Tulare County Biographies

GEORGE WOOD

Transcribed by: Craig A Hahn

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     Men of English birth who have won success in California are numerous, and 
among them one whose career is properly within the scope of this work is George 
Wood, farmer and president of the Tulare Eucalyptus Company. Mr. Wood was born 
on the British isle, November 2, 1861. In 1884, when he was twenty-three years 
old, he came to Saskatchewan, Canada, and homesteaded land, which he improved 
until 1888. Then he disposed of his interests there and during the succeeding 
seven years farmed and raised stock in Ward county, N. Dak. Subsequently until 
1909 he lived in McKenzie county, N. Dak., where he took up one hundred and 
sixty acres of land and started in to raise sheep and cattle. In 1906, however, 
he sold off his stock, and after that he devoted himself to farming until he 
settled in California. In 1907 he visited Tulare county, Cal., and with a 
partner bought one hundred and thirty-two acres of land, of which he eventually 
retained sixty-nine acres. Since he located here, he has made improvements on 
the property and has put forty acres under alfalfa and intends to handle the 
balance of the tract in the same way. His principal business is in growing hay, 
and he keeps little stock beyond what is necessary to operate his farm. 
 
     In 1889 Mr. Wood married Miss Caroline E. Jones, an English woman, and they 
have four children, Arthur, Maggie, Frank and George. Maggie is the wife of Roy 
N. Johnson, of North Dakota. Mr. Wood knows farming as well as any man in his 
vicinity and his farm is sufficient evidence of that fact. He has achieved his 
success in life by wise planning and hard work. His interest in the community 
with which he has cast his lot impels him to a course which marks him as a 
citizen of much public spirit. 
 
SOURCE:  History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical 
Sketches - Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913, Pp 477