Background
Wood, James Perry was born on April 21, 1854 in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States. Son of James Perry and Rebecca (Mauck) Wood.
Wood, James Perry was born on April 21, 1854 in Rio Grande, Ohio, United States. Son of James Perry and Rebecca (Mauck) Wood.
Educated Cheshire Academy and Hillsdale, Michigan, College.
Admitted to bar, May, 1878. Mayor of Athens, O., 2 terms, 1880-1884. Prosecuting attorney, Athens Company, 1891-1897.
Member and later president Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, 1901-1910.
Home: Athens, O.
Member and later president Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Married Florence Ellen Vorhes, of Albany, O., November 14, 1876.