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 GOVAN GEORGE WARE


    Govan George Ware, popular President of the First National Bank of Leesburg, is a native son of Florida, having been born in Bradford County on October 6, 1885.  His father was Robert G., and his mother Theodosia Ware; the former was a native of Georgia and the latter a native of Florida.
    Mr. Ware received his education in the schools of Bradford County, and early entered the banking business at Talbotton, Georgia, where he remained until 1909, when he came to Leesburg to become Cashier of what was then the Citizens Bank, but now the First National Bank.
    Under Mr. Ware’s able supervision the First National Bank of Leesburg has shown a large and continual growth, and is known as one of the most substantial banks in the State of Florida.  When he became connected with the bank in 1909 the deposits amounted to some $60,000, and they are now approximately $1,250,000.  
    In addition to his presidency of the First National Bank, Mr. Ware is President of the Leesburg Commercial Publishing and Printing Company, of the Crystal River Rock Company, of the First National Company of Leesburg, and of the Silver Lake Country Club.  He also serves as Director in the Leesburg Hardware and Supply Company, and is a Director in the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
    Mr. Ware has always taken an interest in Chamber of Commerce work, and has the unique distinction of being a member in the Leesburg, the Lake County, and the Florida Chambers of Commerce.
    He belongs to the Masons, Shriners, and the Knights of Pythias.  He was married in Georgia to Clara Freeman and has two children: Virginia and Margaret.
 from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p303

   FRANK DAN WATERMAN and Helen Louise WATERMAN
One of the finest hotels in central Florida, and a credit to Lake County and the State as a whole, the Fountain Inn of Eustis is a testimonial of the faith Frank Dan Waterman has in Florida, and in Lake County in particular.
    He was born in Altorf, Illinois, July 20, 1869, son of Elisha Silas Waterman and Delia Robinson Waterman.  His father was born in Decatur, New York, May 13, 1814, and his mother at Rockville, Illinois, May 18,1844.  The record of the Waterman family shows them to have been hard-working, honest, straightforward, level-headed Yankees, who were filled with patriotic love for their country.  Some member of the Waterman family has served in every war in which the United States has been involved since they came to America.
    Frank Dan Waterman has gained his present national and international recognition through his own endeavors.  He attended the grade schools of Illinois, and at the death of his father was obliged to go to work at the age of fourteen.  He followed various lines until 1893 when his uncle, L. E. Waterman, sent for him to come to New York and help him in his new business of manufacturing fountain pens.  This international concern had a very modest beginning in a single room with a force of four, and grew slowly until the death of Mr. L. E. Waterman, when the business was left to Frank Waterman as administrator.  He immediately started an extensive advertising campaign which was so successful that the Ideal Fountain Pen is now known throughout the world.
    When the business was established to his satisfaction, Mr. Waterman turned his attention to a winter home in Florida, and came to Eustis in 1901.  He first had his home and very fine grove at Blue Lake, which home place he still maintains, and in 1922 at the earnest solicitation of the prominent citizens of the town, and with a desire to help Eustis take its place with other tourist towns in the State, Mr. Waterman decided to build the Fountain Inn Hotel.  This hotel would be a credit to a city many times the size of Eustis, and has done probably more thanFountain Inn Hotel
any one other thing to make Eustis popular as a winter resort, the hotel being open from “Christmas to Easter.”  Many people of national importance have stopped at the Fountain Inn, and all its guests have been decidedly pleased with its exceptional service.  One of the finest features is the high grade fruit Mr. Waterman supplies his guests from his own grove at Blue Lake.  Another example of Mr. Waterman’s desire to do all he can to make his guests enjoy their stay at the Fountain Inn, is his success in bringing well-known artists to his hotel for concerts.  Mr. Waterman has always very generously invited the townspeople to be his guests at these concerts.
    Although his interests are so varied, and his time so occupied by his business and welfare activities, Mr. Waterman manages to spend considerable time in the enjoyment of his family.  He is a member of the Episcopal Church, a member of the Masons, and numerous other clubs and societies.  He was married February 16, 1898, at Englewood, New Jersey, to Helen Louise Huson, and has two sons, Elisha Huson Waterman, and Frank D. Waterman, Jr.
 from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p304-305. Post card from collection of Fran Smith added..
.*NOTE:   In 1906 he encouraged his recently widowed sister moved to Eustis with her young son.
   
