Background
Wood, Matthew Laurence was born on October 23, 1858 in Bedford County, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Washington and Mary Ann (Ore) Wood.
Wood, Matthew Laurence was born on October 23, 1858 in Bedford County, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Washington and Mary Ann (Ore) Wood.
Student Richmond (Virginia) College, 1879-1884, Doctor of Divinity, 1903. Student Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1884-1885.
Church, 1883; pastor Charles City County, Virginia, 1885, St. Petersburg, 1886-1887, Newport News, 1888-1896, Staunton, 1896-1905, Fifth Avenue Church, Huntington, West Virginia, since 1905. Director Baptist Banner Public Company President West Virginia Baptist State Convention, 1920-1922, and president Executive Board. Member Board of Missionary Coöperation of Northern Baptist Convention Trustee Alderson (West Virginia) Junior College.
Mason.
Married Bessie Hoge, 1886 (deceased). Married second, Mary Emma Fitzgerald, December 22, 1902. Children: Lawrence C. (deceased), Charles Rowland, Mistress Miriam Wood Derwacter.