BIO: George W. WOOD, M. D., Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 382.
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  GEORGE W. WOOD, M. D., physician and surgeon at Houtzdale, Pa., and 
proprietor of a drug store in this borough, has been a resident of the place 
since May 1, 1891, and during this period has been actively engaged in the 
practice of his profession.  Dr. Wood was born January 4, 1860, at Wellsville, 
N. Y., and is a son of Coe Harvey and Adelia (Parrott) Wood.
  Coe Harvey Wood was born just outside the city of New York, and his wife's 
people came from the vicinity of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.  After marriage they moved 
from New York to Pennsylvania and settled near Shawsville, in Clearfield 
County, where he purchased a farm and also engaged in lumbering.  From there 
they moved to West Clearfield, in 1904, where Mr. Wood died June 28, 1905, and 
his burial was in the Clearfield Cemetery.  He was a son of George W. Wood and 
the family is of Scotch-English descent.  The mother of Dr. Wood survived until 
February 27, 1910, her death occurring at Houtzdale.  The family consisted of 
four children, the only survivor being Dr. Wood, of this record, who was the 
third in order of birth.  The eldest, Charles, was a physician and died at 
Coalport, Pa.  Alice, who was the wife of T. H. Litz, died at the old homestead 
near Shawsville.  May, the youngest of the family, was the wife of Dr. W. H. 
Dale, of Houtzdale, Pa.
  George W. Wood attended school at Shawsville and entered upon his medical 
studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, Md., and later 
attended the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia.  In the spring of 1890 
he began practice at Glen Hope, Clearfield County, and in the following spring 
came to Houtzdale.  In addition to attending to a large practice Dr. Wood 
established his drug store on February 4, 1895, to which he gives careful 
attention and affords residents of the borough the opportunity to purchase 
drugs and preparations which are compounded not only by skilled chemists but 
under the supervision of an experienced physician.
  In June, 1890, Dr. Wood was married to Miss Cora E. Barker, who was born at 
Chest Springs, Pa., and was a baby when the family moved to Grinnell, Ia., and 
accompanied them in their return in 1889.  She is a daughter of Gilbert A. and 
Elizabeth (Allen) Barker, the former of whom died in 1903.  Mrs. Barker resides 
at Coalport, Pa.  Dr. Wood is a Republican in politics.  In every sense he is a 
good citizen, and lending support to every enterprise calculated to advance the 
public welfare he has won the respect, confidence and esteem of the people with 
whom he has chosen to make his home.