  As with so many others, the depression forced the closing of the hotel. He wanted to leave the building to Dr. Tyre for a hospital.  Dr. Tyre feeling it was too large an undertaking for one man  suggested giving it to the Lake Co. Medical Assn.  The papers were signed on his death bed in New York City.  He died 6 May 1938.

      He was honored by the town of Kankakee, llinois who named a park for him on the Kankakee River which sometime during the late 1900's became known by another name.

Submitted by Fran Smith
   MARION C. WATSON

    Marion C. Watson, President of the M. C. Watson Co., Inc., General Contractors and Builders, offices Tavares, Florida, was born in Clark County, Georgia, in 1864, the son of Martin and Emily Ann Watson.
    On completion of school Mr. Watson entered the contracting and building profession in Georgia.  While maintaining his residence in Georgia, he came to Florida some 20 years ago, and built several public buildings throughout the State.  He moved to Lake County and located at Tavares in 1924 as a permanent resident of Florida.  His first contract was the Lake County Court House, which is one of the finest in the State and a decided credit both to Mr. Watson and Lake County.  M. C. Watson Co. also were the general contractors on the new High School building in Tavares and an addition to the old Leesburg High School.
    Mr. Watson is the largest stockholder in the Tavares Lumber and Manufacturing Co., Inc., and was the principal organizer of that corporation.  He has other considerable real estate holdings, including city and residential property, as well as an orange grove.
    Always interested in civic affairs, Mr. Watson is at present President of the Town Council of Tavares, a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Odd Fellows and the Moose.
    Mr. Watson was married in Alabama to May E. Daniels, and they have two children: Mrs. John C. Charles of Jacksonville, Florida, and Mrs. F. W. Lagerquist of Tavares.
   from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p304

   GEORGE W. WEBSTER

    George W. Webster was born at Sandy Ridge, North Carolina, March 11, 1890, son of Daniel R. and Nannie Webster.
    He received his education in the schools of Marion, Indiana, and at Morehead Normal School in Kentucky and at Kentucky University.
    He began his banking career with the People’s Bank of Morehead, where he worked for one year, when he came to Leesburg and joined the Leesburg State Bank, at a time when the institution only had three employees, which included Mr. R. F. E. Cooke, M. P. Mickler and himself.  Mr. Webster is therefore the oldest employee of the bank with the exception of Mr. Cooke, this being his twenty-first year with this bank.
    He was made Assistant Cashier in 1913, and has been Cashier since 1918.
    Mr. Webster has various interests outside of the bank, owning a substantial interest in the Grand View Greenhouses, a fernery proposition, and he is also interested in orange growing.
    He has successfully represented the Reliance Life Insurance Company of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, the past eight years in Leesburg.
    He is a member and Treasurer of the First Baptist Church of Leesburg, and also belongs to the local Chamber of Commerce.  He is married to Helen R. Mathews, daughter of W. R. Mathews, one of Lake County’s earliest residents.  He has four children:  David Bruce, Louise, George W., Jr., and James T.
 from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p305
GEORGE F. WESTBROOK

