Brief Life History of James G
When James G Woods was born on 8 September 1797, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Woods, was 37 and his mother, Mary “Polly” McGee, was 25. He married Mary Polly Starnes on 12 November 1818, in Harrodstown, Kentucky, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Monroe Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Jackson Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States in 1860. He died on 6 June 1867, in Monroe, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Jackson Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States.
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- James Woods, "United States Census, 1840"
- Legacy NFS Source: James G Woods - Published information: birth-name: James Woods
- James Woods, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1801 · Cane Ridge Revival
The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.
1818 · Jackson Purchase
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
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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