Death Of A Retired Minister

Death of a Retired Minister.

Rev. George Wood, a retired Methodist minister, died Monday morning of old age, at his home in this city, in the 81st year of his age. The deceased was born in Lincolnshire, England, and cam to Toledo, O., in 1835. In 1840 he remove toTadmor (now Delta, O.,) returning to Toledo in 1871. In 1894 Mr. Wood accompanied his daughter, Dr. Mary Wood-Allen, to this city,and his home has been here since that time. In Toledo at one time Mr. Wood was assistant pastor of the Broadway Methodist church, but he had been incapacitated by deafness late years and was unable to occupy the pulpit on account of the infirmity. Since residing here he had taken a deep interest in the Methodist Episcopal church. 

Funeral services at the home Tuesday afternoon preceded the taking of the remains to Toledo for burial.