Frank Higley Wood, A. M., son of Rev. Benjamin Franklin and Asenath (Barnes) Wood, was born in Ohio, Herkimer county, New York, May 23, 1861. Receiving his elementary training in district schools, he graduated from Ives Seminary in 1879, and from Syracuse University in 1885, completing the course in approximately three years, winning the possible honors, including membership in the Phi Beta Kappa.

Choosing teaching as his calling, he occupied the following positions: District school, town of Antwerp, winter of 1879-80; district school, village of Black River, winter of 1882-83. After spending the summer of 1883 on a preemption claim in Hand county, Dakota (now South Dakota), he served as principal of the graded school at West Carthage, 1883-84, Granville high school, 1885-87; Yates high school (Chittenango), 1887-89; Chatham high school, 1889-95.

Entering the state service through civil service examination, he was inspector of training classes, 1895-99; supervisor of bureau of training classes, 1899-1902; supervisor of bureau of inspections, 1902-04; chief, inspections division, state education department, 1904.

He is prominent in the Masonic order; is a past master of Columbia Lodge, No. 98, Free and Accepted Masons; member of Lindenwald Chapter, Kinderhook; Lafayette Commandery, Hudson; Cyprus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Albany; also a past regent of Nat Hyatt Council, Royal Arcanum, and is a member of the Order of Modern Woodmen, Chatham, New York.

He has long been a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, of the Chatham high school, and of the Chatham Rural Cemetery Association. He is also the first president of the Morris Memorial Historical Society.

July 3, 1889, Professor Wood, as he is popularly known, married Dora Foster, of Chittenango, daughter of Albert and Elsie (Cook) Foster, who on account of the early death of her mother was brought up in the home of her grandparents, Clement Cook, a former inhabitant of Otsego county and a veteran of the civil war, and Louise (French) Cook, a member of a prominent Vermont family.

Children:

1. Elsie Louise, born October 20, 1881; died March 28, 1907.
2. Harriet Asenath, August 26, 1896.
3. Helen Florence, June 11, 1900; died February 13, 1904.
4. Frank Higley, Jr., August 8, 1903.
5. Theodore Wheelock, March 22, 1906.
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Frank Higley Wood. Chatham, N. Y.

School inspector. * Pres. * b. Ohio, N.Y., sjMay^t: son of Benj. F. and Asenath (Barnes); prep., Ives scm., Antwerp. * At Syracuse. 'So-;:, '84-5; soph. ex. orat.; commenc. appt.; 1'BK.; A.B.J A.M. * lYin.. Granville (N.Y.) un sch.. 85-7; Yat« acad. Chittcnango, '87-9: Chatham un. sch.. '89-95; inspect, of tea. training classes, Albany. '95 8;
supervisor, '98-. ' m. Dora Foster. Chittcnango. N.Y., 3 Jul. '89.
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WOOD, Frank H., Born, Ohio, Herkimer county, May 23, 1861. Educated in district schools, Ives Seminary, Syraucse University, with post graduate work in New York University. Was principal of public schools for thirteen years. Was appointed inspector of training classes, department of public instruction in 1895; supervisor of the bureau in 1899; chief, Inspections Division, State Education Department, 1904; Chief of School Buildings and Grounds Division, 1915. Member of Phy Beta Kappa, Past Master Columbia Lodge, F. & A. M.; member of Lebanon Chapter, Lafayette Commandery, Hudson; Cyprus Temple, Albany; Philip Sheridan Camp, S. O. V. [The New York Red Book, edited by James Malcolm, J. B. Lyon Company, Publishers, Albany, 1922]
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Frank Higley Wood, A. M., son of Rev. Benjamin Franklin and Asenath (Barnes) Wood, was born in Ohio, Herkimer county, New York, May 23, 1861. Receiving his elementary training in district schools, he graduated from Ives Seminary in 1879, and from Syracuse University in 1885, completing the course in approximately three years, winning the possible honors, including membership in the Phi Beta Kappa. Choosing teaching as his calling, he occupied the following positions: District school, town of Antwerp, winter of 1879-80; district school, village of Black River, winter of 1882-83. After spending the summer of 1883 on a preemption claim in Hand county, Dakota (now South Dakota), he served as principal of the graded school at West Carthage, 1883-84, Granville high school, 1885-87; Yates high school (Chittenango), 1887-89; Chatham high school, 1889-95. Entering the state service through civil service examination, he was inspector of training classes, 1895-99; supervisor of bureau of training classes, 1899-1902; supervisor of bureau of inspections, 1902-04; chief, inspections division, state education department, 1904.

He is prominent in the Masonic order; is a past master of Columbia Lodge, No. 98, Free and Accepted Masons; member of Lindenwald Chapter, Kinderhook; Lafayette Commandery, Hudson; Cyprus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Albany; also a past regent of Nat Hyatt Council, Royal Arcanum, and is a member of the Order of Modern Woodmen, Chatham, New York. He has long been a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, of the Chatham high school, and of the Chatham Rural Cemetery Association. He is also the first president of the Morris Memorial Historical Society. July 3, 1889, Professor Wood, as he is popularly known, married Dora Foster, of Chittenango, daughter of Albert and Elsie (Cook) Foster, who on account of the early death of her mother was brought up in the home of her grandparents, Clement Cook, a former inhabitant of Otsego county and a veteran of the civil war, and Louise (French) Cook, a member of a prominent Vermont family.

Children:
1. Elsie Louise, born October 20, 1881; died March 28, 1907.
2. Harriet Asenath, August 26, 1896.
3. Helen Florence, June 11, 1900; died February 13, 1904.
4. Frank Higley, Jr., August 8, 1903.
5. Theodore Wheelock, March 22, 1906.