Background
Review George Ingersoll Wood was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He was the son of Honorary
Review George Ingersoll Wood was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He was the son of Honorary
He graduated from Yale in 1833 and the Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1838.
Joseph Wood and Frances Ellsworth. He was the pastor of The Congregational Churches at Hartford, Connecticut, Branford, Connecticut and Guilford, Connecticut, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. He died at age 84 in Washington, District of Columbia. Children of George Ingersoll Wood and Susan Townsend Merwin: Emily Merwin Wood+ b. 11 February 1841, daughter 18 May 1916 Brigade
General
Oliver Ellsworth Wood+ b. 6 June 1844, daughter 4 December 1910 George Ingersoll Wood b. 12 February 1850, daughter 15 April 1877 Joseph Wolcott Wood b.
12 October 1851, daughter
3 May 1877.
While at Yale he was a founding member of The Skull and Bones Society.