    George F. Westbrook, one of the leading lawyers of the southern part of Lake County, was born near Mascotte on September 26th, 1888, son of D. J. and Jennie M. Westbrook.  His parents were both from Jackson County, Florida, where his mother was born, and his father, who was originally from Georgia, is one of the older and best-known citizens of Clermont, being an expert in the citrus business.
    Mr. George F. Westbrook attended the country schools of Lake County and studied law in an office in Jacksonville and began the practice of law with great success.  He has various important positions, being Secretary and Treasurer of the Postal Colony which has developed a very large amount of land south of Clermont, and which ahs given a great deal of valuable publicity to the Clermont section on account of the fact that it is made up of post office officials; he is also a Director of the first National Bank of Clermont and is City Attorney for the cities of Clermont, Minneola and Groveland.
    Mr. Westbrook’s popularity was attested by the fact that he was elected a member of the Lower House of the State Legislature on November 6th, 1928.
    He holds membership in the Lake County Bar Association, Clermont Kiwanis Club, Methodist Church, Masons and the Knights of Pythias.
    He was married at Eustis to Mamie Church, the daughter of a pioneer of Lake County, and has three children: Ethel, George F. and Daniel.
 from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p305-306
PICKENS BUTLER WEVER
Pickens Butler Wever of Leesburg, was born March 23, 1828, Edgefield County, South Carolina and died August 14, 1915. Pickens married first in South Carolina, about 1848, to Mary Catherine Towles, born about 1831 in South Carolina. They moved to Georgia in mid-1850's and she died before 1870 in Emanuel County, Georgia. He came to Florida December 1, 1881, and married December 1, 1881 Sumter County, Florida, Elizabeth Ann “Eliza” Carouthers Lee who was born November 1837, near Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, came to Florida in December 1850, and died November 23, 1921, Leesburg. She was the widow of John Calvin Lee. They are buried Lone Oak Cemetery, Leesburg. Pickens served as a Private in Company A, 5th Regiment, Georgia Militia, enlisted Chatham County. (FCPA #A04190, 24 Aug 1902, Montclair)

HENRY L. WILEY
Henry L. Wiley, born August 26, 1892, son of John H. and Anna Wiley, is an unusually successful young business man of Leesburg, and is one of the developers of his home town and of Lake County.  Mr. Wiley has the distinction of belonging to a real Lake County family, as both his parents and he were born in that part of Marion County which is now Lake County, and his two children were born in Leesburg.
    After attending schools in Leesburg and Yalaha, Mr. Wiley was in the insurance business in Jacksonville for seven years.  On his return to Leesburg in 1915 he entered the real estate business, chiefly as a developer.  In this connection he has been interested in developments on the large lakes of the county, Lake Dora, Lake Beauclair, Lake Carlton, Lake Eustis, and Lake Harris.  He has done a large amount of developing along these lakes, and is the owner of much valuable property.
    Mr. Wiley has been connected in one way or another with the erection of many buildings in Leesburg; he and Dr. Coulson built the Wiley-Coulson building in Leesburg, and he was Secretary of the committee which built the Masonic Temple at Leesburg.  He also built his own home, and three other houses in Leesburg.
    Always interested in the growth and advancement of his town, he was largely responsible for the installation of the sewerage system of the city of Leesburg, and also for street paving and laying of sidewalks.  He has given freely of his time to committee work, and has been on the City Commission four terms, on the Industrial Committee of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Upper Ocklawaha Navigation Commission.
    Fraternally he is a member of the Masons, the Shriners, Knights of Pythias, and the Kiwanis Club.
    He was married in Leesburg in 1918 to Beatrice Lee of Lake City, and they have two children:  Jean and Betty Sue
.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p306.
BOYCE A. WILLIAMS

    Boyce A. Williams was born at Monroe, North Carolina, July 23rd, 1887, son of James H. and Endora Williams.  His father was Treasurer of Union County, North Carolina, for sixteen years.
    The subject of this sketch received his education in the schools of North Carolina and at Wake Forest College.
    After following various occupations in North Carolina, he came to Leesburg, Florida, in 1910, where he engaged in the lumber business, being connected with the Lake Land & Lumber Company for a period of about three years.
    He next took up truck farming and fruit growing, and also handled fruit on a brokerage basis.
    Having become very well and favorably known throughout Lake County, Mr. Williams ran for the office of County Tax Collector in 1924, to which office he was elected by a large majority and he was re-elected without opposition in 1928.
    It is interesting to note that when Mr. Williams first took office in 1924, the taxes collected amounted to approximately $1,000,000, while in 1928 they increased to over one and a half millions, showing a very large increase in property values in Lake County during this period.
    Mr. Williams is a Mason and has held all the chairs in the York Rite Bodies.  He is also a Shriner.
    He was married at Leesburg to Constance Bourlay, daughter of Mr. A. H. Bourlay, one of the prominent old-timers of the county.  Two children have been born to this union, Lucille and Barbara.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p307.
JAMES HENRY WILLIAMS

