Thomas Woods

1797 - 1863  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Thomas Woods
  Birth	Feb 1797	Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Census	19 Nov 1850	Delaware, Mercer, PA ; age 53, born PA, farmer
  Census	24 Jul 1860	Delaware, Mercer, PA ; age 66, born PA, farmer
  Fact	Probably married his first cousin
  Death	20 Jun 1863	Delaware, Mercer, PA
  Person ID	I414	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	William Woods,   b. 1768, Tyrone County, IRE d. 29 Mar 1828, West Salem, Mercer, PA (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Mary “Mollie” Laird,   b. 1761, Ireland d. 26 May 1853, West Salem, Mercer, PA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1791	Westmoreland Co., PA
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Early,   b. Jan 1802, Ireland d. 27 Mar 1862, Delaware, Mercer, PA (Age ~ 60 years)  [1]
  Marriage	16 Aug 1821	West Salem, Mercer, PA
  Children	+ 1. Cyrus Woods,   b. 9 Jun 1822, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 11 Mar 1873, Brashear, Adair, MO (Age 50 years) 2. Rebecca Early Woods,   b. 13 Sep 1823, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 10 Apr 1855 (Age 31 years) + 3. Mary Woods,   b. 7 Oct 1825, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. Oct 1857 (Age 32 years) + 4. William Woods,   b. 5 Apr 1830, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 5 Mar 1900, Fredonia, Mercer, PA (Age 69 years) + 5. John A Woods,   b. 30 Jun 1832, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 1919 (Age 86 years) + 6. Asa Woods,   b. 22 Dec 1835, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 19 Jan 1904, Audrain Co, MO (Age 68 years) + 7. Jane “Jennie” Woods,   b. 1 Aug 1837, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 25 Sep 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN (Age 83 years) + 8. Rufus Early Woods,   b. 27 May 1840, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 17 Jul 1913, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA (Age 73 years)   9. James W Woods,   b. 1 Jul 1843, Delaware, Mercer, PA d. 13 Oct 1846, Delaware, Mercer, PA (Age 3 years)   10. Augustus Woods,   b. 4 Mar 1846, Delaware, Mercer, PA
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2021

  
  

• Notes

  From A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania by John G White, 1909 RUFUS E. WOODS, a farmer of Pymatuning township, Mercer county, was born May 27, 1840, in Delaware township, that county, a son of Thomas Woods. His father was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, who was born in 1801 and died in 1863, after the birth of his son (Rufus E., of this notice). The father settled on a farm in Delaware township, where he followed agriculture until his death. He was a devout Christian and belonged to the Presbyterian church. At first, he voted the Whig ticket, and later became a Republican. He married Rebecca Early, daughter of P. Early, of County Tyrone. Ireland. After the death of her father, she came with her mother and brother to America, locating in Mercer county, where she died in 1861, aged sixty years. The brothers and sisters of Rufus E. Woods were: John A., a farmer of Mercer county, Illinois: Jane, wife of D. S. Guipe, a retired carpenter of Minneapolis. Minnesota: Cyrus: William; Asa, Augustus; Rebecca, and Mary, all deceased.

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] John G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, (Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1909), pg 731-2.