MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - William H. Wood
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WILLIAM H. WOOD, undertaker and dealer in furniture, is a son of William
and Amy (Smith) Wood.  They were married in Massachusetts and came to Maury
County, this State, between 1834 and 1840, to take charge of a large cotton
factory.  By trade the father was a machinist, being a
first-class man in the business.  For the last twenty-five years he has
operated a chair
factory.  He is still living at the age of seventy-two.  His wife is
sixty-eight.  Our subject was born September 20, 1841, in Maury County, was
reared in town, and received a good practical education.  While growing up
he had learned the cabinet-maker's trade in his father's shop, and
after reaching manhood he entered a book store as salesman, and two years
later, in connection with R.D. Blum, opened a dry goods and clothing store
in Columbia.  Having bought out his partner, he sold the whole stock and
engaged in the manufacture of chairs with his father
and brother.  He then sold out and worked in the cabinet shop of Lamb &
Boyd, and later became
superintendent of the water-works of Columbia.  In 1866 he wedded Mary L.
Bynum, and to this union were born six children-three of whom are living.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Wood are active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.  Twice Mr. Wood has been elected alderman, and is now president of
the corporation.  In politics he is conservative, supporting the Democracy.
For nine years he has been in business in Lewisburg, and the trade he has
succeeded in getting speaks well for his ability as a business man.

Surnames: Blum, Bynum, Smith, Wood
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."