Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 16 Feb 1892, Wirt, Allegany, NY; age 12, born US, living with parents
• Graduation: 1905, Ithaca, NY; Cornell 1904-05
• Census: 21 Apr 1910, Wellston, Lincoln, OK; age 27, born PA, married 2 yrs, 1/1 children living, parents born PA/PA
• Census: 6 Jan 1920, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; age 35, born PA, parents born PA/PA
• Census: 9 Apr 1930, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; age 46, born PA, married at 23, parents born PA/PA
• Census: 3 Apr 1940, Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; age 56, born PA, C1 ed, residing here in 1935

Helen married Dr Harold Jay Baker on 5 Oct 1907 in Wellston, Lincoln, OK. Harold (son of Dr. Everett Milford Baker and Helen Adelia Hill) was born on 29 Mar 1884 in Medina, Orleans, NY; died on 17 Feb 1978 in Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; was buried on 20 Feb 1978 in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, OK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

from "The Caledonia Advertiser", 9 Oct 1907
CUPID IS BUSY AGAIN
BAKER - WOODS
Announcements were received here Monday of the marriage, Saturday, October 5th, at Welston, Okla., of Miss Helen Woods to Dr. Harold J. Baker, a dentist of that city, where the couple will reside. The bride is a sister of Attorney R.A. Woods of this village.

1. Harold Jay Baker, Jr was born on 2 Sep 1908 in Wellston, Lincoln, OK; died in Dec 1979 in Williamsburg, James City, VA.
2. Dr. Robert Woods Baker was born on 10 Jul 1910 in Wellston, Lincoln, OK; died on 10 Apr 1980 in Tulsa, Tulsa, OK.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 2 Oct 1850, West Salem, Mercer, PA; Alex, age 5, born PA, living with parents
• Census: 21 Jun 1860, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 15, born PA, living with parents
• Census: 3 Aug 1870, West Salem, Mercer, PA; Alex, age 25, born PA, farming, living with mother
• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Richland, Clarion, PA; age 35, born PA, clerk in drug store, parents born PA/PA
• Census: 23 Jun 1880, Wheatland, Mercer, PA; age 34, born PA, clerk in drugstore, parents born PA/PA
• Census: Jun 1890, Wirt, Allegany, NY; private in 199 Penn Inf, enlisted 9 Sept 1864, discharged 8 July 1865, duration 10 months
• Census: 16 Feb 1892, Wirt, Allegany, NY; age 48, born US, druggist
• Census: 5 Jun 1900, Richburg, Allegany, NY; age 54, born Dec 1845 in PA, widowed, salesman, parents born PA/PA (enumerator on this census)
• Census: 26 Apr 1910, Attica, Wyoming, NY; age 64, born PA, widowed, clerk at drug store, boards with owner of drug store, parents born PA/PA

Notes:

from A.A. Woods' Civil War Pension File and various Civil War Accounts
Enlistment in 199th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on 8 Sept 1864
The 199th Pennsylvania Infantry lost 2 officers and 30 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 52 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
-September & October, 1864: Organized at Philadelphia under Colonel James C. Briscoe, Lt. Colonel Ambrose A. Lechler and Major William A. F. Gehr
-October: Moved to Deep Bottom Landing, Va. Duty in trenches before Richmond, Va.
-March 28-April 9, 1865: Appomattox Campaign March
---April 2: Assaults on Forts Gregg and Alexander and Fall of Petersburg
---April 3-9: Pursuit of Lee
---April 6: Rice's Station
---April 9: Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.
-April - May: Duty at Richmond, Va.
Discharged from military on 28 June 1865
...

from "The Bradford (Pa) Era", 10 Dec 1889 (newpaperarchive.com)
A.A. Woods is the Main street druggist who is know all over the oil country and respected by all. He came here from Wheatland, Mercer county, Pa., in 1884. He is supervisor of Wirt township and a notary public, also telegraph operator for the Western Union. He is in the oil business at Windfall and has a lease at Lima, O.
...

