Parents Daniel & Sophia Wood
Gen. D. P. Wood
His death occurs at his home today
Gen. Daniel P. Wood died this afternoon
Daniel P. Wood was born in the town of Pompey November 5th, 1819. He was next to the youngenst in the family of children of Daniel Wood and Sophia Sims. His father, in the year 1800, came from Berkshire, Mass and settled in the town of Pompey. He was a lawyer and a farmer, the latter being his chief occupation. He died in 1838. His mother was also of New England stock, but the ancestry, some four generations back, came from Jamestown, Va. She was a lineal descendant in the fifth generation from Joseph Loomis, born in England about 1590, sailed form London April 11, 1638 in the ship Susan and Ellen, and arrival at Boston July 17th 1638. She died in November 1843.
D.P. Wood inherited and exhibited through life, the New England traits of character -- readiness to labor and to learn, strength of will, forecast and symphany with those movements which have for their end the well-being of the country and for their -- the advancing condition of all classes and races. He worked upon the farm of his father during his earlier years, receiving such education as the district school afforded, and acquiring a vigor of constitution which since enabled him to endure the hardest mental labor. At about eighteen years of age he pursued a preparatory course at Pompey academy and at twenty entered Hamilton college, where he not only disciplined his mind by hard study, but expanded it by a wide range of reading, being graduated from that institution in 1843. In 1844 he entered the law office of Victory Birdseye at Pompey, and in 1845 came to Syracuse and studied law in the office of George W. Noxon, and, after being admitted to the bar in 1846 in the last class admitted under the old Constitution of the State, he entered into partnership with Mr. Noxon. He met the barriers common to young lawyers in competition with older and more experienced attorneys with resolution and energy. He was City Attorney for three years from the organization of the city government until 1854 and in that year and also in 1854 he represented his district in the Assembly of the State as chairman of the committee on salt, in which interest many of this constituents were largely engaged, and as a member of the committee on the Code, he brought to the discussion of these questions all of his legal acumen and conscientious industry. In the exciting and able debates on the completion and enlargement of the canals, and in the impeachment of Canal Commissioner John C. Mather by the committee of managers of the House, of which Mr. Wood was a member, and took an active and efficient part, his speeches were no slight tribute to his reputation and capacity. In 1854, as chairman of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, he matured and carried through teh act creating the Department of Public Instruction, and was a member of the committee on ways and means, in those days the most laborious and exacting committee of the Legislature. Mr. Wood attended to his profession during the three years following, but in 1857, on account of over-taxation of both body and mind, his health became to impaired that he went to South Carolina, returning thence on horseback.
In 1865, '66, '67 he was elected to the Assembly as a representative from Onondaga county. In 1865, '66 he was chairman of the committee on canals and a member of the ways and means and the following year chairman of the latter. He defended their positions with honor to himself and iwth usefulness to the State. In 1861 he was one of the party who escorted President Lincoln to Washington a few days preceding his inauguration, and in 1865 was chairman of th special legislature committee to receive the remains of president Lincoln at the city of New York and conduct them through the State. In politics, Mr. Wood was a Whig, but afterward a Republican upon the formation of that party. During the late rebellion he was an unswerving supporter of the Union cause. He was very active in the organization of the first regiment that went from syracuse, raised in one week. His patriotism knew no fear or faltering, keeping up his patience and hope, and speaking words of good cheer all the more when the hours were the darkest. In the fall of 1871 he was elected to represent the Twenty-Second Senatorial district in the State legislature. His record was such that at the end of his first term his renomination was made by acclamation, and his election took place without opposition by the Democrative party. In the Senate Mr. Wood, during his four years service, was chairman of the finance committee. In this capacity he used all the power of his place to enforce retrenchment, resisting unjust and unworthy claims and fighting extravagance and prodigality. In 1874 Mr. Wood was appointed by Governor Dix with the concurrence of the Senate, Major-General of the Sixth division, N.G.S.N.Y, comprising twelve counties, viz: Oneida, Oswego, Onondaga, Madison, Cayuga, Seneca, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga, Broome, Chenango and Otsego. General Wood was one of the organizers of the Onondaga County Savings bank, and was a trustee ever since its beginning and was its president at the time of his death. He was also identified with the Trust and Deposit company of Onondaga and with the New York State Banking company as director. He was president and treasurer of the Highland Solar Salt Manufacturing company of Syracuse, and was largely interested in the manufacture of salt. He was one of the originators and managers of the Syracuse & Geddes and the Genesee & Water Street railroads.
