Edmund Lester Woods

1858 - 1954  (95 years)

• Name	Edmund Lester Woods
  Birth	18 Dec 1858	Barry, Pike, IL
  Gender	Male
  Census	16 Jul 1860	Barry, Pike, IL ; age 1, born IL, living with parents
  Census	9 Aug 1870	Warren, Lucas, IA ; age 12, born IL, living with father
  Census	Jun 1880	Oak, Smith, KS ; age 21, born IL, living with father
  Census	1885	Valley, Smith, KS ; age 26, single, living with father
  Census	25 Jun 1900	White Rock, Smith, KS ; age 41, born Dec 1858 in IL, marr 8 yrs, farmer, parents born PA/OH, sister Martha in house
  Census	20 Apr 1910	Esbon, Jewell, KS ; age 51, born IL, mx1-18 yrs, farmer, parents born PA/OH, sister Martha in house
  Census	1915	Courtland, Republic, KS ; E.L., age 56, born IL, from IA, farmer, sister Martha in house
  Census	10 Jan 1920	Courtland, Republic, KS ; age 61, born IL, farmer, parents born PA/PA, sister Martha in house
  Census	11 Apr 1930	Beaver, Wichita, KS ; age 71, born IL, 1st marr at 33, farmer, parents born PA/OH
  Census	10 Apr 1940	Beaver, Wichita, KS ; age 81, born IL, gr7 ed, in same house in 1935
  Death	30 Sep 1954	Leoti, Wichita, KS
  Burial		Beulah Cemetery, Leoti, KS
  Person ID	I17760	Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Woods,   b. 9 Jun 1810, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 3 Nov 1893, Lebanon, Smith, KS (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Adaline Lillie,   b. 15 May 1819, Perry City, Wyoming, NY d. 11 Mar 1861, Barry, Pike, IL (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	2 Apr 1837	Ashtabula Co, OH
  Notes	from "Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993" (ancestry.com) On Apr 1838 in Ashtabula Co, OH, Thomas Woods married Adaline Lillie.
  Family ID	F6865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane Hawkins,   b. 27 Oct 1868, Greene Co, TN d. 16 Sep 1942, Leoti, Wichita, KS (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1892	Smith Co, KS
  Children	1. Ernest Lester Woods,   b. 21 Jan 1893, Kansas d. 31 Dec 1906, Lebanon, Smith, KS (Age 13 years) + 2. Virgil Archer Woods,   b. 26 Aug 1894, Lebanon, Smith, KS d. Jan 1973, Meeker, Rio Blanco, CO (Age 78 years)   3. Arley Conway Woods,   b. 11 Oct 1898, Lebanon, Smith, KS d. 24 Nov 1956, Wichita Co, KS (Age 58 years) 4. Edith Woods,   b. 21 Oct 1901, Smith Co, KS d. 4 Dec 1978, Scott, Scott, KS (Age 77 years) + 5. William Maxwell Woods,   b. 12 Oct 1903, Smith Co, KS d. 11 Nov 1971, Leoti, Wichita, KS (Age 68 years) + 6. Kenneth Alton Woods,   b. 17 Jan 1909, Smith Co, KS d. 3 May 1996, Leoti, Wichita, KS (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F6868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  From "Leoti Standard" (posted by Karen de Sanno on findagrave.com) The last rites for E.L. Woods, an early-day pioneer, were held from the Methodist Church in Leoti Saturday afternoon, at 2:00 p.m., with Rev. Ralph Jones delivering the sermon. The casketbearers were Chet Pearson, Garland Ganson, Fred Metheney, P.E. Metheney, Glenn Dickey, and Richard Hobson. Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Clifford Jay, Chet Lytle, Hyland Steele, and Luther Seibel with Mrs. Ruth Betlack, organist. Songs selected were, "We Shall Always Be Happy Over There," and "In the Garden." A solo, "Sunrise Tomorrow, " was sung by Clifford Jay. Interment was in Beulah Cemetery in north Wichita county. The Weinmann Funeral Home was in charge of the services. Edmund Lester Woods was born at Barry, Illinois, December 18, 1858, and passed away at Hadley Memorial Hospital in Hays, September 30, 1954. He would have been 96 in December, and he was the oldest citizen of Wichita county at the time of his death. He was the last of eight children, one of whom was his twin brother. He came with the family to Smith county, Kansas, about 1872. About 1885 he came to Wichita county, with his brother Jim Woods, and homesteaded in north Wichita county. Then he returned to Smith county. Later he come (sic) back to Wichita county with the late Dr. John F. White and was here during the countyseat war. Soon he went again to Smith county, whre he married Sarah Jane Hawkins, April 23, 1892. To this union 5 children were born. One son, Ernest, died in 1906, at the age of 14. In 1913 they moved to Republic county, where they lived till 1924, when they came back to Wichita county. Mrs. Woods died September 16, 1942. Mr. Woods lived with his son, Arley, until his illness three years ago. Since then he has made his home with his son Kenneth and daughter Mrs. John Glanville. He leaves to mourn his loss, four sons, and one daughter: Virgil, of Meeker, Colo., Arley, Edith (Mrs. John Glanville), Max, and Kenneth, all of the Leoti vicinity; ten grandchildren, other relatives and a host of friends. He was a member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist Church. His friends were numbered by the people he knew. He was a great lover of children. When he went to church and Sunday school, he made it a point to have his pockets full of candy for the children who knew him only as "the candy man."