Charles R. Wood
Charles R. Wood, dealer in home-dressed meats at Smithfield, O., has been a resident of Jefferson County all his life. He was born at Smithfield, May 15, 1881, and is a son of Thomas and Angeline (Alloway) Wood.
Thomas Wood was also born in Jefferson County, where his father, William Wood, had settled at a very early day. Thomas Wood married Angeline Alloway, who was born in Mt. Pleasant Township, and they liad four children, namely: Chester; Cora, now deceased, who was the wife of Elmer Nickason; Charles Richard and Frank.
After his school days were over, Charles R. Wood learned the painter's trade and when not employed at that, worked for a time on a farm and then became an employe of the Bradley Supply Company, where he learned meat cutting. He then worked three years in this line for J. A. Spencer, at Smithfield, and later was with a Mr. Keane, at Steubenville. After coming back to Smithfield, he was with Mr. Spencer for one more year, buying him out in October, 1909. Mr. Wood is prospering and is numbered with the town's representative and enterprising business men. He carries first class meat, home-dressed, and finds a ready sale for it in the home market.
On March 23, 1904, Charles R. Wood was married to Miss Clara Murrey, a daughter of William and Rachel Murrey, of Mt. Pleasant, O., and they have one daughter, Esther M. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. In politics be is a Republican. He belongs to the order of Modern Woodmen and is clerk of Camp No. 8476, at Smithfield.
20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910