On August 14, 1848 he married Miss Lora Celeste, daughter of Silas Smith and Eunice Bagg, the former from Lanesborough, Mass and an early settler of the town of Marcellus -- the latter a lineal descendant in the fifth generation of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood were born six children: Frank, Mary Bagg (deceased), Fannie Loomis (deceased) Mary Clifton, Cornelia Longstreet and William Sims (deceased).
Evening Herald, The | Syracuse, New York | Friday, May 01, 1891 | Page 1
Gen. D. P. Wood
His death occurs at his home today
Gen. Daniel P. Wood died this afternoon
Daniel P. Wood was born in the town of Pompey November 5th, 1819. He was next to the youngenst in the family of children of Daniel Wood and Sophia Sims. His father, in the year 1800, came from Berkshire, Mass and settled in the town of Pompey. He was a lawyer and a farmer, the latter being his chief occupation. He died in 1838. His mother was also of New England stock, but the ancestry, some four generations back, came from Jamestown, Va. She was a lineal descendant in the fifth generation from Joseph Loomis, born in England about 1590, sailed form London April 11, 1638 in the ship Susan and Ellen, and arrival at Boston July 17th 1638. She died in November 1843.
D.P. Wood inherited and exhibited through life, the New England traits of character -- readiness to labor and to learn, strength of will, forecast and symphany with those movements which have for their end the well-being of the country and for their -- the advancing condition of all classes and races. He worked upon the farm of his father during his earlier years, receiving such education as the district school afforded, and acquiring a vigor of constitution which since enabled him to endure the hardest mental labor. At about eighteen years of age he pursued a preparatory course at Pompey academy and at twenty entered Hamilton college, where he not only disciplined his mind by hard study, but expanded it by a wide range of reading, being graduated from that institution in 1843. In 1844 he entered the law office of Victory Birdseye at Pompey, and in 1845 came to Syracuse and studied law in the office of George W. Noxon, and, after being admitted to the bar in 1846 in the last class admitted under the old Constitution of the State, he entered into partnership with Mr. Noxon. He met the barriers common to young lawyers in competition with older and more experienced attorneys with resolution and energy. He was City Attorney for three years from the organization of the city government until 1854 and in that year and also in 1854 he represented his district in the Assembly of the State as chairman of the committee on salt, in which interest many of this constituents were largely engaged, and as a member of the committee on the Code, he brought to the discussion of these questions all of his legal acumen and conscientious industry. In the exciting and able debates on the completion and enlargement of the canals, and in the impeachment of Canal Commissioner John C. Mather by the committee of managers of the House, of which Mr. Wood was a member, and took an active and efficient part, his speeches were no slight tribute to his reputation and capacity. In 1854, as chairman of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, he matured and carried through teh act creating the Department of Public Instruction, and was a member of the committee on ways and means, in those days the most laborious and exacting committee of the Legislature. Mr. Wood attended to his profession during the three years following, but in 1857, on account of over-taxation of both body and mind, his health became to impaired that he went to South Carolina, returning thence on horseback.
