Andrew H Woods

Brief Life History of Andrew H

When Andrew H Woods was born on 22 March 1844, in Richland, Illinois, United States, his father, Andrew H. Woods, was 48 and his mother, Nancy Benson, was 32. He married Abbie Osborn on 1 June 1874, in Spencer, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Center Township, Vernon, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 18 March 1923, in Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Vernon, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew H Woods
1844–1923
Nancy Jane Smallwood
1856–1945
Marriage: 17 May 1889
Minnie Bell Woods
1890–1918
Phoebe Maude Woods
about 1892–1900
Andrew Ernest Woods
1895–1975

Sources (15)

  • Andrew Words, "United States Census, 1880"
  • A H Woods, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Andrew H Woods, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Hog Eye, Bates, Missouri, United States; 1855: Nevada City, Vernon, Missouri, United States; 1869: Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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