Abner Woods

1824 - 1894  (69 years)

• Name	Abner Woods
  Birth	8 Sep 1824	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Male
  Census	27 Oct 1850	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  	age 25, born PA, farmer, living with mother
  Census	12 Jul 1870	Chester, Poweshiek, IA
  	age 45, born PA, farmer, sister Ermina in house
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA
  	age 55, born PA, farmer, parents born PA/PA
  Death	14 Apr 1894	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA
  Burial	Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
  Person ID	I1482	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Alexander Woods,   b. 1795, Pennsylvania d. 1840, Mercer Co., PA (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mary J Bean,   b. Abt 1796, Pennsylvania d. 25 Jun 1866, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1815	Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Lightner,   b. 26 Dec 1828, Huntington County, PA d. 29 Oct 1904, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 75 years)  [1]
  Marriage	2 Oct 1851	Mercer County, PA
  Notes	Irwin A Bean, 23, born PA, farm laborer, living in house in 1870 (nephew?)
  Children	1. Ann M Woods,   b. 1853, Mercer County, PA   2. Sherman A Woods,   b. 10 May 1854, Mercer County, PA d. 7 May 1897, Chester, Poweshiek, IA (Age 42 years)   3. Almeda Lightner Woods,   b. 22 Jun 1856, Mercer County, PA d. 22 Nov 1932, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 76 years)   4. Ida May Woods,   b. 8 Jun 1858, Mercer County, PA d. 6 Jan 1944 (Age 85 years)   5. Lambert L Woods,   b. 21 Aug 1867, Chester, Poweshiek, IA d. 13 Jul 1919, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 51 years)   6. Helen Woods,   b. Jan 1877, Chester, Poweshiek, IA d. 14 Jan 1953, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from Newspaper Obituary, 17 Apr 1894 Last Saturday afternoon, Mr. Abner Woods, living just west of the city, died quite suddenly from heart failure. Mr. Woods had been in poor health nearly all winter, but such an end was not expected and came with a sad shock to a large circle of friends. Mr. Woods was born in Mercer Co., Pa., in 1824, and thus was 70 years old at the time of his death. In 1852 he was united in marriage with the lady who survives him and mourne his sudden death. In March, 1964, with his family, he came to Paweshiek and settled in Chester twp., where for thirteen years, he was known as a willing worker in every good cause. In the sping of 1877 Mr. Woods moved to his late home near Grinnell, which he fitted up until it was one of the handsomest rural homes in this vacinity. The funeral was held at the house yesterday afternoon conducted by the Rev. E.M. Vittum, in charge of Mr. W.O. Willard, for years a warm family friend. A large company of neighbors followed the body to Hazelwood, in this way silently testifying to their recognition of an upright life that had passed away, for Mr. Woods was a man of the highest integrity, one whose word was never questioned, and who did to others as he would have done them do to him. The community loses one of its citizens, and his family mourn a loving husband and father. A wife, two sons and four daughters survive him. Among the funeral decorations was a beautiful floral gift of the ladies of the Bible class of the Congregational church, the ladies wishing in a appropriate way to express sympathy for friends and members of the class.

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] Ancestry.com, Iowa Cemetery Records, (Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.), for Abner Woods and Maria L Woods.