Della M Woods

1867 - 1915  (48 years)

• Name	Della M Woods
  Birth	18 Mar 1867	West Salem, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Female
  Census	3 Aug 1870	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 3, born PA, living with parents
  Census	8 Jun 1880	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 13, born PA. living with parents
  Census	5 Jun 1900	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 32, born March 1868 in PA, marr 12 yrs, 1/1 children living, parents born PA/PA
  Census	29 Apr 1910	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 43, born PA, marr 23 yrs, 2/3 children living, parents born PA/PA
  Death	27 Oct 1915	West Salem, Mercer, PA
  Burial		Rock Ridge Cemetery, Greenville, PA
  Person ID	I1650	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	John Wellington Woods,   b. 25 Mar 1843, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 14 Sep 1926, Andover, Ashtabula, OH (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Clarinda Brown,   b. 30 Aug 1844, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 30 Nov 1911, Maysville, Mercer, PA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1866
  Family ID	F411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herman Melvin,   b. 30 May 1857, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 1935, West Salem, Mercer, PA (Age 77 years)  [1]
  Marriage	27 Jan 1887	West Salem, Mercer, PA
  Children	+ 1. Glenn Ord Melvin,   b. 27 Jun 1896, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. Jul 1983, Greenville, Mercer, PA (Age 87 years) + 2. Harry Lester Melvin,   b. 9 May 1903, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 17 Sep 1988, Greenville, Mercer, PA (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F1500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Herman & Della Melvin Gravestone MELVIN / HERMAN 1858 - 1935 / DELLA M. 1867 - 1915

  
  

• Notes

  From "The Greenville Evening Record", 3 Nov 1915 (newspaperarchive.com) Mrs. Della M. Melvin, wife of Herman Melvin of West Salem, October 27, after a lingering illness. She was born March 18, 1967 and was the daughter of Clarinda and J. W. Woods. She was united in marriage to Herman Melvin January 27, 1887, who with two sons, Glenn O. and Harry L., are left to mourn the loss of a loving wife and mother. She is also survived by her father, J. W. Woods, one brother Ernest, and one sister, Mrs. Herman Mohr, all of West Salem. The deceased was a member of West Salem Grange, also of the Sunshine society, and truly she was a ray of sunshine to all who knew her, for to know her was to love her. She was a most estimable lady, of noble Christian character and death has caused a gloom over the entire community, who feel they have lost a kind and loving friend. She was truly one of God's mothers. Her greatest happiness was to be with her husband and boys in family home or helping some one else. Although she has been in failing heath for a number of months she would not give up until compelled to do so, but when the Master said "come up higher they work on earth is finished," she was ready to go. Although her face and form we see no more, her influence lives on and is a benediction to those who are left. Funeral services were held from her late residence Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Mr. McCreary. Interment in Rock Ridge cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] John G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, (Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1909), pg 702.