Background
Wood, Charles was born on June 3, 1851 in Brooklyn. Son of John Jay and Mary (Lyon) Wood.
Wood, Charles was born on June 3, 1851 in Brooklyn. Son of John Jay and Mary (Lyon) Wood.
Bachelor of Arts, Haverford, 1870, Master of Arts, 1873. Graduate Princeton Theological Seminary, 1873. Doctor of Divinity, Princeton, 1885.
Doctor of Laws, College of Wooster, Ohio, 1923.
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1873. Pastor Central Church, Buffalo, 1873-1878, Fourth Church, Albany, 1881-1886. First Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1886-1897, Second Church, Philadelphia, 1897-1908, Church of The Covenant, Washington, 1908-1928.
President National.
Married Mary Hollingsworth Morris, September 6, 1883 (died June 24, 1891). Married second, Alice Cox, June 20, 1905. Children: Morris, Marguerite (Mistress West. Logan Mac Coy).