IN MEMORIAM
Read and adopted at the afternoon
session of the Ohio State Arch-
aeological and Historical Society, April
30, 1931.
EDWIN FOREST WOOD
WHEREAS,
It has pleased Divine Providence to re-
move from our midst our co-worker, associate and
friend, Edwin Forest Wood, and
WHEREAS,
He had been prominently identified with
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society
since 1890, serving first as Assistant
Treasurer and
after the death of S. S. Rickly,
November 23, 1905, as
Treasurer of the Society, a continuous
service in this
important position for a quarter of a
century, and
WHEREAS, Through this long service he
was active
in the upbuilding of the Society and
the custody of its
funds and the faithful discharge of all
the duties inci-
dent to his official position,
therefore
Be it Resolved by the Ohio State
Archaeological and
Historical Society, That in the death of Edwin Forest
Wood, the Society and the State have
sustained a great
loss, his associate members, officers
and the staff of this
institution a sincere friend and active
co-worker. In
1905 he was elected Treasurer of the
Society. In the
year following he was elected Trustee
of the Society
and these two important positions he
continued to hold
until the date of his death March 9,
1931.
He was held in high esteem by his
numerous friends
and acquaintances in Columbus and
throughout the
(558)