Background
Wood, Bernard Augustine was born on February 11, 1867 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Sterling Alexander Martin and Lelia (Leftwich) Wood.
Wood, Bernard Augustine was born on February 11, 1867 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Sterling Alexander Martin and Lelia (Leftwich) Wood.
Bachelor of Engineering, University of Alabama, 1887 (honorary Civil Engineer, 1917).
1 son, William West.; married second, Lilla McCarley, of Okalona, Mississippi, April 19, 1905 (now deceased). Children—Bernard A., Mary Elizabeth. Married 3d, Katharine Le Noir Cox, of Columbus, Mississippi, February 1, 1927.
Resident engineer, 1888, assistant engineer, 1889-1890, L.N. Railroad Assistant engineer International Boundary Survey, United States and Mexico, 1891-1893, Nicaragua Canal Board, 1895.
Mining engineer, Colorado, 1896.
Assistant and resident engineer, 1897-1909, chief engineer since 1910, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Member American Railway Engineering Association, Kappa Alpha.
Married Maebelle McEachin, of Tuscaloosa, November 28, 1898 (now deceased). Married second, Lilla McCarley, of Okalona, Mississippi, April. Married 3d, Katharine Le Noir Cox, of Columbus, Mississippi, February 1, 1927.
Children: Bernard A., Mary Elizabeth.