Henry Wood (minstrel) explained

Henry Wood was a 19th-century New York City minstrel show manager, known for creating Wood's Minstrels.^[1] The group performed at Mechanics' Hall (New York City), among other locales.^[2]

Wood's brother Fernando Wood was a mayor of New York City and served in the United States House of Representatives. Another brother, Benjamin Wood, also served in Congress and the New York State Senate.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=nvY5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA74 Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date
2. (21 January 1878). A New Library Building, The New York Times