From: "Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert" <iggy29@scican.net>

To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com>

Subject: RE: HORSE THIEF?????

Date: Monday, April 23, 2001 7:32 PM

This is a post I received from Chuck Woods; SIDMANONE@aol.com

I had asked him to post it to the List, as I think it is very

interesting and funny. He says he is somewhat computer challenged, so I

will copy it for the List. Nancee

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Nancee:

Just my distorted sense of humor. I don't know of any actual horse

theives in the genetic material. However, I do have a resident of East

Decatur Co., DAVID R. WOODS (my gggrandfather) who is pictured in the

l945 (this was a picture from the l870s) Lineville Paper, with his

knock-kneed, bowlegged mule which he sold more than once. It kept

coming back. Does not say he refunded any money. I have a copy of the

paper that my father's uncle NICHOLAS WOODS saved and left to the

family.

Near as I can tell, DAVID R. WOODS was a resident of the Woodland area

from l865, ( married SAMANTHA JANE RITCHIE, July l865, in Leon) on and

off until he left the area in l88l. He stopped moving in l884 and is

buried in the Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Harrison County, MO.

His father, JOHN WOODS, my ggggrandfather, (l79l-l867) and step mother,

HENRIETTA DUNN (l8l0-l879) are buried somewhere in the local area. This

is almost the junction of Mercer, MO., Wayne, IA., and Decatur Co., IA.

His son, JOHN JAMES WOODS, my ggrandfather, l854-l92l) and ggrandmother,

SAMANTHA ANN BRIGGS, settled in Allerton, Wayne Co., IA. They are both

buried in the Greer Cemetery which is close to the MO/IA border in Wayne

Co., IA.

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Shared by Chuck Woods

SIDMANONE@aol.com

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