from "The Caledonia Era", 31 May 1916 (fultonhistory.com)
The news of death of Alexander A. Woods which occured in Springwater last Friday evening. May 26, 1916, came as a great surprise to Caledonia people as it was not known but that he was enjoying the best of health. Mr. Woods was a man who made friends wherever he went and consequently everyone who know him feel that they have lost a valued friend. He was born in Grenville, Pa., 72 years ago, and most of his early years was spent in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. He served one year in the war and was with General Grant at Appomatox, and was a member of the G.A.R. During later years he held positions as druggist in Caledonia, Attica, Le Roy, Fillmore, Buffalo and lastly Springwater. Deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. Harold J. Baker, and one son, Ralph A. Woods, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma; also four grandchildren. His wife, whose maiden name was Nellie Walker, died eighteen years ago. He also leaves a brother of Greenville and a number of nieces and nephews. The remains were taken to Greenville and buried in the family lot. Mrs. R.A. Woods went to Greenville to attend the funeral. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon. Members of the G.A.R Post of Greenville and the 199th Pennsylvania regiment in which Mr. Woods, enlisted attended the funeral.
...

from "The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle", 29 May 1916
A. A. WOODS
Springwater Pharmacist Dies Suddenly of Acute Indigestion.
Springwater, May 28. - A.A. Woods, a pharmacist who formerly resided in Caledonia, died suddenly here early yesterday morning in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Densmore, at the age of 72 years. Mr. Woods had not been feeling well for the past month but had been able to be at the store the most of the time. He had been at his work as usual and about 4 o'clock last night was taken suddenly ill and died shortly after the arrival of physicians. Mr. Woods had been employed at the Densmore store only since March 1st, but in that short time he had made many friends. He leaves one son, Ralph, and one daughter, both of Pulfat, Okla., and one daughter-in-law , Mrs. Maude Root, of Caledonia. The remains were taken to Caledonia last night and this morning were taken to Greenville, Pa., for burial.

Alexander married Mary Ellen “Nellie” Walker on 1 May 1873 in Wheatland, Mercer, PA. Mary (daughter of James Harvey Walker and Martha McDowell) was born in 1851 in Clarksville, Mercer, PA; died on 8 Feb 1897 in Richburg, Allegany, NY; was buried in Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Clarksville, Mercer, PA; Mary E, age 8, born PA, living with mother
• Census: 7 Jun 1880, Richland, Clarion, PA; age 27, born PA, keeping house, parents born PA/PA
• Census: 23 Jun 1880, Wheatland, Mercer, PA; age 28, keeping house, born PA, parents born PA/IRE, mother in house
• Census: 16 Feb 1892, Wirt, Allegany, NY; age 40, born US

Notes:

from "The Boliver Breeze", 11 Jan 1895 (fultonhistory.com)
Mrs. E. Woods and daughter Helen, started last Tuesday morning for Pensylvania where they expect to remain for several weeks with Mrs. Woods' sister and mother.

from "The Boliver Breeze", 12 Apr 1895 (fultonhistory.com)
Mrs. Woods and Helen who have been in Pennsylvania for the pawst three months returned home last Saturday evening. All are glad to welcome them home once more.

from "The Boliver Breeze", 12 Feb 1897 (fultonhistory.com)
DEATH OF MRS. A.A. WOOD.
Mrs. A.A. Woods died at her home in Richburg, Monday morning, after an illness of three months, aged 45 years. The deceased leaves a husband and two children to mourn their irreparable loss. Mr. Woods has resided in Richburg for nearly 12 years; the family are highly respected and have the sympathy of the entire community.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 2 Oct 1850, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 46, born PA, farmer
• Census: 21 Jun 1860, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 56, born PA, farmer

Notes:

From "History of Mercer County, Its Past and Present", 1888 (archive.org)
John W. was born on the old homestead in 1804, and grew to manhood under the parental roof. He was married January 6, 1835, to Jemima, daughter of Patrick McLaughlin, a native of Ireland, whose parents settled in this township in April, 1800. Mrs. Woods was born in Kinsman, Ohio, May 15, 1815, but came to West Salem in infancy. She is the mother of thirteen children: Laird, Electa J., deceased; Wilson, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; John W., Alexander, Simeon, deceased; Oscar, deceased; Lyman B., Emeline, Willis O., Charles S. and Hattie. Mr Woods always followed farming, and died on the homestead March 17, 1869. He was a deacon of West Salem Baptist Church many years, and his widow has been life-long member of the same organization. He was a Republican in politics, and an upright, honest and liberal-hearted citizen, whom everyone respected. He was a kind father and husband, and his memory is revered by numerous descendents.

