Andrew Woods - 1879

WOODS, HOYT, BUCKLEY

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"ANDREW WOODS, banker. Bellevue; he was born in September 1821, in Grafton Co., N.H. In 1845, he came to Bellevue; first engaged in school-teaching and surveying, then general merchandise, till 1870, when he commenced the banking business. He owns 160 acres of land in Perry Township, also property in town; has been Clerk for the County Commissioners, Deputy County Surveyor, member of the Town Board; has been for seventeen years Secretary of the School Board. Married Loretta Hoyt in December, 1851; she was born in Vermont. Had three children, two living - Mary Belle, now Mrs. Buckley, of Cedar Rapids, and Frank A.; lost William C. in 1856, aged 3 years."

History of Jackson County Iowa, 1879, Chicago: Western Historical Company
Bellevue Township, page 677