BIO: Stephen H. Wood, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 436-437.
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  Wood, Stephen H., was born on June 12, 1847, near the village of 
Montgomery, Orange County, N.Y. He was the youngest of a family of five 
children. His parents both dying before he was three years old, he 
found a home with his widowed aunt until he was eleven years old, when 
he was started to work his way in the world. At sixteen he enlisted as 
a private soldier in the civil war and served until the close, about 
eighteen months. His only brother was killed in the battle of Cedar 
Creek, Va., in September, 1864. His educational advantages were 
limited. After his conversion, being impressed with his duty to preach, 
he entered the Whitesboro Seminary, in Oneida County, N.Y., being 
twenty-two at the time of entering.
  In March, 1872, he married Miss S. Estella Wood, of Norwich, N.Y.
  He preached for a Free Will Baptist Church three years, after which 
he joined this Conference in 1876. Since retiring from active work he 
has lived at Afton, N.Y.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1876; Nineveh; 1877, Decatur; 
1878-79, Herrick Center; 1880-82, West Nicholson; 1883-84, North 
Fenton; 1885-87, Coventry; 1888-90, West Edmeston; 1891-92, 
Gilbertsville; 1893-95, Smyrna; 1896-98, Lisle; 1899, Chenango Forks; 
1900-03, sd.