Amos DeRussia Wood (1869-1942) attended Floyd and Oxford Academies in Floyd, Virginia. The headmaster of the Oxford Academy was the Rev. John K. Harris, long a distinguished preacher and educator in Floyd.
Following Amos graduation from the Oxford Academy he taught school in Floyd County. He was inspired by the country physicians who called to see the sick throughout the county so he began preparing himself to enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, now the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He graduated from this institution with a degree in medicine in 1893.
For twelve (12) years he followed the general practice of medicine at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. He often told stories of his travels throughout the county in a horse and buggy as a "dashing" young physician. Often emergency operations were performed on kitchen tables. He was proud of his many successes and often told others that the operations were successful because he placed his trust in the Lord.
Unfortunately, Dr. Wood began to lose his hearing in his early years and using a stethoscope became difficult so he gave up the general practice of medicine about 1904 and spent two years in New York City specializing in the practice of eyes, ears, nose and throat.
Completing his special training he located in Bluefield, West Virginia about 1906.
He often told a humorous story about his early years in Franklin County, before he realized that he was losing his hearing. As a young physician he dated the young girls of Rocky Mount. One rainy day he was escorting an attractive young girl who wore a long dress, the fashion of the day, and as she ascended some stair steps she inquired, "Dr. Wood is my dress high enough"? Not hearing clearly what she said, he answered, "I see," "I see," and she replied, "It must be high enough." He met Annie Chapman Johnston in 1906 in Bluefield. In 1907 Judge and Congressman David E. Johnston and his wife Sara E. (Pearis) Johnston moved their family, including Annie, to Portland, Oregon. So, in 1909 Dr. Wood traveled to Portland and on June 29, 1909 married Annie and brought her hack to Bluefield. During the 1920's Dr. Wood wrote what he envisioned as the "History of Floyd County," but the great depression of the 1930's prevented its publication. Dr. Wood's only child, Richard J. Wood (1914 – 2010), nurtured the manuscript since Dr. Wood's death September 15, 1942. With the editing expertise of Mrs. Ann Swain, Archivist of Radford University, the book was prepared for publication for the benefit of the families of Floyd County. Hugh C. Wood, Esq., Atlanta, GA. Grandson of Dr. Wood.
husband of,
Annie Chapman Johnston
parents,
Richard Johnson Wood
Judith Annie Shortt
Following Amos graduation from the Oxford Academy he taught school in Floyd County. He was inspired by the country physicians who called to see the sick throughout the county so he began preparing himself to enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, now the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He graduated from this institution with a degree in medicine in 1893.
For twelve (12) years he followed the general practice of medicine at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. He often told stories of his travels throughout the county in a horse and buggy as a "dashing" young physician. Often emergency operations were performed on kitchen tables. He was proud of his many successes and often told others that the operations were successful because he placed his trust in the Lord.
Unfortunately, Dr. Wood began to lose his hearing in his early years and using a stethoscope became difficult so he gave up the general practice of medicine about 1904 and spent two years in New York City specializing in the practice of eyes, ears, nose and throat.
Completing his special training he located in Bluefield, West Virginia about 1906.
He often told a humorous story about his early years in Franklin County, before he realized that he was losing his hearing. As a young physician he dated the young girls of Rocky Mount. One rainy day he was escorting an attractive young girl who wore a long dress, the fashion of the day, and as she ascended some stair steps she inquired, "Dr. Wood is my dress high enough"? Not hearing clearly what she said, he answered, "I see," "I see," and she replied, "It must be high enough." He met Annie Chapman Johnston in 1906 in Bluefield. In 1907 Judge and Congressman David E. Johnston and his wife Sara E. (Pearis) Johnston moved their family, including Annie, to Portland, Oregon. So, in 1909 Dr. Wood traveled to Portland and on June 29, 1909 married Annie and brought her hack to Bluefield. During the 1920's Dr. Wood wrote what he envisioned as the "History of Floyd County," but the great depression of the 1930's prevented its publication. Dr. Wood's only child, Richard J. Wood (1914 – 2010), nurtured the manuscript since Dr. Wood's death September 15, 1942. With the editing expertise of Mrs. Ann Swain, Archivist of Radford University, the book was prepared for publication for the benefit of the families of Floyd County. Hugh C. Wood, Esq., Atlanta, GA. Grandson of Dr. Wood.
husband of,
Annie Chapman Johnston
parents,
Richard Johnson Wood
Judith Annie Shortt
Amos DeRussia Wood (1869-1942) attended Floyd and Oxford Academies in Floyd, Virginia. The headmaster of the Oxford Academy was the Rev. John K. Harris, long a distinguished preacher and educator in Floyd.
