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- "Mrs. Wood is a native of Providence, and actively identified with the social life of the city. She is a woman of wide culture, and has also greatly travelled, having made a trip around the world in 1910. (See Remington IX.) Mr. and Mrs. Wood were the parents of two chilren: 1. William Remington, born in Providence, Jan. 14, 1876; received his education in the Providence High School, and was graduated from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; on completing his training he became a naval architect, gaining a position of prominence in this field, in which he was engaged at the outbreak of the war; upon America's entry into the conflict he offered his services to Secretary Daniels and was commissioned assistant superintendent of the Hull division buying department of the Mare Island Naval Base, San Francisco; Mr. Wood is now engaged in this work; he married Caroline Jonsen, of Boston, Mass.; Mr. Wood owns a large ranch in California. Children: i. Remington, who after making a determined effort to enlist in some branch of service in the United States Army or Navy, who is now but sixteen years of age, went to Canada, enlisted in the Canadian army, and is now serving with Canadian troops. ii. Richard. iii. Elizabeth. 2. Florence, born Jan. 28, 1878, in Providence, R. I.; married George Owen, an instructor in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the department of marine architect; they reside at Newton, Mass. Children: i. George. ii. Florence." (from "History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," Biographical; NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920, p. 373f)
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1852 - 1948 (96 years)
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