Wood, James Solomon, 1851-1927.

James Solomon Wood (1851-1927), the son of the Reverend James R. and Martha Chester Wood, moved to Savannah and began his career as a cotton factor and commission merchant with Davant and Wood Co. (1880-1882). He branched out to include fertilizer when he became a partner with his brother, Charles Spurgeon Wood (1858-1941), in J.S. Wood and Bro. (1883-1914). From 1915-1919 and 1923-1925 he owned and operated the firm alone, while the interim years were spent as J.S. wood and Son with Raiford J. Wood as his partner. Mr. Wood was also president of Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad in the 1890s. He and his wife Mary S. Irwin Wood had four children: Jared Irwin Wood, Augusta Wood Dubose, Raiford James Wood, and Rosalind Wood Chapman. Raiford James Wood (1896-1974) was an artist, historian, and World War I hero. He was educated at the Georgia Military Academy and the University of Georgia. During World War I, he received both the Purple Heart and the Silver Star Awards. After working for his father (ca. 1919-1922), he began his career as an artist and during the Depression, he worked with the Historical Records Survey (WPA) in Georgia. He was the director of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences from 1944-1956 and spent the remaining years painting and writing articles and speeches.