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GEORGE M. WOOD, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, was born in Byrd Township, Brown Co., Ohio, February 20, 1834. His father, Nicholas Wood, was born in Kentucky and emigrated to Brown County in 1812. His mother, Margaret (Blair) Wood was a native of Ohio, and both parents were of English extraction. His grandfather Nicholas Wood, Sr., was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and George Wood, the uncle of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. The early life of the subject of this sketch was spent in teaching, and for three years he was a member of the faculty of the Commercial College at Cincinnati. In 1862, he commenced his present occupation of farming, and since that time has successfully followed that peaceful calling. In 1862, he married Annetta Richards, a native of this county, of English descent, and a daughter of Charles Richards. They have had the following children: W. C., Charles E., Emmont W., Lewis E., Maggie E., James E., deceased, and John A., deceased. The parents are both members of the M. E. Church, in which Mr. Wood has been Steward, Class-Leader and Clerk. He is a Democrat in politics Township Trustee and Township Clerk, and a prominent member of Georgetown Lodge, No. 72, F. & A. M.