Mary S. Irwin Wood papers, 1886-1924.

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Mary S. Irwin Wood papers, 1886-1924.

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This collection contains letters and telegrams addressed to Mary S. Irwin Wood of Savannah, Georgia from 1886 to 1924. Majority of this correspondence was from her husband, James Solomon Wood, during his business travels for his cotton factor and dealer business in Savannah, J. S. Wood & Bro.

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Wood, Mary S. Irwin, 1866-1954.

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Woods, Mary S. Irwin, 1866-1954.

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Mary S. Irwin Wood was born 1 October 1866 at Forest Grove, the Washington County, Georgia plantation home of her grandfather, Col. Thomas Jefferson Warthen. She moved to Savannah, Georgia after marrying James Solomon Wood (1851-1927), a cotton factor and commission merchant in the city. The couple had the following four children: Jared Irwin Wood, Augusta Wood DuBose, Raiford James Wood, and Rosalind Wood Chapman. She died on 12 March 1954 at her residence on Whitaker Street in Savannah. ...

Wood, James Solomon, 1851-1927.

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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 family.

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