Clinton C. Woods

WOODS, WADE, CARSON, HURST

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Date: 5/30/2010 at 21:29:44

History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910, James W. Elis

CLINTON C. WOODS.

Clinton C. Woods, who is actively engaged in the cultivation of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty-two acres in South Fork township, was born in Farmers Creek township, Jackson county, Iowa, on the 15th of February, 1872, his parents being Robert N. and Belinda (Wade) Woods. The mother passed away in the year 1879 but the father still survives, living on his farm in Farmers Creek township.
Clinton C. Woods was reared under the parental roof and supplemented his preliminary education, obtained in the grammar schools, by a course in the Maquoketa high school, while later he continued his studies at Maquoketa Academy. He likewise devoted a year or more to the study of painting and art under the direction of Will Carson of Maquoketa. When his education had been completed he became associated with his father and brother, R. B. Woods, in the operation of the home farm and was thus engaged until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. For some five years previous he had been a member of Company M, of the First Iowa National Guard, which was sent to Des Moines on the 26th of April, 1898, and was there sworn into service as a part of the Forty-ninth Regiment, United States Volunteers. In the promotions arising in the formation of the regiment Mr. Woods was made first sergeant of his company, in which capacity he served until the close of the war. The regiment was sent from Des Moines to Jacksonville, Florida, where they were encamped for some time and then went to Savannah, Georgia, and Havana, Cuba, respectively, spending the winter at the last named place. They returned early in April, 1899, and on the 13th of the following month Mr. Woods was mustered out at Savannah, Georgia, coming here via steamer to New York and thence via Chicago to Iowa. After once more taking up the pursuits of civil life he was associated with his father in his farming operations until March, 1902, when he
purchased his present place of one hundred and sixty-two acres in South Fork township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he has since devoted his energies with excellent success. His buildings are of a modern and substantial character and everything about the place is kept in a neat and thrifty condition, indicating the careful and progressive methods of the owner.
On the 23d of January, 1901, Mr. Woods was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude E. Hurst, a daughter of W. K. Hurst, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Woods have been born three children, as follows: Evelyn K., whose birth occurred September 18, 1902, and who passed away on the 9th of March, 1909; Leonard H.; and Marjory G.
Politically Mr. Woods is a stalwart adherent of the republican party, believing that its principles are most conducive to good government. His wife is a member of the Ladies Mutual Benefit Association, and they are both widely recognized as influential and esteemed residents of the community. Mr. Woods has spent his entire life in Jackson county and the favorable regard entertained for him by his fellow townsmen is proof that his career has been an honorable one.

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