Elvira Woods^{[1, 2]}

1830 - 1916  (85 years)

• Name	Elvira Woods
  Birth	16 May 1830	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Female
  Census	27 Oct 1850	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; Alvina, age 20, born PA, living with mother
  Census	30 Jun 1860	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; age 27, born PA, living with mother
  Census	29 Jun 1870	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; age 39, born PA, living with Clarinda & Mina & likely Harriet
  Census	17 Jul 1880	Nodaway, Page, IA ; age 48, born PA, single, school teacher, parents born PA/PA, living with sisters Ermina & Malissa McCleland
  Census	1885	Nodaway, Page, IA ; age 53, born PA, single, housekeeper, living with sister's (Melissa) family
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Nodaway, Page, IA ; age 69, born May 1831 in PA, single, parent born PA/PA, nephew Harry Beals in house (son of Jessie (McClelland) Beals)
  Census	15 Apr 1910	Nodaway, Page, IA ; [possible] Emma, age 72, born PA, parents born PA/PA, living in house of brother James Woods [she's a cousin]
  Death	28 Jan 1916	Gravity, Page, IA
  Burial		Summit Cemetery, Yorktown, IA
  Person ID	I1483	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Alexander Woods,   b. 1795, Pennsylvania d. 1840, Mercer Co., PA (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Mary J Bean,   b. Abt 1796, Pennsylvania d. 25 Jun 1866, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	1815	Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Page County Democrat", 1 Feb 1916 (clarinda.advantage-preservation.com) Elvira Woods was born in Mercer county, Pa., May, 1830. She passed away January 28, 1916. She had six sisters and two brothers. All but one, Miss Ermina Woods of Grinnell, Iowa preceded her to their home in Heaven. Her girlhood days were spent with her mother, brothers and sisters,. her father died when she was a little child. She received her education in the home schools and in the Kingsville Academy, Ohio. Miss Woods taught in home school in Clarksville, also in Greenville and Meadville, Pa. and was very successful in the work. Here mother died in 1866. The last word of the mother to Elvira were, "Stand by Melissa." She gave the promise and soon after the mother was laid to rest, she went to her sister's home to care for her in sickness and nelp her care for the lottle family. Melissa (Mrs. McClelland) and family came west to Page county and she followed them. For a time she taught in Page county, but after several terms, the sister's health failing, she gave up teaching to minister to her sister and family, remaining with them until Mr. and Mrs. McClelland both died. Elvira remembered her promise to her mother and took up the work that her sister and husband had been taken from. To the two children, Elvira gave a mother's care until they went into homes of their own. Since then she has lived with them, taking turns about the families of Mr. McClelland and Mrs. Walter Mitchell. She died at the Mitchell home. Miss Woods united with the Presbyterian church in Clarksville, when young. On coming to Page county she became one of the charter members of the Presbyterian church at Yorktown and gave many rears of faithful service. Her motto was, "even Jesus pleased not Himself." The funeral of Elvira Woods who was know at Yorktown at "Aunt Vie" was held Sunday the Presbyterian church at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. Driver. Many beautiful flowers furnished by the church, the Borthwick families and others, were placed upon the casket. The bearers were John Gwynn, Rudy Heninger, Joe Morrison, Harry and Ollie Kenagy and David Stitt of Clarinda. Music was furnished by a quartet from Clarinda. Burial was at Summit cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] United States Federal Census 1880, Roll: 359 Page: 419. [S13] United States Federal Census 1900, Roll: 452 Page: 161.