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James Julius Wood
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Very Rev '''James Julius Wood''' DD (1800–1877) was a 19th century Scottish minister who served as [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] of the [[Free Church of Scotland]] 1857/8.
==Life==
[[File:Greyfriars Kirk - 01.jpg|thumb|330px|Greyfriars Kirk]]
He was born in [[Jedburgh]] in 1800. He studied Divinity at [[Glasgow University]]. He was ordained by the [[Church of Scotland]] at [[Newton-on-Ayr]] in 1827.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Fw4gFH>
In 1836 he was translated to [[Stirling]] and in 1839 to [[Greyfriars Kirk|New Greyfriars]] in central [[Edinburgh]]. He left the church in the [[Disruption of 1843]] but his congregation did not follow him. He fell into ill-health and spent some years in the Mediterranean trying to improve his health with church duties in [[Malta]] and [[Madeira]].
He returned to Scotland in 1848 to take on St George's Free Church in [[Dumfries]]. In 1857 he was elected [[Moderator of the General Assembly]] of the Free Church. In 1858 he was succeeded by Very Rev [[Alexander Beith]].
He died in Dumfries in 1877.
==Family==
In 1833 he married Christian Henderson.
==Publications==
*''Letters to Rev Henry Small'' (1853)
==Artistic Recognition==
He was photographed by [[Hill & Adamson]] in 1857.<ref>https://ift.tt/2qTjMBm>
In 1860 he was photographed with other ex-moderators at the steps of [[New College, Edinburgh]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2FrdaUU>
==References==
[[Category:1800 births]]
[[Category:1877 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Jedburgh]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow]]
[[Category:Scottish clergy]]
https://ift.tt/2PG062r
