James Cunningham Woods

1828 - 1905  (76 years)

• Name	James Cunningham Woods
  Birth	23 Feb 1828	Dearborn Co, IN
  Gender	Male
  Census	30 Jul 1860	Monroe, Jefferson, IN ; age 33, born IN, farmer
  Census	11 Aug 1870	Monroe, Jefferson, IN ; age 42, born IN, farmer
  Census	17 Jun 1880	Monroe, Jefferson, IN ; age 53, born IN, farmer, parents born IN/IN
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Monroe, Jefferson, IN ; age 72, born IN, marr 41 yrs, farmer, parents born PA/PA
  Death	16 Jan 1905	Monroe, Jefferson, IN
  Burial		Craig Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson, IN
  Person ID	I17713	Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Joseph Woods,   b. 1795, Pennsylvania d. 1853, Monroe, Jefferson, IN (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Isabella Jane Bushfield,   b. 1793, Pennsylvania d. 1835 (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F6842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan Ann Reed,   b. 1830, Virginia
  Marriage	21 Dec 1852	Franklin Co, KY
  Notes	from "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979" (familysearch.org) On 21 Dec 1852 in Franklin Co, KY, James C Woods, 24, b. Dearborn Co, IN married Susan A Reed, 22, born to Andrew B Reed.
  Children	1. Isabella Belle “Bell” Woods,   b. 25 Oct 1853, Indiana d. 14 Jan 1902, Indianapolis, Marion, IN (Age 48 years)   2. Alford Lane Woods,   b. 22 Jan 1855   d. 4 Apr 1858 (Age 3 years) 3. Kathrine Robison Woods,   b. 6 Nov 1856, Dupont, Jefferson, IN d. 2 Mar 1915, Eaton, Delaware, IN (Age 58 years)   4. Joseph Taylor Woods,   b. 12 Mar 1858, Monroe, Jefferson, IN d. 5 Apr 1863 (Age 5 years)   5. William C Woods,   b. 1 Oct 1859, Monroe, Jefferson, IN d. 1 Apr 1863 (Age 3 years)   6. Carrie Ova Woods,   b. 18 Jul 1861   d. 8 Apr 1863 (Age 1 year) 7. Margaret Elizabeth Woods,   b. 23 Mar 1863, Bloomington, Monroe, IN d. 26 Oct 1907, Brooksburg, Jefferson, IN (Age 44 years)   8. Anna Sarah Woods,   b. 19 Nov 1864, Jefferson Co, IN d. 22 Mar 1936, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI (Age 71 years)   9. Howard Leftwich Woods,   b. 26 Aug 1867, Jefferson Co, IN d. 11 Mar 1937, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI (Age 69 years)   10. Mary Woods,   b. 1869, Monroe, Jefferson, IN   11. Ida J Woods,   b. Jul., 1874, Jefferson Co, IN d. 17 Feb 1908, Monroe, Jefferson, IN (Age ~ 33 years)   12. Ada Pearl Woods,   b. 11 Feb 1879
  Family ID	F6966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" (ancestry.com) James C Woods, age 76y 11m, a widowed farmer, born IN to to Joseph Woods b. PA & Isabel Bushfield b. PA, died 16 Jan 1905 in Monroe, Jefferson, IN of face carcinoma. Burial 18 Jan at Craigs Grace Yard, Madison. Informant Horace Woods of Madison. from "Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana", 1889 JAMES C WOODS, farmer, Monroe township, was bron in 1928, in Dearborn county, Ind.; was raised on a farm, and educated in the common schools. His father, Joseph Woods, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1793; he came to Indiana in 1816, and settled in Dearborn county. Here he remained until 1837, when he removed to Jefferson county, into what is now Monroe township, where he died in 1853. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace in Dearborn county, and was elected to that office in Jefferson county, where he held the office for none to ten years, and was serving at the time of this death. The mother of James C. Woods was Miss Isabel Bushfield, daughter of Samuel Bushfield, all natives of Ireland. The family of Joseph Woods was composed of nine children, seven of whom lived to maturity. Mr. James C. Woods, at the age of 22, began to learn the trade of coach blacksmithing. He served part of his time in Madison, Ind., and finished at Frankfort, Ky. He worded at this trade for five years. He married Susan A. Read, in December, 1852. She was the daughter of Andrew Read, a native of Virginia, who removed to Kentucky after his daughter was born. He was of Scotch-Irish extraction. His father, Frank Read, was a Revolutionary soldier, and he, himself, was a soldier in the War of 1812-15. Her mother's family, of French extraction named Leftwich were early settlers of Virginia. The result of this marriage was six children, viz: Belle, Kate, Elizabeth, Anna, Howard, and Ida. Kate is married to George Craig, and lives in Johnson county, Ind.; the others are at home, except Belle, who is at Indianapolis, Ind. Mr. Woods owns 200 acres of good land, well improved. Is a member of the I.O.O.F. and the Grange. Once hold the office of township treasurer, and is a good citizen.