Ella Lilly Woods

Brief Life History of Ella Lilly

When Ella Lilly Woods was born on 18 June 1856, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, her father, John H Woods, was 36 and her mother, Mary E Lille, was 28. She married John Wesley Mattox on 24 October 1872. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Poplar Plains, Fleming, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Fleming, Kentucky, United States in 1930. She died on 23 July 1930, in Sandford, Fleming, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Wallingford, Fleming, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Mattox
1850–1926
Ella Lilly Woods
1856–1930
Marriage: 24 October 1872
Christopher Lilly Mattox
1872–1949
Lee Wesley Mattox
1876–1941
Arthur E. Mattox
1878–1881
Cora Susan Mattox
1881–1961
Elijah Larry Mattox
1883–1964
Dora C. Mattox
1887–1979
William Austin Mattox
1889–1959
Violet V. Mattox
1893–1956
Ella Verla Mattox
1895–1993
Ranson Calbert Mattox
1897–1981

Sources (26)

  • Ella S Wood, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ellen S. Wood, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • Ella S. Woods, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

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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