Background
Wood, Fernando was born on June 14, 1812 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Lehman) Wood.
congressman mayor of New York City
Wood, Fernando was born on June 14, 1812 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Lehman) Wood.
Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from New York, 27th Congress, 1841-1843. Member United States House of Representatives from New York, 38th, 40th-46th congresses 1863-1865, 67-81, opposed Lincoln administration’s conduct of Civil War.
Married Miss Taylor, 1832. Married second, Ann Dole Richardson, April.; married 3d, Alice Fenner Mills, December 2, 1860.