From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Page 570
 
LEWIS N. WOOD was born in Cumberland county, New Jersey, January 12, 1799; 
lived in Otsego, Madison and Oneida counties; was principal of the Waterville 
Academy in 1832; was graduated as a physician from Geneva in 1837; came to 
Walworth in 1839; was an early moved in school matters and served as town 
superintendent; in 1848 was defeated by George H. LAWN for assemblyman; elected 
over John W. BOYD, in 1851; defeated by Timothy H. FELLOWS in 1852; moved to 
Baraboo in 1856; died in 1868.  He married Naomi DAVIS and had eight children, 
three of whom died in the county, while the others went with him from the 
county.  Dr. WOOD was a collector of fossil remains and of mineral specimens.

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