Alpheus Field Wood (May 30, 1828 – January 22, 1910) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Hastings North (provincial electoral district), Hastings North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1883 to 1894 as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Conservative member. He was born in Jefferson County, New York in 1828, the son of Thomas Wood, who had settled in Bath, Ontario, Bath, Upper Canada in 1810. He was educated in Upper Canada, taught school in Hastings County, Ontario, Hastings County for three years and then opened a general store in Madoc, Ontario (village), Madoc. He later became involved in the hardware business and the trade in grain. Wood served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant-colonel, and was also a justice of the peace. In 1850, he married Eliza Ann Ross. He was reeve for Madoc township from 1857 to 1877 and during that period also served ten years as warden for the county. Wood was also president of the Belleville and North Hastings Railway and a director for the Grand Junction Railway and the Toronto and Ottawa Railway. In 1880, he was named government valuator for the Dominion of Canada. He was master and treasurer for the local Freemason, Masonic lodge. He was the brother of Samuel Wood (Ontario politician), Samuel Casey Wood, who served as treasurer of Ontario. His son, William Field Wood was a physician in South Bend, Indiana. He died on January 22, 1910, at the age of 81."DEATH OF MR. A, F. WOOD: REPRKSENTED NORTH HASTINGS IN LEGISLATURE A ...", The Globe (1844-1936); Jan 24, 1910; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail (1844-2009) pg. 1

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Alpheus Field 1828 births 1910 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian justices of the peace 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario