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WOOD, GEORGE W. (1877-1954)

WOOD, GEORGE W., Presbyterian minister, St Andrew's Church, Chatham, 1907-16; b. Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland, c1877, s/o George Wood; m. 1911, Mary Alice Trueman, of Saint John; d. Toronto, 12 Sep 1954.

George W. Wood, who came to Halifax with his parents as a child, was educated at Dalhousie University (BA 1898) and trained for the ministry at the Presbyterian College. Ordained in 1901, he ministered in Nova Scotia until being called to St Andrew's Church, Chatham, in 1907. While residing in the town he directed a church choir and a popular male quartet, of which he himself was a member.

Wood was highly opinionated on the best means of enforcing the Canada Temperance Act, his pronouncements on the subject amounting to what the Chatham World termed "sublime egotism." In 1915 he enlisted in the Canadian armed forces and was appointed a captain and chaplain of the 40th Nova Scotia Infantry Battalion. He was later colonel and chaplain of the Canadian Brigade. After completing assignments in England and France he retired in 1919 as an honorary lieutenant colonel.

While he was overseas, Wood's family lived in Toronto, and after his return he took a pastorate at Ingersoll, Ont. The remainder of his ministry was devoted to Presbyterian and United churches in Ontario. He retired in Toronto in 1947 and died there in 1954. He was survived by his wife, Mary A. Trueman, two daughters, and two sons.

Sources

[m] World 14 Oct 1911 [d] Commercial World 16 Sep 1954 / Advocate 30 Jun 1915, 16 Feb 1916; Commercial World 6 Jun 1940, 18 Jan 1945; Leader 29 Nov 1907; UC archives; Walkington; World 24 Jan 1912


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