Clarence Ord Woods^[1]

1869 - 1896  (27 years)

• Name	Clarence Ord Woods
  Birth	1869	West Salem, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Male
  Census	3 Aug 1870	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 1, born PA, living with parents
  Census	8 Jun 1880	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 11, born PA, living with parents
  Census	11 Jun 1880	Williamsfield, Ashtabula, OH ; Ord, age 12, born PA, works on farm, living with Alfred and Eliza Moats (Clorinda's sister), parents born PA/PA
  Death	27 Aug 1896	Mayville, Mercer, PA
  Burial		Shenango Valley Cemetery
  Person ID	I1651	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

  
  

• Headstones

  John, Clarinda & C. Ord Woods Gravestone JOHN W. WOODS / 1843 - 1926 CLARINDA / his wife / 1845 - 1911 C. ORD WOODS / 1869 - 1896 Plot: Section D Lot 164

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Greenville Advance Argus", 3 Sep 1896 (newspaperarchive.com) Clarence Ord Wood, oldest son of Wellington Wood, died at his father's home in Mayville in Thursday evening, August 27, after an illness of a few weeks. He was born in West Salem in 1869 and was a little more than twenty-seven years of age. He was a highly respected young man. His funeral was held at the Maysville Baptist church, Sunday, at 10 a.m. and the largest gathering seen there for many years. Rev Davis preached the funeral sermon. The body was interred in the Shenango Valley cemetery. from "The Greenville Advance Argus", 3 Sep 1896 (newspaperarchive.com) The funeral of Mr. Ord Wood, last Sunday, at Maysville, was attended by a large number of people. By actual count there were 252 rigs in the procession and one thousand persons reviewed the remains. Mr. J. H. Stright, the gentlemanly undertaker, conducted the funeral to the entire satisfaction of the family and friends. from "The Shenango Valley News", 4 Sep 1896 (newspaperarchive.com) Clarence Ord Wood, eldest son of Wellington Wood, died at his father's home in Maysville, Thursday evening, Aug. 27, in his 28th year. He was sick only a few weeks. He had a wide acquaintance, and all who knew him held him him in high esteem. His funeral was conducted at the Maysville Baptist church Sunday, at 10 a.m. by Rev Davis, and was the largest gathering known for years in that vicinity, three or four hundred people being unable to gain admission to the crowded church. He was laid to rest in our beautiful Shenango Valley cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] Nancy Sadler, Transcriber, Mercer County Cemetery Index, (Mercer County Genealogical Society), Vol MC 9, pg 66 for C Ord, Clarinda, Ella J Willis O, John W, Ernest A.