Veteran of World War I.

h/o Norma Neola Lear.

Birth: in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia.

Medical: Diabetic

Attended Carnegie Tech and joined his father's architecture firm in 1921

Enlisted in the US Army Ambulance Corps - 1917-1919 - but was transferred to constructing the camp at Allentown, PA (See Photo in Source #3)

Member and Past President of WV Chapter of American Institute of Architects

Past Commander of the American Legion, Roy E. Parrish Post 13, Clarksburg, WV and member of Clarksburg Lodge of Elks.

Member of the Clarksburg Baptist Church

Clarksburg Buildings he designed:

The Exponent-Telegram Building,

Central Fire Station,

Carmichael
Auditorium,

Robinson Grand and Ritz Theaters.

He was a consultant on the County Courthouse (See Official Invitation in Source #1).

He also designed Grafton High School, part of Hopemont Sanitarium, Buckhannon Armory and some of the buildings at Weston State Hospital.

Death: of Cerebral Hemorrhage in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

Occupation: architect

Census: 1930, age 36 in Clarksburg, Harrison county, West Virginia with wife, three kids and sister.

Father: Edward John Wood b: 28 AUG 1863 in Tenmile, Harrison County, West Virginia
Mother: Jessie Powell Cost b: 5 FEB 1864 in Center Hall (now Stonewood), Harrison County, West Virginia

Marriage: Norma Neola Lear b: 16 SEP 1895 in Covington, Alleghany County, Virginia
Married: 11 JUN 1924 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

Known Children

Edward John Wood b: 16 SEP 1925 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

Carleton Cost Wood b: 19 FEB 1927 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

Living Wood

Baby Girl Wood b: 19 NOV 1934 in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia

Source: living granddaughter.