SCOTT COUNTY, VA - BIOGRAPHIES - Martin B. Wood, 1845-1908
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Wood, Martin Birney (1867)  -Martin Birney Wood, Class of 1867 Born-
ca. Dec. 1845 or Jan. 1846. He was 17 years and 8 months old when he
entered VMI in 1863. Father- James O. Wood; Mother- Ann Elizabeth
Godsey. Pat. Grandfather- Henry Wood; Pat. Grandmother- Sally Lawson.
Mat. Grandfather- John Godsey; Mat. Grandmother- Julia Jett. Married-
1st- Kate Mildred Dinwiddie, daughter of Joel Dinwiddie and Jane
Smithson who's great uncle was William Smithson founder of the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington; 2nd- Mrs. Mary A. Williamson
Benton, daughter of Thomas Farish Williamson. Children- (From 1st
marriage) 1- Mrs. C.D. Caldwell (maiden name unknown); 2- Mrs. Horner
Kinsey (maiden name unknown); Henry Clinton Wood, II; 4- (From 2nd
marriage) Mary Wood (who died at the age of 2) Entered VMI- Sept. 8,
1863; remained one year; made Honorary Graduate in 1869 Civil War
Record- Private in Co. D of 37th Va. Infantry C.S.A; Wounded in Action
at Antietam and discharged May 3, 1863 as permanently disabled; He was
a member of Co. D of the VMI Corps of Cadets who fought in the Battle
of New Market, but was left with guard detail at the Institute because
of his old leg wound. Career- Lawyer, Judge of county court of Scott
Co. Died- Nov. 17, 1908.

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