    James Henry Williams was born in Union County, North Carolina, May 7, 1858, son of James C. and Martha (Griffin) Williams.  He received his education in the schools of North Carolina, and started work early in life on his father’s farm.
    He has been a resident of Leesburg since 1910, and at first engaged in the lumber business with Mr. T. B. Stinson, with whom he erected three sawmills in the northern part of Lake County and in Marion County.
    Before engaging in his present business, Mr. Williams did considerable building in Leesburg, and he was the first to erect good buildings in the town.  He commenced the grocery business by owning a retail store in Leesburg, and in 1919 he established the Williams Company, a wholesale grocery house.  This company has worked up a splendid trade in Lake, Sumter, and Marion Counties, and this company was the first one in the State of Florida to commence the delivery of goods in their own trucks.
    Mr. Williams has been a member of the City Council of Leesburg, and is a charter member of the Kiwanis Club.  He is a Director in the Leesburg Building and Loan Association, and is a Deacon in the Baptist Church.  His fraternal affiliations are with the Masons.
    He was married in North Carolina to Dora Marsh, and is the proud father of eight children: Dr. E. L. Williams of Houston, Texas; Boyce A. Williams, Tax Collector of Lake County; Ruth (Mrs. Albert Bragdon); J. Locke Williams; Emma; John M.; R. Parks; and Patsy Jane.from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p307.

CYRUS HENRY WILSON

    Cyrus Henry Wilson, born in 1854, was one of the earliest comers to the Clermont section, and became one of the leading orange growers of the county, most of the groves still being owned by his widow who makes her residence at Clermont.
    Mr. Wilson was raised at Pawling, New York, where he lived with his uncle until he was twenty-one.  He had various jobs up North, and came to the Minneola-Clermont section in the early 80s, when this section of the county was indeed sparsely settled, and started a truck farm and the development of orange groves on the north side of Lake Minneola.  Besides these two lines, Mr. Wilson was interested in the turpentine business.  He was a large property owner about Lake Minneola.
    During his lifetime Mr. Wilson was interested in everything that concerned the advancement of Clermont, serving as a member of the City Council.  He was also Vice-President of the First State Bank.  His fraternal affiliations were with the Woodsmen of the World and the Odd Fellows.  He was married to Lida Moorehouse in Connecticut.
    Mr. Wilson died March 23, 1922.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p308.
JAMES EDWARDS WILSON and Family

James Edwards Wilson was born 11 October 1839 near Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama, son of Bryce and Mary Anne (Edwards) Wilson. He died on 21 March 1921 in Leesburg, Lake County, Florida, and was carried back to Russellville for burial in the Nooe-Wilson Cemetery. His Civil War service was first in Company H, 16th Alabama, Infantry and later as Adjutant, Company I, 11th Alabama, Cavalry, C.S.A. After the War he was graduated from the University of Mississippi. He later became a prominent merchant, in partnership with his brother, Charles E. Wilson, in Russellville until about 1905 when he retired to spend winters in Leesburg, Florida and summers in Russellville.

