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ELBERT D. WOOD, the present popular manager of the Wickwire Roller Mill Company, of Cortland, N. Y., manufacturers and dealers in flour, feed, meal and bran, was born October 12, 1848, in Tioga County, N. Y. He is a son of Benjamin and Eleanor (Hover) Wood, and grandson of William Wood.

William Wood came from Connecticut and located in Homer, Cortland County, N. Y. He adopted the trade of a millwright, which he followed all his life, working in Cortland and Homer. Religiously he was a Baptist. He was the father of nine children — five boys and four girls.

Benjamin Wood was born in Homer, Cortland County, N. Y., and inherited the trade of millwright and carpenter, which he followed all his life. Politically, he gave his unwavering support to the Republican party, and served his fellow citizens as supervisor. In religious affiliations he was an earnest worker of the Baptist Church, and was deacon for a long period. In former years he was a member of the old militia, in which he acted as drum major. He was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor Hover, and an intelligent family of six children was reared, as follows: William; Lucretia, the wife of William Shaw; Mary, wife of C. Bach; Elbert D., the subject of this sketch; Emma, wife of William Woods; and Carrie, the wife of L. D. Post of Weyauwega, Wis.

Elbert D. Wood received a liberal education in the common schools and then learned the trade of a miller, which he followed for a number of years in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Later he returned to the State of New York, and settled in Cortland village, where he accepted the position of manager of the Wickwire Roller Mill Company, and has remained in its employ ever since.

He was married to Frances Stewart, May 1, 1869, and they are the parents of two children: Edyth, wife of George Brewer; and Frank S. Mrs. Wood died April 27, 1874. His second marriage, to Miss Della C. Spery, took place September 24, 1883. Politically, Mr. Wood is a Republican. In his religious belief he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wood is a member of the Masonic Order, Weyauwega Lodge, No. 307, of Wisconsin; also a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, No. 570, and a member of the Cortland Encampment, I. O. O. F., and of the Royal Arcanum of Cortland.