Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . een re-appointed each succeedingyear. During the last three years he has givenhis entire attention to the duties of this position. In all his enterprises Mr. Wood has had theefficient help and counsel of his wife. In Mid-dletown, October 6. 1875, he married Mrs. Josephine (^Aan Schake^ Chamberlain, who wasbom iu Ulster Count>-, being a daughter ofG
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . een re-appointed each succeedingyear. During the last three years he has givenhis entire attention to the duties of this position. In all his enterprises Mr. Wood has had theefficient help and counsel of his wife. In Mid-dletown, October 6. 1875, he married Mrs. Josephine (^Aan Schake^ Chamberlain, who wasbom iu Ulster Count>-, being a daughter ofGeorge Van Schake and the widow of an old sol-dier. In ever\-thing pertaining to the GrandArmy she is deeply interested. She was the in-stigator of De Witt Camp. Sons of Veterans, atMiddletown and an active factor in the organiza-tion of William A. Jackson Post, W. R. C. ofwhich she was the first \ice-President To herinstrumentalit>- was due the organization of theLadies Aid Auxiliary to the Sons of \eterans,of which she was the first President. In 1894she was an aide on the national staff of LadiesAid, under the National President. Miss BellaGray. The following year she was representa-tive to the di\-isional convention at Svracuse, and. JAMKS WISNER. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAl< RECORD. 1053 was elected Mustering and Installing Officer forthe state of New York. She is proud of the factthat her father and two of her brothers, as well asher husband, were brave soldiers in the UnionArmy. Besides her other positions she is Vice-Teuiplar of Excelsior Lodge, I. (). G. T. Heronl}- daughter, Grace, is a member of the Classof 96, Wallkill Academy. Socially Mr. Wood is a member of MiddletownLodge No. 112, L O. O. F., of the AmericanLegion of Honor, and he is also a charter memberof General Lyon Post No. 266, G. A. R. Heand his wife belong to the Baptist Church. Pol-itically he is a Republican. For four years hewas a member of the old Excelsior Company, ofwhich he was assistant forema
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