Union County ArArchives Biographies.....Wood, William W. 1877 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez lmu567@gmail.com May 24, 2009, 1:57 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) WILLIAM W. WOOD. William W. Wood, of El Dorado, now a partner in the Southern Ice Company, was born in Roanoke, Alabama, August 15, 1877. His parents, Wyatt H. and Mary J. (Moody) Wood, were natives of Georgia, where they were reared, educated and married. Soon afterward they removed to Alabama where the father took up the occupation of farming. In 1883 he went to Hill county, Texas. There the mother died in 1887, and Wyatt H. Wood removed in 1901 to El Dorado, Arkansas, where he lived retired up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1902. William W. Wood was educated in the Waco, Texas, public schools and when eighteen years of age entered upon an apprenticeship to the blacksmith and wagon making trade in Waco. In 1901 he came to El Dorado, where he opened a blacksmith and wagon making shop, which he conducted for nineteen years. In January, 1921, he secured the agency for the Buick cars and engaged in the automobile business until January 1, 1922, when he became one of the proprietors of the Southern Ice Company. In 1901 Mr. Wood was united in marriage to Miss Thula Steadman, a daughter of Robert C. Steadman, who was the founder of what is now the El Dorado Times. For six years he published the paper as the Union County Populist and then two or three years ago changed the name to the El Dorado Times. Prior to her marriage this paper was edited by Mrs. Wood, who since her marriage has given her attention to household affairs and the rearing of her two children: Emory D. and Mary A. Mr. and Mrs. Wood and their children are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and he is serving on the board of stewards. They take an active interest in church work and contribute generously to its support and do everything in their power to advance the cause. Mr. Wood belongs also to El Dorado Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M.; El Dorado Chapter, No. 14, R. A. M.; Albert Pike Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R., of Little Rock; and Al-Amin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Little Rock. He is likewise identified with the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce, and his interest centers at all times in those channels through which flow the greatest good to the greatest number. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/union/bios/wood15nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/arfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb