Ransom Dunn Woods^[1]

1868 - 1915  (47 years)

• Name	Ransom Dunn Woods
  Birth	20 Feb 1868	Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  	age 29, born PA, living with parents
  Census	9 Jun 1880	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  	age 12, born PA, at school, living with parents
  Census	5 Jun 1900	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  	Dunn R, age 24, born Apr 1875 in PA, single, farm laborer, living with parents
  Census	2 May 1910	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  	age 42, born OH, farmer, living with parents
  Death	12 Jul 1915	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  Burial	14 Jul 1915	Transfer Cemetery, PA
  Person ID	I4205	Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Rufus Early Woods,   b. 27 May 1840, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 17 Jul 1913, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Marilla Klingensmith,   b. 3 Sep 1841, Pennsylvania d. 23 Oct 1916, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	23 Aug 1865
  Family ID	F407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Greenville Record Argus", 14 Jul 1915 (newspapers.com) Dunn Woods, son of the late Rufus E. and Mariella Klingensmith Woods, committed suicide early Monday forenoon. Mr. Woods had been in poor health for several weeks and it is believed this affected his mind. He was one of the most highly respected men in this community and his sudden death has cast a gloom over the entire neighborhood. Funeral services which were private, were held at the home Wednesday. Rev. Crawford, pastor of the Baptist church, officiated. from "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964" (ancestry.com) Ransom Dun Woods, a single farmer, born 20 Feb 1868 in OH to Rufus Woods b. PA & Marillia Klingensmith b. PA, died on 12 Jul 1915 in Pymatuming, Mercer, PA of a self inflicted bullet wound of the the head. Burial on 14 Jul in Transfer PA Cemetery. Informant Mrs. Rufus Woods of Pymatuming.

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] Nancy Sadler, Transcriber, Mercer County Cemetery Index, (Mercer County Genealogical Society), Vol 10, pg 177 for Rufus, Mary, and Ransom.