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Abner Woods

Male 1824 - 1894  (69 years)


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

    Father Alexander Woods,   b. 1795, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1840, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Mary J Bean,   b. Abt 1796, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1866, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1815  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Lightner,   b. 26 Dec 1828, Huntington County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1904, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [1
    Marriage 2 Oct 1851  Mercer County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sherman A Woods,   b. 10 May 1854, Mercer County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1897, Chester, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     3. Almeda Lightner Woods,   b. 22 Jun 1856, Mercer County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1932, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Ida May Woods,   b. 8 Jun 1858, Mercer County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jan 1944 (Age 85 years)
     5. Lambert L Woods,   b. 21 Aug 1867, Chester, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1919, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     6. Helen Woods,   b. Jan 1877, Chester, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1953, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 
    1. [S128] Ancestry.com, Iowa Cemetery Records, (Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.), for Abner Woods and Maria L Woods.