WOOD, WILLIAM ALLEN: 1874-1927.
Born in Covington, Ind., Sept. 25, 1874, William Allen Wood , son of Samuel Fletcher and Mary Allen Wood, was educated at Covington High School and Indiana University.
After teaching school in the South for a short time, he came to Indianapolis where he practiced law until illness forced his retirement in 1920. He contributed to newspapers and magazines–principally editorials on political and social subjects–and was editor of the ILLUSTRATED INDIANA WEEKLY. He was also on the editorial staffs of the INDIANAPOLIS NEWS and INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL. He was active in the affairs of the Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution. He died in Indianapolis on May 8, 1927.
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