Alameda County Biographies

Oswald R. Wood

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Oswald R. Wood, a prosperous young attorney of Oakland, has here 
practiced his profession with growing success for the past four years. His birth 
occurred in Ovid, Michigan, on the 16th of October, 1881, his parents being 
Robert C. and Edna E. (Read) Wood, natives of Ontario, Canada. He acquired his 
early education in the public schools of Vancouver, British Columbia, and 
Everett, Washington, and after coming to Oakland, California, in 1895, continued 
his studies here, being graduated from the high school with the class of 1901. 
Subsequently he pursued a course of study in the Polytechnic Business College at 
Oakland and then embarked in business in San Francisco. Later he made his way to 
Chico, Butte county, California, there entering the law offices of F. C. Lusk. 
On returning to San Francisco he became traveling freight agent for the Rock 
Island Railroad Company.
        In 1908 Mr. Wood took up the study of law with Fred W. Fry, of Oakland, 
and was admitted to the bar of California on the 16th of October, 1909, for 
practice in the state and federal courts. He has since maintained his office in 
Oakland and has been accorded a large clientage in recognition of his 
professional ability. He has won for himself very favorable criticism for the 
careful and systematic methods which he has followed. He has remarkable powers 
of concentration and application and his retentive mind has often excited the 
surprise of his professional colleagues. The utmost care and precision 
characterize his preparation of a case and have made him one of the successful 
attorneys of Oakland.
 
Past & Present of Alameda County, California � Vol II, S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., 
1914, p. 136