Helen Woods

1877 - 1953  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Helen Woods
  Birth	Jan 1877	Chester, Poweshiek, IA
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; Nellie, age 3, born IA, living with parents
  Census	9 Jun 1900	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 23, born Jan 1877 in IA, single, teacher, living on the family farm
  Census	22 Apr 1910	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA ; age 33, born IA, single, parents born PA/PA, living with Lambert, Almeda & Ida
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Grant, Poweshiek, IA ; age 42, born IA, single, parents born PA/PA, living with Almeda, Ida & Aunt Ermina
  Census	1925	Grant, Poweshiek, IA ; age 48, born IA, single, 48 yrs in IA, dau of Abner Woods b. PA & Maria Lightner b. PA, living with Almeda & Ida
  Census	8 Apr 1930	Grant, Poweshiek, IA ; age 53, born IA, single, parents born PA/PA, living with Almeda & Ida
  Census	22 Apr 1940	Grant, Poweshiek, IA ; age 63, born PA, H4 ed, in same house in 1935, living with Ida
  Death	14 Jan 1953	Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA
  Person ID	I4196	Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Abner Woods,   b. 8 Sep 1824, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA d. 14 Apr 1894, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Maria Lightner,   b. 26 Dec 1828, Huntington County, PA d. 29 Oct 1904, Grinnell, Poweshiek, IA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1851	Mercer County, PA
  Notes	Irwin A Bean, 23, born PA, farm laborer, living in house in 1870 (nephew?)
  Family ID	F1170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from Newspaper obituary, 15 Jan 1953 Miss Helen Woods, Last Survivor of Pioneer Family Dies Miss Helen Woods passed away Wednesday night in the Talbott Rest Home. She was in her late seventies. Miss Woods was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Woods, pioneer residents of this community. The Woods home is located just west of town on Fourth avenue. Her brother, Lambert, and two sisters, Almeda and Ida Woods preceded her in death. Ida taught kindergarten in Parker school for many years. Miss Woods had spent her entire life in Grinnell and Chester. Miss Grace Woods is a cousin. Funeral plans are incomplete and friends are asked to call the James funeral home.