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GEORGE C. WOOD, M. D., Windfall. The grandparents of our subject were John and Susan Wood, natives of Virginia,
where they were married, subsequently removing to Nicholas County, Ky., where the father of our subject, Caleb
Wood, was born in 1809. The ancestors of his mother came from Ireland, locating in Bourbon County, Ky., at a very
early day. Here his grandparents, George and Sophia (Marsh) Carr, were born in 1790 and 1797, respectively, and
his mother, Letitia McDole Carr, was born in the same county in 1819. His parents were married there in 1839, and
in 1841 migrated to Decatur County, Ind., subsequently, in 1856, locating in Tipton County. Of a family of eight
children born to them, five are now living, three girls and two boys - George C. was born January 3, 1852, in Decatur
County, Ind., and was only four years of age when his parents came to Tipton County. He began his earlier education
in the schools of that pioneer period, working upon the farm during the summer months. In the fall of 1871 he attended,
for ten weeks, Howard College, located at Kokomo, applying himself with such industry to his studies that he was
enabled to secure a twelve month teacher's certificate, and the ensuing winter taught his first term in District
No. 8, Prairie Township, being at that time only nineteen years of age. The ensuing spring he again attended Howard
College, remaining ten weeks, and then attended for ten weeks a select school, and upon account of proficiency
was awarded a first grade certificate, and again taught the school at No. 8. In February, 1873, he went to Lebanon,
Ohio, and remained attending school until August, returning and teaching a select school in his home distric. He
continued teaching district and select school in Tipton County until the spring of 1875, when he again returned
to Lebanon, Ohio, and remained until August, 1876, when he was awarded the degree of B. S. Returning to Tipton
County, he was Principal of the Graded School at Sharpsville. January, 1877, he commenced the study of medicine
under the tutelege of Dr. A. B. Pitzer, and this study he has maintained since. He continued teaching select
and graded schools until the fall of 1878, when he went to Indianapolis and attended the Medical College of
Indiana, taking one course. Returning to Sharpsville, he taught a select school, and in June, 1879, he was elected
Superintendent of Schools of Tipton County; he was reelected in June, 1881, and has served the two terms in a highly
satisfactory manner to the citizens of the county. He continued to teach normal and select schools during his terms
of office, and as an educator held superior rank. Dr. Wood also gave much time to his professional studies, attending
courses at Indianapolis during the winter terms of 1879 and 1880, and March 3, 1881, was awarded his diploma. In
April, 1883, Dr. Wood removed to Windfall, where he has already inaugurated what promises to be a most successful
career. He was united in marriage, November, 1879, to Miss Elnora Linslay. To them was born, January, 1881, a son
- Gordon, who died November 9, 1882.
From:
Counties of Howard and Tipton, Indiana
Historical and Biographical
Charles Blanchard, Editor
F. A. Bettey & Co.
Chicago 1883.
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