Major General Leonard Wood

1860 - 1927  (66 years)

• Name	Leonard Wood
  Title	Major General
  Birth	9 Oct 1860	Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	U.S. Army
  	Medical doctor who began his career as a surgeon on the frontier. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Apache Wars. During the Spanish?American War, he commanded the Rough Riders, with Theodore Roosevelt as his second-in-command. From 1899 to 1902 he served as the military governor of Cuba. He served as the Army Chief of Staff from 1910 to 1914. After retiring from the Army he served as the Governor-General of the Philippines from October 14, 1921 to August 7, 1927. On January 1941, the new Seventh Corps Area Training Center in Missouri was named Fort Leonard Wood.
  		Leonard Wood on horseback. Leonard Wood on horseback.
  		Roosevelt - Leonard Wood Future president Theodore Roosevelt with Leonard Wood
  		General Leonard Wood. General Leonard Wood as U.S. Army Chief of Staff ridding in the inauguration parade for President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, D.C.
  		Fort Leonard Wood. Fort Leonard Wood.
  Death	7 Aug 1927	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Burial	16 Aug 1927	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States
  		Leonard Wood Headstone. Leonard Wood Headstone.
  Person ID	I67698	Nagel
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Charles Jewett Wood,   b. 18 Feb 1829, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 25 Aug 1880, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Caroline Elizabeth Hagar,   b. 3 Sep 1836, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1 Jan 1915, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	21 Jul 1859	Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F21430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louise Condit Smith
  Marriage	1890
  Children	1. Captain Leonard Wood, Jr,   b. 1892   d. 1931 (Age 39 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Lieutenant Colonel Osborne Cutler Wood,   b. 1897   d. 1950 (Age 53 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Louise Barbara Wood,   b. 1900   d. 1960 (Age 60 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F21431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Oct 1860 - Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire Death - 7 Aug 1927 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Burial - 16 Aug 1927 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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