John married Jemima McLaughlin on 6 Jan 1835 in West Salem, Mercer, PA. Jemima (daughter of Patrick McLaughlin and Mary Elizabeth Smail) was born on 15 May 1815 in Kinsman, Trumbull, OH; died on 17 Aug 1891 in West Salem, Mercer, PA; was buried on 19 Aug 1891 in Baptist Cemetery, West Salem, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 2 Oct 1850, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 35, born PA
• Census: 21 Jun 1860, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 45, born OH
• Census: 3 Aug 1870, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 55, born OH, Keeping House
• Census: 24 Jun 1880, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 65, born OH, widowed, keeping house, parents born IRE/PA

Notes:

From "The Greenville Advance Argus", 20 Aug 1891 (newspaperarchive.com)
Mrs. Jemima Woods died, Monday, at the home of her son, Willis Woods.
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from "The Greenville Advance Argus", 20 Aug 1891 (newspaperarchive.com)
Mrs. Jemima Woods, widow of the late John W. Woods, died at her late residence in West Salem, Monday morning, August 17, in the 77th year of her age. She has been a resident of West Salem from her infancy. She spent her entire married life on the farm where she died, and reared a family of thirteen children, nine sons and four daughters, eight of whom are still living. Her husband died 22 years ago. She has been a member of the West Salem Baptist Church for over 59 years, being one of the constituent members of it. She died of cancer of the face, after an illness of many months and the confinement to her bed three weeks. The funeral was held yesterday morning at the Maysville Baptist Church, Rev. J.T. Davis preaching the sermon.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 27 Oct 1850, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA; age 30, born PA, carpenter, living next to parents
• Census: 1860, Clarksville, Mercer, PA; age 69, born PA, Carpenter, died Aug of Consumption

Notes:

from "Genealogy and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania" by John W Jordan, 1914
James Leander Walker, a prominent citizen of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, is descended on his father's side of the house from an old Pennsylvania family, while his mother was a native of Ireland. He was born in 1848, at Clarksville, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, a son of Harvey and Martha (McDowell) Walker. His paternal grandparents were George and Sarah Walker, both probably natives of Mercer county, though of Irish descent. George Walker was a cabinetmaker, and died in Clarksville when our subject was about five years of age. Harvey Walker, the father of our subject, was the eldest of his four children, and was born in Mercer county and educated in the early schools of the region. His education completed, he apprenticed himself to his father and of him learned the trade of cabinet making, which he afterwards followed through life at Clarksville. He was a strongly religious man and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of the Sons of Temperance, and an extremely ardent partisan of the cause for which that organization stood. He was married to Martha McDowell, a daughter of parents who were immigrants to the United States and settled in the southern part of New York state. Miss McDowell herself came to this country when only three years of age, with an aunt. To Mr. and Mrs. Walker were born six children : Julia ; Kathrine ; James Leander, our subject; Mary Ellen; William G. and Francis H. Walker.

James married Martha McDowell on 11 Jan 1842. Martha (daughter of James McDowell and Catherine McCutchen) was born on 1 May 1821 in Ireland; died on 28 Jan 1895 in New Brighton, Beaver, PA; was buried on 30 Jan 1895 in Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 27 Oct 1850, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA; age 29, born IRE
• Census: 14 Jun 1860, Clarksville, Mercer, PA; age 39, born IRE, head of household
• Census: 15 Aug 1870, Greenville, Mercer, PA; age 50, born NY, keeping house, living with brother William McDowell and his two children
• Census: 23 Jun 1880, Wheatland, Mercer, PA; age 59, born IRE, parents born IRE/IRE, living with daughter's family

Notes:

from "SVC Burial Book #1, 1882-1913, pg 31, line 7" (burial site at findagrave)
Dau of Jas & Elizabeth McDowell. [note: name of mother likely wrong. Brothers William and Andrew list mother's name as Catherine, not Elizabeth]

From "The Greenville Advance Argus", 31 Jan 1895 (newspaperarchive.com)
Mrs. Martha Walker, widow of James H. Walker, died at the residence of her son James in New Brighton, Monday, and was brought here for burial, yesterday (Wednesday)

From "The Shenango Valley News", 1 Feb 1895 (newspaperarchive.com)
Mrs. Martha Walker, widow of the late James H. Walker, died at the residence of her son James, in New Brighton, on Monday, Jan. 28, and was buried in the Cemetery here on Wednesday morning, being brought on the morning E. & P. train. Mrs. Walker was the daughter of James McDowell, of this place, and a sister of Wm. McDowell, of this place, and Andrew J. McDowell, of Shenango. She was in the 75 year of her age. She had been in poor health for a number of years. She leaves two daughters and three sons. She had been an active and honored member of the Methodist Church from early girlhood.