James married first in Franklin County, Alabama, on 11 October 1865 to Josephine E. Allen (16 Jan 1846 - 5 May 1887), daughter of Altamont Allen. After she died, James married second on 6 June 1894 in Easonville, St. Clair County, Alabama [St. Clair County marr bk D] to Margaret Frances "Maggie" (16 Jan 1866 - 11 Sep 1945), who was born in Easonville, Alabama, daughter of Samuel Patton and Margaret Luvinia (Morrison) McLellan. She also died in Leesburg, Florida, and was buried in the Nooe-Wilson Cemetery. With his two wives, James was the father of 11 children, all of whom were born in Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama:

1) Mary Willie Wilson born 7 July 1867, died 30 July 1892, Russellville, Alabama, buried Nooe-Wilson Cemetery, married on 24 October 1888 to William A. Dearing, grandson of Wiley J. and Eliza A. (Nooe) Dearing of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 3 children.

2) Bryce Attainout Wilson born 28 February 1869, died 1 February 1870, Russellville, Alabama, buried Nooe-Wilson Cemetery.

3) Josephine Edwards Wilson born 24 December 1870, died 20 November 1948, buried Nooe-Wilson Cemetery, married 28 April 1891 to William Henry Key (8 Feb 1861 - 29 Aug 1943) of Calhoun, Georgia, 11 children.

4) James Alexander Wilson born 16 February 1873, died 13 October 1914, buried Nooe-Wilson Cemetery, married 6 May 1909 to Adrienne Knight Gipson (23 Aug 1890 - ? ), 4 children.

5) Charles R. Wilson born 28 April 1875, died 24 January 1958, buried Nooe-Wilson Cemetery, married 5 January 1898 to Mary Annie Nance (11 Dec 1875 - 29 Apr 1952), 9 children.

6) Susie Wilson born 9 October 1878, died 27 September 1883, Russellville, Alabama, buried Nooe-Wilson Cemetery.

7) Gilbert H. Wilson born 25 November 1880, died 27 September 1883,

8) Margaret Elizabeth Wilson born 21 November 1895, died 27 September 1987, Tavares, Lake County, Florida, buried Tavares, Florida, married 1 September 1920 at Russellville, Alabama to James Philip Doss, Jr (23 Oct 1894 - 11 Jul 1944), son of James P. and Annie L. Doss, 3 children: James P. III, Edward Wilson, Charles Reginald. James and Margaret were county tax assessors during the 1940's and 1950's in Lake County, Florida.

9) Samuel Edwards Wilson born dead, 13 June 1901.

10) Mary Katherine Wilson born 29 March 1903, died 20 January 1976, Orlando, Orange County, Florida, buried Lone Oak Cemetery, Leesburg, Florida, married 11 September 1924 at Leesburg, Lake County, Florida to John Leonard Fahs (14 Dec 1903 - 19 Apr 1983), son of William H. and Ida Kate (Nicholas) Fahs, 1 child: John Leonard Fahs, Jr. John was a Florida state legislator, director for the Florida district of the Internal Revenue Service, Leesburg mayor and bank official.

11) Marshall Edwards Wilson born 3 April 1908, died 7 June 1992, Leesburg, Lake County, Florida, buried Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Leesburg, Florida, married at Ocala, Marion County, Florida, on 1 June 1930 to Margaret Eugenia Miller (13 Jan 1912 - 5 Dec 1990), daughter of Walter E. and Edith (Poole) Miller, 1 child, Marshall Eugene Wilson (13 Jan 1932 - 28 Jun 1987). Marshall was mayor of Leesburg during the 1950's, and otherwise very active in the community.

Additional information:

Margaret "Maggie" McLellan, was a friend of James' older children, and met her future husband when they brought her home to visit. By the time their four children were born in Russellville, James was ailing, so the family began to spend winters in Leesburg, Florida. One child died in infancy, and their other three children spent the rest of their lives in Lake County, Florida. Their youngest child, Marshall Wilson, passed away in June 1992. While he was still alive, he was one of very few people who could say that his father had served in the Civil War.

