Mary Melvina Woods

1837 - 1925  (87 years)

• Name	Mary Melvina Woods
  Birth	29 Oct 1837	West Salem, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Female
  Census	2 Oct 1850	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 12, born PA, living with parents
  Census	21 Jun 1860	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 22, born PA, living with parents
  Census	25 Jun 1870	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; age 32, born PA, keeping house, she and husband living with her parents
  Census	12 Jul 1880	Nodaway, Page, IA ; Mary L Williamson, age 42, born PA, house keeper, living with father, parents born PA/PA
  Census	1885	Nodaway, Page, IA ; age 47, born PA, single, house keeper, living with father
  Census	23 Jun 1900	Nodaway, Page, IA ; age 62, born Oct 1837 in PA, widowed, 0/0 children living, parents born PA/PA, living with brother Leander's family
  Census	19 Jan 1920	Benton, Adair, MO ; age 82, born PA, widowed, parents born PA/PA, living with brother Leander & wife
  Death	3 Apr 1925	Kirksville, Adair, MO
  Burial		Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, IA
  Person ID	I1463	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	William W Woods,   b. 15 Feb 1800, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 27 Jun 1892, Nodaway, Page, IA (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Donaldson,   b. 29 Dec 1805, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 26 Nov 1876, Nodaway, Page, IA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1828
  Family ID	F329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ezra Williamson,   b. 1835, Pennsylvania
  Marriage	17 Sep 1863
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Clarinda Herald", 9 Apr 1925 (clarinda.advantage-preservation.com) Mary Melvina Woods was born in West Salem , Mercer County, Pa. October 29, 1837. She was married to Ezra Williamson, a local preacher of the M.E. Church September 17, 1863. With her husband she came to Clarinda in May 1871, and later lived in Nebraska where Mr. Williamson did the work of a minister as long as he lied. Returning to Clarinda after the death of Mr. Williamson she resided with her parents. William and Phoebe Woods, until they entered their rest and since then her home has been with her brothers, Alfred and Lee, the last nine years with Lee in Kirksville, Missouri. She united with the Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania at the age of 12. After the death of her husband she placed her membership again in the Presbyterian Church and there it remained in Clarinda and Kirksville until she died April 3, 1925 in the 88th year of her life. Hers was a quiet and very useful life. She was very much loved by all who knew her. There was a sweetness in her touch and a brightness in her smile that everybody welcomed and remembered. Her remains were brought to Clarinda for burial. Her funeral services were held Tuesday from Pruitt's conducted by Dr. A.B. Marshall pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Clarinda and her body was laid to rest in the Clarinda cemetery. Three brothers survive her, Wm. N. of Clarinda, Jno. A. of Ellispont, Washington, and Lee of Kirksville, Mo.