Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Wood, Henry W. November 23, 1842 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Wood, Henry W., Frankfort, was born in Newport, N. Y., November 23, 1842. He
was one of four children of William H. and Jane (Perkins) Wood, of Herkimer 
county. His grandfather was George Wood, a native of Massachusetts.  Henry W. 
lived in the town of Fairfield until he enlisted September, 1862, in Company 
F, One Hundred and Fifty-Second New York Volunteers.   He remained in the army 
until the close of the war in 1865, seeing service at Deep Bottom, Turkey 
Bend. The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Ream Station, Weldon 
Railroad, and Burgess Farm. He married March 24, 1866, Margaret Mixter, one of 
ten children of John and Margaret (Ackerman) Mixter, of Danube.   In 1867 he 
engaged in the hotel business in Mohawk for one year; he was then a truckman 
for nine years; was a presser and shipper of hay for five years, and in 1880 
he went into the hotel business at Frankfort, where he has since remained as 
the popular landlord of the Central House.   He was elected president
of the village in 1887 and '88, and March, 1890, he was appointed 
superintendent of Section 4 of the Erie Canal (comprising thirty miles of 
canal, with twenty-two locks and fifty-two bridges).  In the spring of 1892 he 
presented Frank Mann Post G. A. R. No. 604,  with a Grand Army Memorial 
(costing $60), which act was deeply appreciated by the citizens of the town.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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