Alger W Woods

1879 - 1918  (39 years)

• Name	Alger W Woods
  Birth	13 Oct 1879	Nodaway, Page, IA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jul 1880	Nodaway, Page, IA ; Elgernon, age 3/12, born Oct in IA, living with parents
  Census	1885	Nodaway, Page, IA ; age 5, born Page Co, living with parents
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Belma, Yakima, WA ; Alger, age 30, born IA, mx1-5 yrs, farmer, parents born PA/IN
  Census	12 Sep 1918	Deaver, Big Horn, WY ; age 38, born 13 Oct 1879, farmer, NOK Mrs. Bessie M Woods
  Death	26 Dec 1918	Shelly, Bingham, ID
  Burial		Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, IA
  Person ID	I4057	Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Wilson W Woods,   b. 25 Dec 1842, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 24 Nov 1889, Nodaway, Page, IA (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Mary A Van Arsdol,   b. 12 Mar 1847, Delawar Co, IN d. 1 Mar 1944, Clarinda, Page, IA (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1868	Page County, IA
  Family ID	F1124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bessie May Bridges,   b. 20 Mar 1885, Andersonville, Ross, OH
  Marriage	9 May 1905	Clarinda, Page, IA
  Notes	from "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937" (ancestry.com) On 9 May 1905 in Clarinda IA, Alger W Woods 26, a coal dealer residing in Clarinda, born Clarinda to Wilson Woods and Mary Ellen Van Arsdol, married Bessie May Bridges, 21, residing Clarinda, b. Ross Co, OH to John Charles Bridges and Lucinda M Adams.
  Children	1. Dorothy M Woods,   b. 1907, Oregon + 2. Wilson Alger Woods,   b. 16 Oct 1910, Grandview, Yakima, WA d. 10 Feb 1971, Des Moines, Polk, IA (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F1136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Clarinda Herald", 2 Jan 1919 (clarinda.advantage-preservation.com) Alger W. Woods. His friends here were very much shocked last week to learn of the accidental death of Alger W. Woods, a former resident of Clarinda. His death is much regretted and the sorrowing relatives have the heartfelt sympathy of the community. He died through the collapse of a fourth story floor in a large sugar factory in Idaho, when a belt went wrong in the factory in which he was working. He was hurled to the ground forty feet and instantly killed. The remains arrived here Monday afternoon for the funeral and burial. Alger W. Woods was born near Clarinda, Iowa, Oct. 13, 1879; died at Shelley, Idaho, Dec. 26, 1918. In early boyhood he became a member of the Presbyterian church of Clarinda. When about 18 years of age he went to Meridian, Idaho. There he transferred his church membership to the Methodist Episcopal church of that place, and was at the time of his decease a faithful and consistant member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Later in life he returned to Clarinda and became the manager of the coal mine then owned by the late Isaac Van Arsdol. He was married to Bessie May Bridges, May 9, 1905. His wife and two children, Dorothy Margaret and Wilson Alger, survive him; also, his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Woods; a brother and four sisters, Oliver N. Woods, Mrs. Roy Herren, Mrs. G. M. McKee, Mrs. Ray C. Baird and Mrs. Alfred Jones. His father, Wilson Woods, passed to the better world Nov. 24, 1889. He was an affectionate husband, an indulgent father and a true friend. His outstanding characteristics were, honesty of purpose and an unswerving loyalty to what he believed to be right. The world is better for his having lived in it. The funeral services were held at the home of his sister, Mrs. G. M. McKee, South Sixteenth street, Clarinda, at 2:30 p.m., Dec. 31, 1918, conducted by Rev. M. M. Cable of the Methodist Episcopal church, assisted by Rev. D. S. Curry of the Presbyterian church, after which Nodaway lodge, No. 140, A. F. and A. M., took charge, Mr. Woods being a member of Grandview Masonic lodge, No. 191, Grandview, Wash. Nodaway lodge conducted a short but impressive service at the grave.