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John Woods

John Woods

Male 1794 - 1855  (60 years)

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  • Name John Woods 
    Birth 18 Oct 1794  Jonestown, Dauphin, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Elected 1825-1829  Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Member of National House of Representatives 
    Death 30 Jul 1855  Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4822  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2017 

    Father Alexander Woods,   b. 1768, Londonderry, Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1848, Springboro, Warren, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Mary “Polly” Robinson,   b. 3 Aug 1762, Dauphin Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1828, Springboro, Warren, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1794  Dauphin Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1820  Union, Warren, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    A Wood, 1M10-15, 1M>=45, 1F10-15, 1F16-25, 1F26-44 
    Census 1830  Frankin, Warren, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alexander Woods, 1M60-68, 1F<5, 1F15-19, 1F20-29 
    Census 1840  Franklin, Warren, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alexander Woods, 1M70-79, 1F30-39 
    Family ID F1398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Ann Lynch,   b. 29 Dec 1801, Newberry Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Oct 1881, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [1
    Marriage 20 Jun 1820  Warren Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013" (familysearch.org)
      On 20 Jun 1820 in Warren Co, OH, Mr John Woods Esqr was married to Sarah Ann Lynch by David Macdill V.D.M.
    Children 
     1. Mary Woods,   b. 3 Jun 1821, Springboro, Warren, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1870, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
     2. Sarah Woods,   b. 18 Jan 1823, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1823, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Martha Woods,   b. 14 Feb 1824, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1920, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     4. Sarah Woods,   b. 10 Oct 1827, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1840, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 12 years)
     5. Rebecca Woods,   b. 17 Feb 1831, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1894, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     6. Rachel Woods,   b. 6 Apr 1835, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1896, Buffalo, Erie, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     7. Baby Boy Woods,   b. 19 Jun 1838, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1838, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +8. John Woods,   b. 19 Jun 1838, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1918, Urbana, Champaign, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     9. Cyrus Falconer Woods,   b. 8 Dec 1840, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1844, Hamilton, Butler, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F1399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2017 

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    John Woods (1794-1855)
    John Woods (1794-1855)
    US Congressman from 1825-1829
    from "The Centennial Anniversary of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, September 17-19, 1891" by David Waddle McClung, 1892

  • Notes 
    • from "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" (bioguide.congress.gov)
      WOODS, John, a Representative from Ohio; born in Johnstown, Dauphin County, Pa., October 18, 1794; moved with his parents to Ohio, where he attended the common schools; served in the War of 1812; after the war operated a school near Springborough for two years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced the practice of his profession in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Butler County 1820-1825; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; became editor and publisher of the Hamilton Intelligencer in 1829; State auditor of Ohio from 1845 to 1851; president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad; died in Hamilton, Ohio, July 30, 1855; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S135] Thomas Hastings Robinson, Caroline Franciscus Stroud, Thomas Robinson and His Descendants, (Harrisburg Publishing Co, Harrisburg, PA, 1902).