In 1865, '66, '67 he was elected to the Assembly as a representative from Onondaga county. In 1865, '66 he was chairman of the committee on canals and a member of the ways and means and the following year chairman of the latter. He defended their positions with honor to himself and iwth usefulness to the State. In 1861 he was one of the party who escorted President Lincoln to Washington a few days preceding his inauguration, and in 1865 was chairman of th special legislature committee to receive the remains of president Lincoln at the city of New York and conduct them through the State. In politics, Mr. Wood was a Whig, but afterward a Republican upon the formation of that party. During the late rebellion he was an unswerving supporter of the Union cause. He was very active in the organization of the first regiment that went from syracuse, raised in one week. His patriotism knew no fear or faltering, keeping up his patience and hope, and speaking words of good cheer all the more when the hours were the darkest. In the fall of 1871 he was elected to represent the Twenty-Second Senatorial district in the State legislature. His record was such that at the end of his first term his renomination was made by acclamation, and his election took place without opposition by the Democrative party. In the Senate Mr. Wood, during his four years service, was chairman of the finance committee. In this capacity he used all the power of his place to enforce retrenchment, resisting unjust and unworthy claims and fighting extravagance and prodigality. In 1874 Mr. Wood was appointed by Governor Dix with the concurrence of the Senate, Major-General of the Sixth division, N.G.S.N.Y, comprising twelve counties, viz: Oneida, Oswego, Onondaga, Madison, Cayuga, Seneca, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga, Broome, Chenango and Otsego. General Wood was one of the organizers of the Onondaga County Savings bank, and was a trustee ever since its beginning and was its president at the time of his death. He was also identified with the Trust and Deposit company of Onondaga and with the New York State Banking company as director. He was president and treasurer of the Highland Solar Salt Manufacturing company of Syracuse, and was largely interested in the manufacture of salt. He was one of the originators and managers of the Syracuse & Geddes and the Genesee & Water Street railroads.
On August 14, 1848 he married Miss Lora Celeste, daughter of Silas Smith and Eunice Bagg, the former from Lanesborough, Mass and an early settler of the town of Marcellus -- the latter a lineal descendant in the fifth generation of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood were born six children: Frank, Mary Bagg (deceased), Fannie Loomis (deceased) Mary Clifton, Cornelia Longstreet and William Sims (deceased).
Evening Herald, The | Syracuse, New York | Friday, May 01, 1891 | Page 1
Parents Daniel & Sophia Wood
Gen. D. P. Wood
His death occurs at his home today
Gen. Daniel P. Wood died this afternoon
Daniel P. Wood was born in the town of Pompey November 5th, 1819. He was next to the youngenst in the family of children of Daniel Wood and Sophia Sims. His father, in the year 1800, came from Berkshire, Mass and settled in the town of Pompey. He was a lawyer and a farmer, the latter being his chief occupation. He died in 1838. His mother was also of New England stock, but the ancestry, some four generations back, came from Jamestown, Va. She was a lineal descendant in the fifth generation from Joseph Loomis, born in England about 1590, sailed form London April 11, 1638 in the ship Susan and Ellen, and arrival at Boston July 17th 1638. She died in November 1843.
D.P. Wood inherited and exhibited through life, the New England traits of character -- readiness to labor and to learn, strength of will, forecast and symphany with those movements which have for their end the well-being of the country and for their -- the advancing condition of all classes and races. He worked upon the farm of his father during his earlier years, receiving such education as the district school afforded, and acquiring a vigor of constitution which since enabled him to endure the hardest mental labor. At about eighteen years of age he pursued a preparatory course at Pompey academy and at twenty entered Hamilton college, where he not only disciplined his mind by hard study, but expanded it by a wide range of reading, being graduated from that institution in 1843. In 1844 he entered the law office of Victory Birdseye at Pompey, and in 1845 came to Syracuse and studied law in the office of George W. Noxon, and, after being admitted to the bar in 1846 in the last class admitted under the old Constitution of the State, he entered into partnership with Mr. Noxon. He met the barriers common to young lawyers in competition with older and more experienced attorneys with resolution and energy. He was City Attorney for three years from the organization of the city government until 1854 and in that year and also in 1854 he represented his district in the Assembly of the State as chairman of the committee on salt, in which interest many of this constituents were largely engaged, and as a member of the committee on the Code, he brought to the discussion of these questions all of his legal acumen and conscientious industry. In the exciting and able debates on the completion and enlargement of the canals, and in the impeachment of Canal Commissioner John C. Mather by the committee of managers of the House, of which Mr. Wood was a member, and took an active and efficient part, his speeches were no slight tribute to his reputation and capacity. In 1854, as chairman of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, he matured and carried through teh act creating the Department of Public Instruction, and was a member of the committee on ways and means, in those days the most laborious and exacting committee of the Legislature. Mr. Wood attended to his profession during the three years following, but in 1857, on account of over-taxation of both body and mind, his health became to impaired that he went to South Carolina, returning thence on horseback.
