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Edmund Lester Woods

Male 1858 - 1954  (95 years)


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  • Name Edmund Lester Woods 
    Birth 18 Dec 1858  Barry, Pike, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 16 Jul 1860  Barry, Pike, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 1, born IL, living with parents 
    Census 9 Aug 1870  Warren, Lucas, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 12, born IL, living with father 
    Census Jun 1880  Oak, Smith, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 21, born IL, living with father 
    Census 1885  Valley, Smith, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 26, single, living with father 
    Census 25 Jun 1900  White Rock, Smith, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 41, born Dec 1858 in IL, marr 8 yrs, farmer, parents born PA/OH, sister Martha in house 
    Census 20 Apr 1910  Esbon, Jewell, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 51, born IL, mx1-18 yrs, farmer, parents born PA/OH, sister Martha in house 
    Census 1915  Courtland, Republic, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    E.L., age 56, born IL, from IA, farmer, sister Martha in house 
    Census 10 Jan 1920  Courtland, Republic, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 61, born IL, farmer, parents born PA/PA, sister Martha in house 
    Census 11 Apr 1930  Beaver, Wichita, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 71, born IL, 1st marr at 33, farmer, parents born PA/OH 
    Census 10 Apr 1940  Beaver, Wichita, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 81, born IL, gr7 ed, in same house in 1935 
    Death 30 Sep 1954  Leoti, Wichita, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Beulah Cemetery, Leoti, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17760  Family Tree
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2017 

    Father Thomas Woods,   b. 9 Jun 1810, West Salem, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1893, Lebanon, Smith, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Adaline Lillie,   b. 15 May 1819, Perry City, Wyoming, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1861, Barry, Pike, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 2 Apr 1837  Ashtabula Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993" (ancestry.com)
      On Apr 1838 in Ashtabula Co, OH, Thomas Woods married Adaline Lillie.
    Family ID F6865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Jane Hawkins,   b. 27 Oct 1868, Greene Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1942, Leoti, Wichita, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 23 Apr 1892  Smith Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ernest Lester Woods,   b. 21 Jan 1893, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1906, Lebanon, Smith, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 13 years)
    +2. Virgil Archer Woods,   b. 26 Aug 1894, Lebanon, Smith, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1973, Meeker, Rio Blanco, CO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Arley Conway Woods,   b. 11 Oct 1898, Lebanon, Smith, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1956, Wichita Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     4. Edith Woods,   b. 21 Oct 1901, Smith Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1978, Scott, Scott, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +5. William Maxwell Woods,   b. 12 Oct 1903, Smith Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1971, Leoti, Wichita, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    +6. Kenneth Alton Woods,   b. 17 Jan 1909, Smith Co, KS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1996, Leoti, Wichita, KS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F6868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2017 

  • Notes 
    • From "Leoti Standard" (posted by Karen de Sanno on findagrave.com)
      The last rites for E.L. Woods, an early-day pioneer, were held from the Methodist Church in Leoti Saturday afternoon, at 2:00 p.m., with Rev. Ralph Jones delivering the sermon. The casketbearers were Chet Pearson, Garland Ganson, Fred Metheney, P.E. Metheney, Glenn Dickey, and Richard Hobson. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Clifford Jay, Chet Lytle, Hyland Steele, and Luther Seibel with Mrs. Ruth Betlack, organist. Songs selected were, "We Shall Always Be Happy Over There," and "In the Garden." A solo, "Sunrise Tomorrow, " was sung by Clifford Jay. Interment was in Beulah Cemetery in north Wichita county. The Weinmann Funeral Home was in charge of the services. Edmund Lester Woods was born at Barry, Illinois, December 18, 1858, and passed away at Hadley Memorial Hospital in Hays, September 30, 1954. He would have been 96 in December, and he was the oldest citizen of Wichita county at the time of his death. He was the last of eight children, one of whom was his twin brother. He came with the family to Smith county, Kansas, about 1872. About 1885 he came to Wichita county, with his brother Jim Woods, and homesteaded in north Wichita county. Then he returned to Smith county. Later he come (sic) back to Wichita county with the late Dr. John F. White and was here during the countyseat war. Soon he went again to Smith county, whre he married Sarah Jane Hawkins, April 23, 1892. To this union 5 children were born. One son, Ernest, died in 1906, at the age of 14. In 1913 they moved to Republic county, where they lived till 1924, when they came back to Wichita county. Mrs. Woods died September 16, 1942. Mr. Woods lived with his son, Arley, until his illness three years ago. Since then he has made his home with his son Kenneth and daughter Mrs. John Glanville. He leaves to mourn his loss, four sons, and one daughter: Virgil, of Meeker, Colo., Arley, Edith (Mrs. John Glanville), Max, and Kenneth, all of the Leoti vicinity; ten grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church. His friends were numbered by the people he knew. He was a great lover of children. When he went to church and Sunday school, he made it a point to have his pockets full of candy for the children who knew him only as "the candy man."