprint from the Wilmington Review of October 
22, 1880 appeared in the Brunswick Advertiser Vol.6, No. 18 November 6, 1880.  
In the article, Dr. T. F. Wood is listed as a resource. 

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