Henry Alexander Wise Wood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Alexander_Wise_Wood

Henry Alexander Wise Wood (March 1, 1866 - April 9, 1939) was the American inventor of a high speed newspaper press and member of the Naval Consulting Board.

Biography

He was born on March 1, 1866, to Fernando Wood and Alice Fenner Mills. He married Elizabeth Ogden. In 1915 he joined the Naval Consulting Board.

He had appendicitis and had his appendix removed at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan in 1938. He died on April 9, 1939.

=======================================================================

https://books.google.com/books?id=KjISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA253
YEARBOOK -New York Sons of the Revolution

403. WOOD, HENRY ALEXANDER WISE. 4503. New York City. Vice-President of the Campbell Printing Press & Manufactur- ing Co. Born in New York, March 1, 1866. Son of Fernando Wood and Alice Mills, grandson of Benjamin Wood and Rebecca Lehman, great-grandson of Henry Wood, 3d, and Hannah Edridge, etc. [See Benjamin Wood, No. 220],

• Residence: 1870 - Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
• Residence: 1170 Fifth Manhattan - 1939 - Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Feb 20 2024, 16:12:18 UTC