Henry McKee Woods

Brief Life History of Henry McKee

When Henry McKee Woods was born on 14 August 1857, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, his father, Rev. Edgar Woods, was 29 and his mother, Maria Cooper Baker, was 25. He married Josephine Underwood on 9 October 1883. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1918 and lived in Ventnor City, Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1940 and Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1943. He died on 2 December 1943, in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry McKee Woods
1857–1943
Josephine Underwood
1858–1920
Marriage: 9 October 1883
Henry McKee Woods
1884–1952
Edwin Woods
Josephine Underwood Woods
1886–1972
Samuel Baker Woods
1892–1963
Lily Underwood Woods
1894–1983
Robert Underwood Woods
1898–1984

Sources (27)

  • Henry M Woods, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Henry M Woods, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Henry McKee Woods, "Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

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

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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