In 1865, '66, '67 he was elected to the Assembly as a representative from Onondaga county. In 1865, '66 he was chairman of the committee on canals and a member of the ways and means and the following year chairman of the latter. He defended their positions with honor to himself and iwth usefulness to the State. In 1861 he was one of the party who escorted President Lincoln to Washington a few days preceding his inauguration, and in 1865 was chairman of th special legislature committee to receive the remains of president Lincoln at the city of New York and conduct them through the State. In politics, Mr. Wood was a Whig, but afterward a Republican upon the formation of that party. During the late rebellion he was an unswerving supporter of the Union cause. He was very active in the organization of the first regiment that went from syracuse, raised in one week. His patriotism knew no fear or faltering, keeping up his patience and hope, and speaking words of good cheer all the more when the hours were the darkest. In the fall of 1871 he was elected to represent the Twenty-Second Senatorial district in the State legislature. His record was such that at the end of his first term his renomination was made by acclamation, and his election took place without opposition by the Democrative party. In the Senate Mr. Wood, during his four years service, was chairman of the finance committee. In this capacity he used all the power of his place to enforce retrenchment, resisting unjust and unworthy claims and fighting extravagance and prodigality. In 1874 Mr. Wood was appointed by Governor Dix with the concurrence of the Senate, Major-General of the Sixth division, N.G.S.N.Y, comprising twelve counties, viz: Oneida, Oswego, Onondaga, Madison, Cayuga, Seneca, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga, Broome, Chenango and Otsego. General Wood was one of the organizers of the Onondaga County Savings bank, and was a trustee ever since its beginning and was its president at the time of his death. He was also identified with the Trust and Deposit company of Onondaga and with the New York State Banking company as director. He was president and treasurer of the Highland Solar Salt Manufacturing company of Syracuse, and was largely interested in the manufacture of salt. He was one of the originators and managers of the Syracuse & Geddes and the Genesee & Water Street railroads.
On August 14, 1848 he married Miss Lora Celeste, daughter of Silas Smith and Eunice Bagg, the former from Lanesborough, Mass and an early settler of the town of Marcellus -- the latter a lineal descendant in the fifth generation of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood were born six children: Frank, Mary Bagg (deceased), Fannie Loomis (deceased) Mary Clifton, Cornelia Longstreet and William Sims (deceased).
Evening Herald, The | Syracuse, New York | Friday, May 01, 1891 | Page 1
Gen. D. P. Wood
His death occurs at his home today
Gen. Daniel P. Wood died this afternoon
Daniel P. Wood was born in the town of Pompey November 5th, 1819. He was next to the youngenst in the family of children of Daniel Wood and Sophia Sims. His father, in the year 1800, came from Berkshire, Mass and settled in the town of Pompey. He was a lawyer and a farmer, the latter being his chief occupation. He died in 1838. His mother was also of New England stock, but the ancestry, some four generations back, came from Jamestown, Va. She was a lineal descendant in the fifth generation from Joseph Loomis, born in England about 1590, sailed form London April 11, 1638 in the ship Susan and Ellen, and arrival at Boston July 17th 1638. She died in November 1843.
