Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Thomas C. Wood
Engineer
Centurion, 1901–1917
Proposed by
Edward B. Coe and Charles E. Merrill
Edward B. Coe and Charles E. Merrill
born
May 10, 1850
Utica, New York
Utica, New York
died
January 17, 1917
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
March 2, 1901
Age fifty
Age fifty
buried
Forest Hill Cemetery,
Utica, New York
Utica, New York
Century Memorial
Thomas Clark Wood, a naval lieutenant, who had retired before the Spanish war, but then returned to duty. He did gallant service on the Gloucester, and was the first to raise the American flag on Porto Rico.
Henry Osborn Taylor
1918 Century Association Yearbook