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Maria Lightner

Female 1828 - 1904  (75 years)


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  • Name Maria Lightner 
    Birth 26 Dec 1828  Huntington County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 12 Jul 1870  Chester, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 41, born PA, keeping house 
    Census 5 Jun 1880  Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 51, born PA, keeping house, parents born PA/PA 
    Census 9 Jun 1900  Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 71, born Dec 1828 in PA, widowed, 5/6 children living, parents born PA/PA 
    Death 29 Oct 1904  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 I4191  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2017 

    Family Abner Woods,   b. 8 Sep 1824, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1894, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 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, 1 Nov 1904
      Maria Lightner was born in Huntington County, Pa., Dec. 26, 1828 and died in Grinnell, Iowa, October 29, 1904. When quite young her parents moved to Mercer County, Pa., where she grew to womanhood. She here professed her faith in the Savior adn united with the Free Presbyterian church of Clarksville, Pa., while always trusting in the faith which has sustained her through months and years of suffering. She was never united with any church since her removal to Iowa. On October 2, 1851 she was married to Abner Woods of Charksville, Pa., and there they made their home until March 1864 when they moved to Chester, Iowa, coming to Grinnell in 1877. Of the six children born to them, five are living. The husband and father died in April 1894, the eldest son in May 1897. Mrs. Woods was a kind hearted woman ready to respond to every call for sympathy and help. She was a constant attendent at church as long as health permitted. She was held in esteem by all her neighbors for he tend christiam sympathy and affections. She was a loving mother and an ideal home maker. Her children rise up and call her blessed.

  • Sources 
    1. [S128] Ancestry.com, Iowa Cemetery Records, (Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.), for Abner Woods and Maria L Woods.