Edwin G Wood

People Buried Here

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born on Farm in Plainfield - 1860-1863 student Northwester College; 1864 Private Co C 132 D Ill Vol Civil War; 1865-1870 Student Northwestern Univerity; 1870-73 Editor & publisher News Covington, Neb.; 1872 married Miss Theresa A Frisbie Chicago Ill.; 1874-80 editor on Chicago Evening Journal; 1876-80 West Chicago Park Commissioner; 1879-81 Charter member Chicago Stock Exchange; 1882-83 member Illinois General Assembly; 1885-86 US Commissioner New Orleans World Expositon; 1886-87 Editor New York Commercial Advertiser; 1886-88 promoter incorporator, director& Sec'y Chicago Outer Belt J E Railway; 1898 Adjutant First Regiment Illinois Volunteers Spanish War; 1907-08 Editor "Bit And Spur" London and Chicago; 1909-1916 farmer & author "Woodfarm" homestead, Lincoln Highway, Plainfield; 1917 Sergt. Commanding US Army Recruiting Station, Grant Park, Chicago district, World War; 1918-25 Field Sec'y Chicago Histroical Society; 1919-21 Commander Historical Post, No. 64, State Historian American Legion; 1921-24 member faculty Chi. Law School, Chair of Diplomacy; 1922-Oct 9 - Golden wedding anniversay - With Trust Unfaltering We Await