Notes:

From "History of Mercer County, Its Past and Present", 1888 (archive.org)
THE WOODS FAMILY were among the earliest settlers of West Salem Township. William and Mollie (Laird) Woods, natives of Ireland, immigrated to Philadelphia and thence to Westmoreland County, Penn., about 1792. In 1797 William took up the tract of land in West Salem whereon his grandson, Willis O. Woods, now lives, upon which he settled permenently the following year. Four children were born ere the removal of the family to the county, viz: Jane, Alexander, Thomas and Rebecca. William, now a resident of Page County, Iowa, was the first born in their new cabin home, his birth occuring in January, 1800. Mary, John W. and Betsy were born subsequently.

From "The History of the Woods Family, with a genealogy of Alexander Woods" by Roy Cleo Woods, 1936
Frances M. Woods of Washington, D.C., in 1897 sent papers to Mr. and Mrs. James B. Secrist, West Newton, Pa., in which she said that her line was descended from James Woods, son of Sir John Woods. Sir John disinherited this son James because he married Deborah M'Lellan, a daughter of the gatekeeper. In Pennsylvania, as late as 1829, lived a James Woods who was of this line. He was brother of the father of Alexander Woods, 1768-1848. For sake of convenience we will call this father Alexander, 1st generation. Besides Alexander and James of this 1st generation were two sisters. One married and had son, James Leard, also called Laird. The other sister married and had a son, John Donnel....Undoubtedly all of Alexander's (1st) children were born in Tyrone County, Ireland. They were Alexander, James, John, William, Thomas, Robert, Isabella, and a daughter who married a man named Shannon....William 2nd (Alexander 1st) lived in Shenango, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was married and had several children, three of whom apparently died at or about the same time. In 1814 William visited his brother Alexander in Ohio. He went to see if that country pleased him better than did Pennsylvania but it did not. William died March 29, 1828, leaving his family "in good circumstances."

William married Mary “Mollie” Laird in 1791 in Westmoreland Co., PA. Mary was born in 1761 in Ireland; died on 26 May 1853 in West Salem, Mercer, PA; was buried in Bigler Cemetery, Hempfield, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 2 Oct 1850, West Salem, Mercer, PA; age 88, born IRE, living next to sons John W and William W Woods

Notes:

From "History of Mercer County, Its Past and Present", 1888 (archive.org)
Their [John and Nancy McLaughlin's] eldest son, Patrick, grew up in West Salem Township and at Kinsman, Ohio, and was married September 8, 1814, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Smail. She was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., July 18, 1792. After his marriage he located at Kinsman, Ohio, but soon returned to West Salem, where he reared nine children; Jemima, widow of John W. Woods; Mary, widow of J. C. Morford; Sarah M., widow of James M. Johnston; Phoebe, widow of William Morford; Simeon, George, deceased; Enos, Cyrus and Alva. The mother died in West Salem August 23, 1830, and her husband again married and removed to Iowa, where he died April 20, 1859.

Patrick married Mary Elizabeth Smail on 8 Sep 1814 in West Salem, Mercer, PA. Mary (daughter of John Smail and Mary Fisher) was born on 18 Jul 1792 in Westmoreland Co., PA; died on 23 Aug 1830 in West Salem, Mercer, PA; was buried in Baptist Cemetery, West Salem, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 27 Oct 1850, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA; age 59, born IRE, carpenter, living next to son James

George married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in 1792 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 27 Oct 1850, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA; age 58, born PA

Notes:

from "Ohio, Soldiers Grave Registration Cards, 1804-1958" (fold3.com)
James McDowell, Army Pvt in Capt. Nisbett's Co., enlisted in 28 Apr 1812, discharged 12 Aug 1812, in War of 1812, born 1783, died 20 Jun 1844, was buried in Lot 150 at Hartford Center cemetery in Hartford, Trumball, OH.

