Biography of Albert S Wood, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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 	There are a number of men who are prominently identified with the
mercantile interests of Scott County, Ark., but none of them is more
deserving of mention than Mr. Wood, who, although not old in years, is yet
a substantial businessman. He was born in Mississippi in 1856, to John T.
and Delilah (Nations) Wood, they being also Mississippians, the former an
honest and progressive tiller of the soil. Their marriage, which occurred
in their native State, resulted in the birth of ten children, their names
being as follows: Albert S., Victoria (who died some years since),
Daniel, Alice, J. Booker, Kate, Thomas, Stanford, Joseph and Nora. John T.
Wood enlisted in the Confederate Infantry in 1861, and was on active duty
until the close of the war. He first removed from his Native State to
Texas, and from that State came to Arkansas, in 1859, settling in Sevier
County, but in 1868 came to Scott County, and is here now residing. He
is a member of Cauthron Lodge No. 385, of the A.F. & A.M., and ever since
residing here has proved himself a man of progressive views and public
spirit. Albert S. Wood came to this State with his parents when a small
boy, and was principally reared on a farm, but besides being an attendant
of the common schools near his home, he was given the advantages of the
schools of Fayetteville in 1884 and 1885. He has taught a school, and
farmed up to 1888, when he engaged in the mercantile business at Gipson,
Scott County, Ark., and in May 1889, was appointed postmaster of the
place. He has done a exceedingly prosperous business, and has become well
known for his honest, upright dealing with his patrons and for his
interest in the welfare of this region. He is junior warden of Cauthron
Lodge No. 385, of the A.F. & A. M. and also belongs to Poteau Lodge No.
27, of the I.O.O.F.