Year Settled in Iowa: Before 1868

County where ancestor first settled: Jasper

Born: December 22, 1828

Birth Place: Ohio

Died: November 29, 1908

Burial Location: Greencastle Cemetary

Father: James Woods

Mother: Rebecca Oliver

Married: January 20, 1851

Marriage Location: Darke County, Ohio

Spouse: Lydia Ann Rose

Born: September 13, 1834

Birth Location: Ohio

Died: July 19, 1887

Burial Location: Unknown

Father: Solomon Rose

Mother: Eliza Bidlak

Second Marriage: Aug 2, 1890

Marriage Location: Jasper Cty.

Second spouse: Julietta Wetzel Swank

Born: 1833

Died: 1915

Proof:
Federal Census- 1870
Darke County, Ohio Marriages 1851-1898.
Family Bible.
Obituary for Daughter Rachel Elizabeth.
Cemetary Enumeration- McKeever Cemetery.

1. Rachel Elizabeth Woods, b.August 17, 1855,Ohio m. John Wesley Poulson July 22, 1869 (other spouses,Charles Whitford, William Nelson Hurst, Silas Kilgore), d. April 12, 1936 buried McKeever Cemetery.
2. Charles William Woods, b.April 3, 1861, d. November 13, 1868 buried Greencastle; Josephine Woods, b. March 22, 1869 d. Unknown
3. Washington Woods, b. February 5, 1872 d. May 4, 1880 buried Greencastle.

Data Submitted Apr 22, 1998 by: Ginger Holinka