The early history of Billy
Wood is perhaps best told in his own words: ”
I have been told that I was born at Bradford, Vermont, August 1, 1861, my father being
Granville Wood
and my mother
Electa Dustin Eastman
. When I was about one year old we moved to Boston, where my father was employed by H. D. and
H. W. Smith
as their tuner of reed organs. A year later the family again moved, this time to Toronto, Ontario,...