D.P. Wood inherited and exhibited through life, the New England traits of character -- readiness to labor and to learn, strength of will, forecast and symphany with those movements which have for their end the well-being of the country and for their -- the advancing condition of all classes and races. He worked upon the farm of his father during his earlier years, receiving such education as the district school afforded, and acquiring a vigor of constitution which since enabled him to endure the hardest mental labor. At about eighteen years of age he pursued a preparatory course at Pompey academy and at twenty entered Hamilton college, where he not only disciplined his mind by hard study, but expanded it by a wide range of reading, being graduated from that institution in 1843. In 1844 he entered the law office of Victory Birdseye at Pompey, and in 1845 came to Syracuse and studied law in the office of George W. Noxon, and, after being admitted to the bar in 1846 in the last class admitted under the old Constitution of the State, he entered into partnership with Mr. Noxon. He met the barriers common to young lawyers in competition with older and more experienced attorneys with resolution and energy. He was City Attorney for three years from the organization of the city government until 1854 and in that year and also in 1854 he represented his district in the Assembly of the State as chairman of the committee on salt, in which interest many of this constituents were largely engaged, and as a member of the committee on the Code, he brought to the discussion of these questions all of his legal acumen and conscientious industry. In the exciting and able debates on the completion and enlargement of the canals, and in the impeachment of Canal Commissioner John C. Mather by the committee of managers of the House, of which Mr. Wood was a member, and took an active and efficient part, his speeches were no slight tribute to his reputation and capacity. In 1854, as chairman of the committee on colleges, academies and common schools, he matured and carried through teh act creating the Department of Public Instruction, and was a member of the committee on ways and means, in those days the most laborious and exacting committee of the Legislature. Mr. Wood attended to his profession during the three years following, but in 1857, on account of over-taxation of both body and mind, his health became to impaired that he went to South Carolina, returning thence on horseback.
In 1865, '66, '67 he was elected to the Assembly as a representative from Onondaga county. In 1865, '66 he was chairman of the committee on canals and a member of the ways and means and the following year chairman of the latter. He defended their positions with honor to himself and iwth usefulness to the State. In 1861 he was one of the party who escorted President Lincoln to Washington a few days preceding his inauguration, and in 1865 was chairman of th special legislature committee to receive the remains of president Lincoln at the city of New York and conduct them through the State. In politics, Mr. Wood was a Whig, but afterward a Republican upon the formation of that party. During the late rebellion he was an unswerving supporter of the Union cause. He was very active in the organization of the first regiment that went from syracuse, raised in one week. His patriotism knew no fear or faltering, keeping up his patience and hope, and speaking words of good cheer all the more when the hours were the darkest. In the fall of 1871 he was elected to represent the Twenty-Second Senatorial district in the State legislature. His record was such that at the end of his first term his renomination was made by acclamation, and his election took place without opposition by the Democrative party. In the Senate Mr. Wood, during his four years service, was chairman of the finance committee. In this capacity he used all the power of his place to enforce retrenchment, resisting unjust and unworthy claims and fighting extravagance and prodigality. In 1874 Mr. Wood was appointed by Governor Dix with the concurrence of the Senate, Major-General of the Sixth division, N.G.S.N.Y, comprising twelve counties, viz: Oneida, Oswego, Onondaga, Madison, Cayuga, Seneca, Cortland, Tompkins, Tioga, Broome, Chenango and Otsego. General Wood was one of the organizers of the Onondaga County Savings bank, and was a trustee ever since its beginning and was its president at the time of his death. He was also identified with the Trust and Deposit company of Onondaga and with the New York State Banking company as director. He was president and treasurer of the Highland Solar Salt Manufacturing company of Syracuse, and was largely interested in the manufacture of salt. He was one of the originators and managers of the Syracuse & Geddes and the Genesee & Water Street railroads.
On August 14, 1848 he married Miss Lora Celeste, daughter of Silas Smith and Eunice Bagg, the former from Lanesborough, Mass and an early settler of the town of Marcellus -- the latter a lineal descendant in the fifth generation of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood were born six children: Frank, Mary Bagg (deceased), Fannie Loomis (deceased) Mary Clifton, Cornelia Longstreet and William Sims (deceased).
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