From History of Mercer County
Andrew J. McDowell, farmer, post-office Greenville, was born in Steuben County, N.Y., May 1, 1827. His parents were James and Catharine (McCutchen) McDowell, natives of Scotland, who emigrated from Ireland a family of six children about 1823, and settled in Steuben County, N.Y. Three children were born after their coming. About 1835 the family removed to Trumbull County, Ohio, where the father died in June, 1844. This broke up the home, and the mother afterward died at the home of her daughter in Clarksville, Mercer County.

James married Catherine McCutchen. Catherine was born in 1793 in Ireland; died in Clarksville, Mercer, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 27 Oct 1850, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA; age 57, born IRE, living with widowed daughter Phoebe

Notes:

From "The History of the Woods Family, with a genealogy of Alexander Woods" by Roy Cleo Woods, 1936
Undoubted all of Alexander's (1st) children were born in Tyrone County, Ireland. There were Alexander, James, John, William, Thomas, Robert, Rebecca, Isabella, and a daughter who married a man named Shannon.

Alexander married Jane Wilson. Jane was born in 1745 in Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "History of Mercer County, Its Past and Present", 1888 (archive.org)
John McLaughlin and Nancy, his wife, both of Irish lineage, came to this township in April, 1800. On the 9th of August, 1801, John died, it being the first death in the township so far as any records show. His widow the next year married Peter Losse, of Ohio.John McLaughlin, son of James and Mary McLaughlin, was born in Ireland about 1758, and was there married May 12, 1790, to Nancy, daughter of Patrick McLaughlin. One child, Patrick, was born in Ireland March 28, 1792, and the following year the parents immigrated to Mifflin County, Penn., where three children were born to them: Mary, February 8, 1794, first married to Andrew Brown and afterward Richard Morford; Henry, who reared a family and went West and died, and William. In 1799 the family removed to Beaver County, Penn., where another son, John, was born the following spring. In April, 1800, John McLaughlin and family settled in West Salem Township, where he died August 9, 1801. He was the first pioneer who died in that township, and he was interred in the neighborhood. His widow married Peter Lossee, December 4, 1802, and removed to Kinsman, Ohio, where she died.

John married Agnes “Nancy” McLaughlin on 12 May 1790 in Ireland. Agnes (daughter of Patrick McLaughlin and Mary) was born in 1769 in Eglinton, Faughanvale Parish, Londonderry, IRE; died on 28 Feb 1848 in Kinsman, Trumbull, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "History of Mercer County, Its Past and Present", 1888 (archive.org)
John and Mary Smail, natives of Germany, came from Westmoreland County to West Salem Township in 1812 or ’13. They reared eleven children, viz. : Jacob, John, Samuel, George, Susan, Elizabeth, Polly, Sarah, Katie, Christina and Rachel. The parents died in West Salem, where their descendants are quite numerous.

John married Mary Fisher about 1785 in Westmoreland Co., PA. Mary was born in 1765 in Pennsylvania; died in West Salem, Mercer, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From "History of Mercer County, Its Past and Present", 1888 (archive.org)
JAMES WALKER, deceased, was one of the earliest settlers of Mercer County. He was a native of Ireland, and about 1793 immigrated to Ligonier, Penn. In the fall of 1797 he settled in the forest half a mile west of Leech's Corners, in what is now Sugar Grove Township, purchasing the improvement of William Lindsey. He was accompanied by his wife and three sons, and April 27, 1798, a daughter, Martha, was born, who is said to have been the first white child born in that part of the county. His wife died in 1811, and soon afterward he married Catharine McFetridge, also a native of Ireland, of which union one daughter, Mary Ann, was born March 13, 1812. This daughter married Marvin Loomis in 1829, and he took charge of the Walker homestead, the parents making their home with Mr. Loomis until they died. Mr. Walker died February 20, 1834, and his widow January 10, 1849. All of their children are dead, the two daughters and two of the sons dying in this county, and one son in Minnesota. The Walker family were Whig and Republican in politics. and Methodists in religious belief. They were upright, industrious, respected citizens, and did their full share in developing the full interests of Mercer County. When James Walker built his cabin in Sugar Grove Township the whole county was one vast, unbroken forest, and during his life-time he often illustrated the density of the forest by relating how he once got lost in the woods within twenty rods of his own cabin door.

James married Ann. Ann was born in 1759 in Ireland; died on 15 May 1810 in Sugar Grove, Mercer, PA; was buried in Old Salem Methodist Church, Sugar Grove, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]