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Mary Melvina Woods

Female 1837 - 1925  (87 years)


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  • Name Mary Melvina Woods 
    Birth 29 Oct 1837  West Salem, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 2 Oct 1850  West Salem, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 12, born PA, living with parents 
    Census 21 Jun 1860  West Salem, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 22, born PA, living with parents 
    Census 25 Jun 1870  Pymatuning, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 32, born PA, keeping house, she and husband living with her parents 
    Census 12 Jul 1880  Nodaway, Page, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mary L Williamson, age 42, born PA, house keeper, living with father, parents born PA/PA 
    Census 1885  Nodaway, Page, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 47, born PA, single, house keeper, living with father 
    Census 23 Jun 1900  Nodaway, Page, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 62, born Oct 1837 in PA, widowed, 0/0 children living, parents born PA/PA, living with brother Leander's family 
    Census 19 Jan 1920  Benton, Adair, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 82, born PA, widowed, parents born PA/PA, living with brother Leander & wife 
    Death 3 Apr 1925  Kirksville, Adair, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1463  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2017 

    Father William W Woods,   b. 15 Feb 1800, West Salem, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1892, Nodaway, Page, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Phoebe Donaldson,   b. 29 Dec 1805, Delaware, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1876, Nodaway, Page, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1828 
    Family ID F329  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ezra Williamson,   b. 1835, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 17 Sep 1863 
    Family ID F330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2017 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Clarinda Herald", 9 Apr 1925 (clarinda.advantage-preservation.com)
      Mary Melvina Woods was born in West Salem , Mercer County, Pa. October 29, 1837. She was married to Ezra Williamson, a local preacher of the M.E. Church September 17, 1863. With her husband she came to Clarinda in May 1871, and later lived in Nebraska where Mr. Williamson did the work of a minister as long as he lied. Returning to Clarinda after the death of Mr. Williamson she resided with her parents. William and Phoebe Woods, until they entered their rest and since then her home has been with her brothers, Alfred and Lee, the last nine years with Lee in Kirksville, Missouri. She united with the Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania at the age of 12. After the death of her husband she placed her membership again in the Presbyterian Church and there it remained in Clarinda and Kirksville until she died April 3, 1925 in the 88th year of her life. Hers was a quiet and very useful life. She was very much loved by all who knew her. There was a sweetness in her touch and a brightness in her smile that everybody welcomed and remembered. Her remains were brought to Clarinda for burial. Her funeral services were held Tuesday from Pruitt's conducted by Dr. A.B. Marshall pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Clarinda and her body was laid to rest in the Clarinda cemetery. Three brothers survive her, Wm. N. of Clarinda, Jno. A. of Ellispont, Washington, and Lee of Kirksville, Mo.