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.