Samuel Casey Wood ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Wood, Hon. Samuel Casey
statesman, business manager, capitalist
Son of the late Thos. Smith Wood, born Bath, Ontario, Dec 27, 1830, educated there, married June 1854 Miss Charlotte Maria Parkinson, Mariposa, Ontario.
originally a school teacher, then township clerk of Mariposa, then county clerk and county treasurer, Victoria, Ontario,
president Canadian Club, 1901, Anglican, 97- Admiral Street, Toronto
_______________________________________________
Samuel Casey Wood

WOOD, Samuel Casey, Canadian merchant, born in Bath, Lennox County, Ontario, 27 December, 1830. His father, Thomas Smith Wood, was formerly of Saratoga Springs, New York. The son was educated at various common schools, and taught three years, when he embarked in trade, taking a situation in a country store. Later he opened an establishment on his own account in Mariposa, Victoria County, and subsequently became clerk of the township council. From 1860 till 1876 he held the post of county clerk and county treasurer. He was chairman of the high-school board in Lindsay. Ont., and was the representative of the public-school inspectors in the council of public instruction. On 25 February, 1871, he entered the legislative assembly of Ontario, in the Liberal interest, as member for South Victoria, and the premier, Oliver Mowat, invited him in July, 1875, to enter his government as secretary, registrar, and commissioner of agriculture. In March, 1877, on a readjustment of the portfolios, he assumed the departments of finance and agriculture. In March, 1883. he retired from public life altogether. He was chairman of the Ontario agricultural commission of 1881, and two years later accepted the office of manager of the Freehold loan and savings company.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM
_________________________________________________

1871 census, Lindsay town, Victoria South, Ontario, Canada
source film C-9981, div C-2, page 15

family 53
Wood, S C, male, age 40, born Ontario, Church of England, origin English, profession: County Treasurer, married
", Charlotte M, female, age 38, born England, Church of England, origin English, married
", Mary, A , female, age 15, born Ontario, Church of England, single
", John A P?, male, age 13, born Ontario
", Orrin O, male, age 11, born Ontario
", Carie E, female, age 8, born Ontario
", Edith E, female, age 6, born Ontario
", William W, male, age 4, born Ontario
", Charlotte M, female, age 2, born Ontario
_________________________________________________

1881, Census Place: Lindsay, Victoria South, Ontario, Canada
Source: FHL Film 1375878 NAC C-13242 Dist 129 SubDist B Div 2 Page 148 Family 724
Sex Marr Age Origin Birthplace

S.C. WOOD M M 50 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Treas Ons Religion: Church of England
C.M. WOOD F M 48 English England
Religion: Church of England
Berta WOOD F 26 Irish O <Ontario>
Religion: Church of England
John WOOD M 23 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Student Religion: Church of England
Carrie WOOD F 18 Irish O <Ontario>
Religion: Church of England
Ada WOOD F 16 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Going To School Religion: Church of England
Willie WOOD M 14 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Going To School Religion: Church of England
Lottie WOOD F 12 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Going To School Religion: Church of England
Casey WOOD M 9 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Going To School Religion: Church of England
Herbert WOOD M 8 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Going To School Religion: Church of England
Louis WOOD M 4 Irish O <Ontario>
Religion: Church of England
Lizzie CORRIGAN F 22 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Servant Religion: Roman Catholic
Julia GARREY F 19 Irish O <Ontario>
Occ: Servant Religion: Roman Catholic
_______________________________________________ ⁶

  Research Notes:

A Walking Tour of Bath
The Settlement of Bath dates back to the American Revolution and owes its existence to a group of United Empire Loyalists. In 1783, the Townships of Kingston and Ernestown were laid out and in 1784, the Jessup Loyal Rangers drew lots for their land along the Bay of Quinte around what is now Bath. Names still common in the town - Hawley, Davy, Rose, Amey - were entered on the map as each drew his lot. John Davy laid out the town's first streets at the base of lot 10 on the first concession. In 1804 the town as a whole had been laid out and surveyed.
The town's first church was constructed by Rev. John Langhorne in 1793 while the Province's school was established here in 1811. In this year the town boasted 2300 people. By-passed by the Kingston-York road in 1832 and the Grand Trunk Railway in the 1850's Bath lost its important commercial role to nearby Kingston. Incorporated as a village in 1859, it has remained a small, quiet village to this day.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: County Clerk/ treasurer, 1860-1876, Mariposa, Victoria County, Ontario. ³

• Residence: County Treasurer, 1871, Lindsay, Victoria South, Ontario. ⁵

• Occupation: Member Legislature, Ontario, Liberal, 1871, South Victoria, Ontario. ³

• Occupation: Secretary, Registrar, and Commissioner of Agriculture., Jul 1875, Ontario.

• Occupation: Head of Departments of finance and agriculture., Ontario, Mar 1877, Ontario. ³

• Residence, 1881, Lindsay, Victoria South, Ontario. ⁴

• Religion: Church of England, 1881, Lindsay, Victoria South, Ontario.

• Occupation: chairman of the Ontario Agricultural Commission, 1881. ³

• Occupation: manager of the Freehold Loan and Savings Company., 1883. ³

Samuel married Charlotte Maria Parkinson, daughter of John Parkinson and Mary, in Jun 1854 in Mariposa, Victoria County, Ontario.¹ (Charlotte Maria Parkinson was born on 27 Jun 1832 in England ^{2 4 5}.)