George Ingersoll Wood
Encyclopedia
George Ingersoll Wood was an American clergyman and a founding member of Yale
's Skull and Bones
Society.
Rev. George Ingersoll Wood was born in Stamford, CT. He was the son of Hon. Joseph Wood and Frances Ellsworth.
He graduated from Yale
in 1833 and the Union Theological Seminary
in New York City in 1838. While at Yale
he was a founding member of The Skull and Bones
Society.
He was the pastor of The Congregational Churches at Hartford, CT, Branford, CT and Guilford, CT, St. Cloud, MN.
He died at age 84 in Washington, DC.
Children of Rev. George Ingersoll Wood and Susan Townsend Merwin:
YALE
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's Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior or secret society at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. It is a traditional peer society to Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head, as the three senior class 'landed societies' at Yale....
Society.
Rev. George Ingersoll Wood was born in Stamford, CT. He was the son of Hon. Joseph Wood and Frances Ellsworth.
He graduated from Yale
YALE
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in 1833 and the Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...
in New York City in 1838. While at Yale
YALE
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he was a founding member of The Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior or secret society at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. It is a traditional peer society to Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head, as the three senior class 'landed societies' at Yale....
Society.
He was the pastor of The Congregational Churches at Hartford, CT, Branford, CT and Guilford, CT, St. Cloud, MN.
He died at age 84 in Washington, DC.
Family
He was married Susan Townsend Merwin, daughter of Rev. Samuel Merwin and Clarina B. Taylor, on 28 April 1840 at New Haven, CT.Children of Rev. George Ingersoll Wood and Susan Townsend Merwin:
- Emily Merwin Wood+ b. 11 Feb 1841, d. 18 May 1916
- Brig. Gen. Oliver Ellsworth Wood+ b. 6 Jun 1844, d. 4 Dec 1910
- George Ingersoll Wood b. 12 Feb 1850, d. 15 Apr 1877
- Joseph Wolcott Wood b. 12 Oct 1851, d. 3 May 1877