Orpheus Alonzo Woods

1854 - 1922  (68 years)

• Name	Orpheus Alonzo Woods
  Birth	19 Apr 1854	Union, Ohio, IN
  Gender	Male
  Census	27 Jun 1860	Union, Ohio, IN ; Alonzo, age 6, born IN, living with parents
  Census	11 Jul 1870	Union, Ohio, IN ; age 15, born IN, living with parents
  Census	3 Jun 1880	Union, Ohio, IN ; Alonzo, age 26, born IN, farmer, parents born PA/IN, parents and brother Wesley nearby
  Census	11 Jun 1900	Union, Ohio, IN ; age 46, born Apr 1854 in IN, marr 24 yrs, farmer, parents born PA/IN
  Census	23 Apr 1910	Cass, Ohio, IN ; O.A., age 56, born IN, mx1-31 yrs, farmer, parents born IN/OH
  Census	12 Jan 1920	Rising Sun, Ohio, IN ; Alonzo, age 65, born IN, parents born IN/OH
  Death	13 Sep 1922	Rising Sun, Ohio, IN
  Burial		Rising Sun New Cemetery, Rising Sun, IN
  Person ID	I18084	Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	William Woods,   b. 8 Jun 1816, Chartiers, Washington, PA d. 3 May 1891, Union, Ohio, IN (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lydia Downey,   b. 16 Jan 1822, Ohio Co, IN d. 25 Oct 1891, Union, Ohio, IN (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1840	Dearborn Co, IN
  Family ID	F6992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louella Florence Cofield,   b. 27 Feb 1856, Hartford, Ohio, IN d. 26 Apr 1937, Rising Sun, Ohio, IN (Age 81 years)  [1]
  Marriage	27 Dec 1875	Ohio Co, IN
  Children	1. William Downey Woods,   b. 25 Oct 1887, Union, Ohio, IN d. 9 Sep 1959, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN (Age 71 years) + 2. Charles Wesley Woods,   b. 7 Mar 1890, Union, Ohio, IN d. 15 Jun 1954 (Age 64 years) 3. Clarence Cofield Woods,   b. 11 Jun 1892, Union, Ohio, IN d. 2 Jul 1969, Rising Sun, Ohio, IN (Age 77 years)   4. Orpheus Alonzo Woods,   b. 11 Feb 1894, Union, Ohio, IN   5. Anna F Woods,   b. 24 Apr 1896, Union, Ohio, IN d. 24 Feb 1979, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, IN (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F7001	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011" (ancestry.com) Orpheus A Woods, a retired farmer, married to Ella F Woods, born 19 Apr 1854 in Ohio Co IN to William Woods b. IN and Lydia Downey b. IN, died on 13 Sep 1922 in Rising Sun, Ohio, IN of cerebral apoplexy. Burial 16 Sep in Rising Sun Cemetery. Informant Clarence Woods of Rising Sun. from "Indiana, Wills and Probate Records", Will Records, Vol 4, 1914-1932; Will Records, Vol 5, 1932-1962 (ancestry.com) Orpheus A Woods Sr of Rising Sun, Ohio, IN names beloved wife Ella F Woods. Children are William Downey Woods, Charles W Woods, Charence C Woods, Orpheus A Woods Jr., and Anna Woods. signed 24 Aug 1922. He died 13 Sep 1922. Proved 25 Sep 1922.

  
  

• Sources

  [S192] Robert Vance Woods, James Woods & Elizabeth Alcom & Families, (Rootsweb, 12 Jan 2008).