Among the members of the medical professional success is DR WILLIAM E WOOD. He is by birth and education a Georgian; and comes from an old and respected line of ancestors whose labors and industry have contributed to the social and industrial development of this state since the early years of this century.

DR WOOD was born in Banks County on July 8, 1864. His father was JAMES O WOOD, born in Jackson County, Georgia. He married LOUISA THOMAS, daughter of JOEL THOMAS of Elbert County, a soldier of the war of 1812, in which he fought under Gen Jackson, and was present and engaged in the battle of New Orleans.

The paternal grandfather of DR WOOD was JOSHUA WOOD, a native of South Carolina, who settled in Jackson County early in the century. JAMES O WOOD entered the confederate service at the commencement of the war, enlisting in Marlow's Command, and fought during the war in the Army of North Virginia. At the close of the contest he returned to Banks County and engaged in agriculture and merchandising, in an effort to restore his fortune which, together with his home, had been ruined by the war. By his marriage with LOUISA THOMAS he has five children:: THOMAS N, deceased; JAMES M, a farmer in Banks County; WILLIAM E; ARTHUR W, also of Banks County; and BELLE, wife of JOHN W DOWDY of Jackson County.

DR WOOD was educated at Harmony Grove High School, where he completed his literary studied. He early desired to enter the medical profession, and with that object in view he commenced the study of medicine under the guidance of DR L G HARDMAN of Harmony Grove. In the autumn of 1887 he entered the college of physicians and surgeons in New York City, and at this celebrated institution he diligently pursued his studies during the years 1887-88-89. Later he attended the Medical Department of the University of Georgia, Augusta, and was graduated therefrom 1890. Being well equipped for the practice of his profession he settled at Monroe, Georgia, where he remained three years and enjoyed a successful practice. In 1893 he settled in Dalton, where he continues in the practice of medicine and surgery, and ranks high in his profess ion.

DR WOOD makes a specialty of the disease of women and children; and justly enjoys the confidence and esteem of the people of Dalton. He is an ardent student and a painstaking worker in the profession to which he has devoted his life, and for which nature and his superior medical education have so eminently fitted him. Few physicians of his years have been or are so thoroughly equipped for the important responsibilities attached to the practice of medicine and surgery. In November, 1892, DR WOOD was married to MISS IRANORA, daughter of NATHANIEL FRANTZ of Clear Springs, MD, and to them one child has been born, IRANORA. DR WOOD is a Master Mason, a member of the Georgia Medical Association, and of the American Medical association.

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