Parents: {married on November 8, 1832}
- Charles Worth Wood [1803-?]
- Theresa Ann (Cary) Wood [1813-1880]

Married Columbia (Whalen) Wood on May 16, 1859 in Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Children:
- Charles William Wood [1860-1940]
- John Thomas Wood [1865-?]
- Frances Elizabeth Wood [1866-1929]
- Howard Wood [1868-?]
- Charlotte Wood [1871-1937]
- Ernest Peyton Wood [1872-1938]
- Alfred Worth Wood [1874-1941]
- Harriet Wood [1876-1902]
- Elizabeth Columbia Wood [1879-1965]

Military Service
Union Army, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), Civil War
Company F, 42nd New York Volunteers Infantry Regiment
Enlistment: November 1864
Released: July 1865

Recognition

After the Civil War, he worked as a lock tender/lock keeper of Lock 26, "Wood's Lock", on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, named for him.

Sources:
• Pension application; June 4, 1898
• "Affidavit of Claimant" related to his filing for a military disability pension.
• David Mears, G-G-Grandson ([email protected])

Parents: {married on November 8, 1832}
- Charles Worth Wood [1803-?]
- Theresa Ann (Cary) Wood [1813-1880]

Married Columbia (Whalen) Wood on May 16, 1859 in Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Children:
- Charles William Wood [1860-1940]
- John Thomas Wood [1865-?]
- Frances Elizabeth Wood [1866-1929]
- Howard Wood [1868-?]
- Charlotte Wood [1871-1937]
- Ernest Peyton Wood [1872-1938]
- Alfred Worth Wood [1874-1941]
- Harriet Wood [1876-1902]
- Elizabeth Columbia Wood [1879-1965]

Military Service
Union Army, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), Civil War
Company F, 42nd New York Volunteers Infantry Regiment
Enlistment: November 1864
Released: July 1865

Recognition

After the Civil War, he worked as a lock tender/lock keeper of Lock 26, "Wood's Lock", on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, named for him.

Sources:
• Pension application; June 4, 1898
• "Affidavit of Claimant" related to his filing for a military disability pension.
• David Mears, G-G-Grandson ([email protected])