Ralph Alexander Woods

1870 - 1942  (72 years)

• Name	Ralph Alexander Woods
  Birth	11 Feb 1870	Clarksville, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Male
  Census	29 Jun 1870	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; Alexander, age 3/12, born PA, keeping house
  Census	26 Jun 1880	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; age 10, born PA, living with parents
  Death	31 Oct 1942	Sharon, Mercer, PA
  Burial		Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex, PA
  Person ID	I4221	Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Lester Bean Woods,   b. 29 Aug 1832, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA d. 21 Aug 1912, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Groves,   b. Oct 1843, Mercer Co, PA d. 1904, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA (Age ~ 60 years)
  Marriage	1868
  Notes	Lea Woods, 15, born PA, in house in 1910. Relationship unknown.
  Family ID	F1171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary E Persch,   b. 1881, Pennsylvania d. 1958, Youngstown, Mahoning, OH (Age 77 years)  [1, 2, 3]
  Children	1. Frances Woods,   b. 14 Apr 1914, Brookfield, Trumbull, OH d. 2 Aug 2010 (Age 96 years) 2. Edna Woods,   b. 27 Aug 1916, Pennsylvania d. 16 Apr 1998, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F1179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964" (ancestry.com) Ralph Alex Woods, a resident of Brookfield, Trumbull, OH, a foreman at a sand bank, husband of Mary E Woods, born 11 Feb 1870 in Clarksville PA to Lester B Woods b. PA & Mary Jane Grover b. US, died on 31 Oct 1942 in Sharon, Mercer, PA of a cerebral hemorrhage. Burial 3 Nov in West Middlesex. Informant Mrs. Mary Woods. from "The Greenville Record-Argus", 2 Nov 1942 (newspaperarchive.com) Ralph A Woods, owner of Woods Sand Bank, near Sharon, died in Buhl Hospital at 11 p.m. Saturday, after a lingering illness. He lived at 1016 South Irvine Avenue, Sharon. Mr. Woods, was born in Clarksville, a son of Lester V. and Mary Groves Woods, but had spent most of his life in Sharon. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mary Porsch Woods; two daughters, Edna at home; and Mrs. Wayne Gerte of Sharon; two brothers, William of Sharon, and Dwight of Clarksville, and two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth Woods of Sharon. Funeral services will be held at his home at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday. Burial will be at Haywood Cemetery, West Middlesex.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] United States Federal Census 1910, Roll: 1235 Page: 71. [S16] United States Federal Census 1930, Roll: 1443 Page: 66. [S129] Nancy Sadler, Transcriber, Mercer County Cemetery Index, (Mercer County Genealogical Society), Vol MC 11, pg 152 for Ralph A and Mary E.