Horatio D. Wood

Background

Wood, Horatio D. was born on October 8, 1841 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Horatio and Cornelia (Ferries) Wood.

Education

Educated private and public schools of Saint Louis. Graduated from Harvard Law School, Bachelor of Laws, 1867.

Career

Private 4th Missouri Cavalry at Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Pilot Knob, and in Alabama and Mississippi. Captain and commissary of subsistence, and bvtd. major for meritorious services in field Admitted to bar, 1867.

Judge of Saint Louis Circuit Court, 1896-January 1, 1905.

Member of law firm of McKeighan, Wood & Watts. Security-treasurer Hannibal Water Company, Hannibal Gas Light & Coke Company.

Director Saint Louis, Iron & Machine Works. Delaware Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists, 1904.

Achievements

• Horatio D. Wood has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of law firm of McKeighan, Wood & Watts.

Connections

Married Elizabeth H. Sumner, June 20, 1872.