BIOGRAPHIES:  Robert B. WOOD, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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ROBERT B. WOOD, agent of the W. W. Kimball Chicago pianos and organs,
Durand. Came to Durand from Walworth County in 1868. He was born in
Wayne Co., N. Y., March 21, 1840. In 1853, his father moved his family
to Wisconsin and settled on a farm near Delavan, Walworth Co., where he
resided several years, then removed to Manchester, Delaware Co., Iowa.
Here his father died in 1860 and the family returned to Delavan. In
October, 1861, Robert enlisted in Co. A, 10th Wis. V. I. Remained in
active service during the period of his enlistment (in the 14th Army
Corps, under Maj. Gen. Thomas), and was mustered out, November, 1864,
at Milwaukee. He then went to Decatur, Ill., and worked on a farm;
afterward to Delavan, and engaged in the livery business, and in 1868
came to Durand and engaged in farming. For the last four years, he has
been agent for W. W. Kimball, pianos and organs. He was married, in
1872, to Mrs. Louisa S. Congdon, formerly Miss Louisa S. Conway. of Eau
Claire, Wis. They have three children - Maggie B., Florence E. and Mary
Ella.

-Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 702


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