Joseph Henry Woods[1]
1854 - 1903 (48 years)-
Name Joseph Henry Woods Birth 19 Aug 1854 West Salem, Mercer, PA 
Gender Male Census 13 Jul 1860 Hickory, Mercer, PA age 5, born PA, living with parents Census 3 Aug 1870 West Salem, Mercer, PA age 16, born PA, works on farm, living with parents Census 17 Jun 1880 West Salem, Mercer, PA age 25, born PA, miner, parents born PA/PA Census 13 Jun 1900 West Salem, Mercer, PA Henry, age 45, born Aug 1854 in PA, marr 23 yrs, farmer, parents born IRE/PA Death 22 Feb 1903 Greenville, Mercer, PA Burial Shenango Valley Cemetery Person ID I4034 Family Tree Last Modified 26 Aug 2017
Father John Alexander Woods, b. 11 Aug 1825, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA d. 30 Dec 1905, Greenville, Mercer, PA (Age 80 years) Mother Eva Mary Eich, b. 25 Oct 1824, Oberstedien, Germany d. 18 Jan 1892, West Salem, Mercer, PA (Age 67 years) Marriage 22 Jan 1853 Greenville, Mercer, PA Family ID F1126 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Saylor, b. Aug 1856, Pennsylvania d. 24 Mar 1920, Sharpsville, Mercer, PA (Age 63 years) [2] Children 1. Nettie E Woods, b. Mar 1878, West Salem, Mercer, PA 2. Myrtle Woods, b. Sep 1879, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 3 Apr 1930, Sharpsville, Mercer, PA (Age 50 years)+ 3. Clyde Alexander Woods, b. 27 Sep 1881, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 29 Sep 1943, Sharpsville, Mercer, PA (Age 62 years)4. Minnie Elizabeth Woods, b. 25 May 1888, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 13 Aug 1961, Warren, Trumbull, OH (Age 73 years)Family ID F1536 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Aug 2017
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Headstones 
John Henry Woods Gravestone
J. HENRY WOODS / 1854 - 1903
Plot: Section B
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Notes - from "The Greenville Evening Record", 23 Feb 1903 (newspaperarchive.com)
J.H. Woods died at the Mercer hospital at 8 o'clock, Sunday evening. He was aged 49 years and leaves a wife, father, three daughters, Mrs. John Vath, Greenville, and Myrtle and Lizzie at home, and one son, Clyde, also two brothers, James and Fred, of Greenville, and four sisters: Mrs. John Wolf, Girard; Mrs D. W. Sildebran, Mrs. S. Q. Fry, Greenville; Mrs. John Baugh, West Salem. Deceased was born in West Salem township, where the funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock, interment in Shenango Valley cemetery. Mr. Woods was injured while working at the railroad shops, January 19. A piece of casting, blown up by dynamite 1,000 feet away, struck Woods on the head inflicting terrible injuries. It was not believed he could live 24 hours but he had such wonderful vitality as to live a little over a month.
- from "The Greenville Evening Record", 23 Feb 1903 (newspaperarchive.com)
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Sources - [S129] Nancy Sadler, Transcriber, Mercer County Cemetery Index, (Mercer County Genealogical Society), vol MC 9, pg 41 for Emma Bach, J Henry, James A, Eve Eich, Emma, Eliz, John A.
- [S101] Various Authors, RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (MyFamily.com Inc), 11 Aug 2008, Descendants of Freidrich Ludwig Eich and Catharina Elisabetha Steckel by Angie Bush.
- [S129] Nancy Sadler, Transcriber, Mercer County Cemetery Index, (Mercer County Genealogical Society), vol MC 9, pg 41 for Emma Bach, J Henry, James A, Eve Eich, Emma, Eliz, John A.