Alpheus Field Wood Explained

Alpheus Field Wood
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1883
Term End1:1894
Predecessor1:George Henry Boulter
Successor1:James Haggerty
Constituency1:Hastings North
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:30 May 1828
Birth Place:Jefferson County, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Madoc, Ontario
Occupation:Merchant
Relations:Samuel Casey Wood (brother)

Alpheus Field Wood (May 30, 1828 – January 22, 1910) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Hastings North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1883 to 1894 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Jefferson County, New York in 1828, the son of Thomas Wood, who had settled in Bath, Upper Canada in 1810. He was educated in Upper Canada, taught school in Hastings County for three years and then opened a general store in Madoc. He later became involved in the hardware business and the trade in grain. Wood served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel, and was also a justice of the peace. In 1850, he married Eliza Ann Ross. He was reeve for Madoc township from 1857 to 1877 and during that period also served ten years as warden for the county. Wood was also president of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway and a director for the Grand Junction Railway and the Toronto and Ottawa Railway. In 1880, he was named government valuator for the Dominion of Canada. He was master and treasurer for the local Masonic lodge.

He was the brother of Samuel Casey Wood, who served as treasurer of Ontario. His son, William Field Wood was a physician in South Bend, Indiana.[1]

He died on January 22, 1910, at the age of 81.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: South Bend and the Men Who Have Made It . Anderson & Cooley . 1901 . 435–436 . . 2022-11-23.
  2. Web site: 2 column right Template - Multi Background . 2013-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110092519/http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/greenwoodontario/Lakeview15.html . 2013-11-10 . dead .
  3. "DEATH OF MR. A, F. WOOD: REPRKSENTED NORTH HASTINGS IN LEGISLATURE A ...",The Globe (1844-1936); Jan 24, 1910; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2009)pg. 1