William Lafayette Woods

Brief Life History of William Lafayette

When William Lafayette Woods was born on 2 March 1887, in Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States, his father, Robert Knox Woods, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Ellen Christian, was 25. He married Elizabeth Lizzie Maud Nutley on 18 October 1914, in Hill, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Wichita, Texas, United States in 1940 and Scurry, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 11 March 1963, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.

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William Lafayette Woods
1887–1963
Elizabeth Lizzie Maud Nutley
1890–1933
Marriage: 18 October 1914
Ulric Lafayette Woods
1915–1996
Euell E Woods
1917–1976
David C Woods
1918–2001
Edna Pearl Woods
1921–1998
Pauline Myrtle Woods
1924–2001
William Lloyd Woods
1926–1998
Wanda Mary May Woods
1932–2016

Sources (33)

  • William L F Woods, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • W L Woods, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
  • W L Woods, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1898

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Agnes Del Francis Payne BIRTH 7 Jun 1897 Arkansas, USA DEATH 18 Jul 1898 (aged 1) Arkansas, USA BURIAL Laurel Land Memorial Park Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA MEMORIAL ID 116340958 · View Source

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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