Reuben Woods

1837 - 1925  (88 years)

• Name	Reuben Woods
  Birth	2 Feb 1837	Greenfield, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Male
  Census	12 Nov 1850	Richfield, Adams, IL ; age 13, born PA, living with parents
  Census	6 Jul 1860	Richfield, Adams, IL ; age 22, born PA, farmer, living with parents
  Military Service	30 Sep 1862	Quincy, Adams, IL ; entered 119th Illinois Infantry as physician, promoted to surgeon on 1 Jul 1864
  Census	15 Jun 1870	Chicago, Cook, IL ; age 32, born PA, physician
  Census	9 Jun 1880	Payson, Adams, IL ; age 41, born IL, physician, parents born PA/PA
  Census	9 Jun 1900	Quincy, Adams, IL ; age 62, born Feb 1838 in PA, marr 32 yrs, occulist, parents born PA/PA
  Census	27 Apr 1910	Quincy, Adams, IL ; age 72, born PA, mx1-42 yrs, eye doctor, parents born PA/PA
  Census	7 Jan 1920	Quincy, Adams, IL ; age 81, born PA, parents born PA/PA
  Death	9 Dec 1925	Quincy, Adams, IL
  Burial		Payson New Cemetery, Payson, IL
  Person ID	I17837	Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	James J Woods,   b. 30 Aug 1804, Mercer Co, PA d. 15 May 1882, Barry, Pike, IL (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Jane Thompson,   b. 12 Sep 1811, Pennsylvania d. 9 Mar 1899, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Histories		Random Genealogy for John and Nancy (Pearis) Woods Found somewhere on the internet. Now cannot find the source. Has proven to be quite accurate.
  Family ID	F6840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Shepherd,   b. 25 Nov 1843, Payson, Adams, IL d. 31 Jul 1926, Quincy, Adams, IL (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1868	Adams Co, IL
  Notes	from "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940" (familysearch.org) on 1868 in Adams Co, IL, Reuben Wood married Anna Shepherd.
  Family ID	F6902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from Quincy newspaper - 10 Dec 1925 (posted by Karen de Sanno on findagrave.com) "Dr. Reuben Woods One of Oldest Professional Men in Quincy, Dies" For More Than Forty Years Practiced in Payson and Quincy, Being Known as One of Leading Eye and Ear Specialists in This Section of the Country - Had Distinguished Record, as Surgeon With Union Army During the Civil War. ---- Dr. Reuben Woods, one of the oldest and most widely known members of his profession in Illinois, died at his home in Quincy, 1807 Jersey street, at 10 o'clock Wednesday evening at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. He retired from active practice several years ago and for many months the infirmities of advancing years have confined him to his home. With characteristic patience he bore the affliction of his steadily failing strength, ever thoughtful for those about him, greeting his friends with a smile and a flash of his native wit, ever grateful for the kindly offices of those who cared for him. He was spared from suffering during his illness and when the final summons came he quietly closed his eyes in eternal sleep." Reuben was a prominent ear, nose and throat specialist. He was a surgeon during the Civil War and among the first to use anethesia during the Civil War. One of Founders of Quincy Humane Society and member of the University Club of Chicago. from "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947" (familysearch.org) Reuben Woods, a physician, born 2 Feb 1837 in PA to Jas J Woods b. PA & Jane Thompson b. PA, died 9 Dec 1925 in Quincy, Adams, IL. Burial on 12 Dec 1925 in Chicago IL.