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out in 1866 with the rank of Major. In 1866 and '67, Major Wolcott was engaged in the drug and grocery business, and the following year became a member of the Newton Wagon Company. When the company was incorporated in 1873, he became its Secretary and Treasurer, and twenty years later was elected President and Treasurer, in which position (1903) he is still serving. In politics he is a Republican and fraternally is a member of the Loyal Legion.
SEYMOUR A. WOLCOTT, Secretary and Treasurer Bellevue Place Sanitarium, Batavia, Ill., born in Java, N. Y., March 8, 1847, son of Nelson and Alvina (Wright) Wolcott, was educated in the public schools and at Batavia Institute, Batavia, Ill., and was trained to the druggist's trade in which he was engaged in Batavia for fifteen years. He then became connected with the management of the Bellevue Place Sanitarium, which has continued to the present time (1903) covering a period of twenty years. Mr. Wolcott was married in 1871 to Miss Olivia Patterson, daughter of Dr. Richard J. Patterson, Batavia, but who died in 1892. In 1894 he was married to his present wife, Miss Mary L. Emerson, who was born and reared in the State of Maine.
CLARK WOOD (deceased), Batavia, Ill., born in Kane County, June 11, 1844, son of Samuel and Eveline (Pierce) Wood. His parents came from Jefferson County, N. Y., and settled on what was known as the "Bald Mound" farm, and were among the first settlers of Kane County. In 1864 he enlisted in the Union Army, and served until the close of the war in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry; appointed superintendent of the County Alms House in 1870, filling that office until the time of his death which occurred Feb. 2, 1888. He was married in 1859 to Miss Celia S. Young, of Batavia.
D. E. WOOD, manufacturer of butter and cheese, Elgin, Ill., born at West Winfield, Her-kimer County, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1846; came to Illinois in 1866, locating first at Richmond, where he established a butter and cheese factory; came to Elgin in 1874 and has since been identified with the butter and cheese industry in that locality. He is President of the D. E. Wood Butter Company, President of the Elgin National Bank, and Vice-President and Treasurer of the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, of Chicago.; was one of the organizers of the Edgin Board of Trade in March, 1872.
THEODORE WOOD, coal merchant, Batavia, Ill., born in Jefferson County, N. Y., May 17, 1840, son of Samuel and Mary (Pierce) Wood; came with his parents to Illinois in 1842, locating in Blackberry Township, Kane County, where he obtained his education in the pioneer schools and worked on the farm; in 1862 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until 1866; located in Batavia after the war, where he has since resided and has been continuously engaged in the coal and grain trade; served as Mayor of Batavia, besides holding other municipal offices; married in 1866 Miss Lizzie B. Dolson, of Detroit, Mich.
L. E. WOODWARD, banker, Aurora, Ill., born in Piano, Kendall County, Ill., Jan. 31, 1873, son of O. K. Woodward, of Washington, began his business career when eighteen years old as a clerk in a store in Big Rock. After remaining there two years, he came to Aurora in 1893 to accept a position as bookkeeper in the old Second National Bank, which he retained for nine years. When the Aurora Trust and Savings Bank was organized, he was chosen Cashier, and is now officiating in that capacity.
JAMES WRIGHT, farmer, East Plato, Kane County, Ill., was born in East Plato, Kane County, Ill., March 6, 1859, son of William and Sylvia (Seward) Wright, reared on the farm and educated in the public schools. He began life with little capital, but by industry and economy was able to buy the family homestead, and thus became owner of one of the very finest farm properties in Kane County. Here he was engaged in dairy farming and horse breeding until his death, which occurred Jan. 23, 1900. He was a member of the M. W. A., and was very active in its behalf. In 1885 he was married in Miss Harriet Tucker, daughter of Charles and Clara (Andrews) Tucker, residents of Plato Township. The living children cf this couple are: Merrill Elmer, Ida May, Lester Leroy, Orris L. and Dora Effie Irene.