Following Amos graduation from the Oxford Academy he taught school in Floyd County. He was inspired by the country physicians who called to see the sick throughout the county so he began preparing himself to enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, now the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He graduated from this institution with a degree in medicine in 1893.
For twelve (12) years he followed the general practice of medicine at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. He often told stories of his travels throughout the county in a horse and buggy as a "dashing" young physician. Often emergency operations were performed on kitchen tables. He was proud of his many successes and often told others that the operations were successful because he placed his trust in the Lord.
Unfortunately, Dr. Wood began to lose his hearing in his early years and using a stethoscope became difficult so he gave up the general practice of medicine about 1904 and spent two years in New York City specializing in the practice of eyes, ears, nose and throat.
Completing his special training he located in Bluefield, West Virginia about 1906.
He often told a humorous story about his early years in Franklin County, before he realized that he was losing his hearing. As a young physician he dated the young girls of Rocky Mount. One rainy day he was escorting an attractive young girl who wore a long dress, the fashion of the day, and as she ascended some stair steps she inquired, "Dr. Wood is my dress high enough"? Not hearing clearly what she said, he answered, "I see," "I see," and she replied, "It must be high enough." He met Annie Chapman Johnston in 1906 in Bluefield. In 1907 Judge and Congressman David E. Johnston and his wife Sara E. (Pearis) Johnston moved their family, including Annie, to Portland, Oregon. So, in 1909 Dr. Wood traveled to Portland and on June 29, 1909 married Annie and brought her hack to Bluefield. During the 1920's Dr. Wood wrote what he envisioned as the "History of Floyd County," but the great depression of the 1930's prevented its publication. Dr. Wood's only child, Richard J. Wood (1914 – 2010), nurtured the manuscript since Dr. Wood's death September 15, 1942. With the editing expertise of Mrs. Ann Swain, Archivist of Radford University, the book was prepared for publication for the benefit of the families of Floyd County. Hugh C. Wood, Esq., Atlanta, GA. Grandson of Dr. Wood.
husband of,
Annie Chapman Johnston
parents,
Richard Johnson Wood
Judith Annie Shortt
Following Amos graduation from the Oxford Academy he taught school in Floyd County. He was inspired by the country physicians who called to see the sick throughout the county so he began preparing himself to enter the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Maryland, now the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He graduated from this institution with a degree in medicine in 1893.
For twelve (12) years he followed the general practice of medicine at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia. He often told stories of his travels throughout the county in a horse and buggy as a "dashing" young physician. Often emergency operations were performed on kitchen tables. He was proud of his many successes and often told others that the operations were successful because he placed his trust in the Lord.
Unfortunately, Dr. Wood began to lose his hearing in his early years and using a stethoscope became difficult so he gave up the general practice of medicine about 1904 and spent two years in New York City specializing in the practice of eyes, ears, nose and throat.
Completing his special training he located in Bluefield, West Virginia about 1906.
He often told a humorous story about his early years in Franklin County, before he realized that he was losing his hearing. As a young physician he dated the young girls of Rocky Mount. One rainy day he was escorting an attractive young girl who wore a long dress, the fashion of the day, and as she ascended some stair steps she inquired, "Dr. Wood is my dress high enough"? Not hearing clearly what she said, he answered, "I see," "I see," and she replied, "It must be high enough." He met Annie Chapman Johnston in 1906 in Bluefield. In 1907 Judge and Congressman David E. Johnston and his wife Sara E. (Pearis) Johnston moved their family, including Annie, to Portland, Oregon. So, in 1909 Dr. Wood traveled to Portland and on June 29, 1909 married Annie and brought her hack to Bluefield. During the 1920's Dr. Wood wrote what he envisioned as the "History of Floyd County," but the great depression of the 1930's prevented its publication. Dr. Wood's only child, Richard J. Wood (1914 – 2010), nurtured the manuscript since Dr. Wood's death September 15, 1942. With the editing expertise of Mrs. Ann Swain, Archivist of Radford University, the book was prepared for publication for the benefit of the families of Floyd County. Hugh C. Wood, Esq., Atlanta, GA. Grandson of Dr. Wood.
husband of,
Annie Chapman Johnston
parents,
Richard Johnson Wood
Judith Annie Shortt
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