References: ~ Personal knowledge of John L. Fahs, Jr., son of Mary Katherine Wilson and John L. Fahs, born 9 November 1927, living at 1307 S. 8th St, Leesburg, FL 34748. ~ Wilson family Bible (now owned by John L. Fahs, Jr.). ~ Nooe-Wilson Cemetery list. ~ Miscellaneous family papers and letters. Date prep/updtd: 15 May 1995

Submitted by Glorianne Fahs
MARSHALL EUGENE WILSON

      Marshall Eugene Wilson was born 13 January 1932 at Ocala and died 28 June 1987 at VA Hospital, Gainesville, Alachua County.  His ashes were scattered at Daytona Beach, Florida.
      Familiarly known as Gene, he was the son of Marshall Edwards Wilson and Margaret Eugenia Miller.  Gene grew up in Leesburg in the family home at 123 East Main Street, was graduated from Leesburg High School in 1950 and from Stetson University at Deland.  His career was in hotel management, and in 1980 while working at Lake Placid he participated in the hosting of the Winter Olympics.  Sadly, Gene predeceased his parents.
Submitted by Glorianne Fahs

ISAAC N. WITHERS

    Isaac N. Withers was a native of South Carolina, and was born at Fort Mill, York County, January 7, 1853, son of John T. and Martha (Harper) Withers.  He was educated at Fort Mill and at Rutherford College, North Carolina.
    When he had just reached his majority he moved to Leesburg, Florida, where he secured a position as a salesman in a general mercantile store.  He remained here a few months and then with his brother started an orange grove on Picciola Island in Lake Griffin, afterwards known as Withers Point.
    In 1894 Mr. Withers took up a homestead at Lady Lake and opened a general store.  The freeze of 1895 was so disastrous to the Lady Lake section that Mr. Withers moved to Citronelle in Citrus County where he was bookkeeper for R. J. Knight Company, operators in naval stores, returning in 1902 to Lady Lake.
    Mr. Withers was always interested in public affairs, and in 1885 was appointed Tax Collector of Sumter County, holding this office until the creation of the County of Lake, when his residence was in the new county.  In 1905, Mr. Withers was appointed State Land Agent, whose duties are to locate and select swamp and overflowed lands donated to Florida by an act of Congress in 1850.
    In 1906 Mr. Withers was nominated to fill the unexpired term of a member of the Senate, and again elected to the Senate in 1908.  He has also served as a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Lake County.
    Mr. Withers was married in June, 1889, to Miss Alice Teague.  His death on February 12, 1912, was a source of deep regret to all who knew him, and was a loss to the State of Florida of one who always worked with heartfelt earnestness for the welfare of the State.

from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p308.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD

 206.  WILLIAM B. WOFFORD of Cassia, was born April 17, 1842, Cass (now Bartow) County, Georgia and died September 13, 1909.  He came to Florida in 1866, and married May 3, 1866, Orange County, Florida, Lucretia Beasley who was born March 1850, Georgia and died after 1910.  William, of Bartow County, Georgia, served as a 1st Lieutenant and Full 1st Lieutenant (and Aide-de-Camp) in Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment Georgia.  (FCPA #A03572, 15 Jan 1906, Cassia)  
Submitted by   Glorianne Fahs
DR. S. CLIFFORD WOOD

    Dr. S. Clifford Wood, one of the best known doctors of the eastern section of the county, and an unusually popular man, was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, December 26, 1876, son of William Henry and Lulu Wood, his father being a farmer.
    His education was received in the schools of Georgia, and he received his degree of M. D. in 1904 from the University of Georgia Medical School.
    Immediately after graduating he came to Florida and located in Sumter County, Florida, remaining there until 1922, when he came to Leesburg.  He has always practiced alone, and has an extensive practice in general medicine and also surgery.  In addition to his private practice, Dr. Wood has also been local surgeon for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and City Health Officer for Leesburg.
    His fraternal affiliations are with the American, State, and Southern Medical Associations, the Masons, Shriners, and Knights of Pythias.
    Dr. Wood was married in South Carolina to Irene Stanton.
from: History of Lake County Florida, Wm. T. Kennedy, Editor-in-chief,  History of Lake County Florida Part II, Biographical.  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Lake County, Florida  p309.


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