John Woods

1794 - 1855  (60 years)

• Name	John Woods
  Birth	18 Oct 1794	Jonestown, Dauphin, PA
  Gender	Male
  Elected	1825-1829	Ohio ; Member of National House of Representatives
  Death	30 Jul 1855	Hamilton, Butler, OH
  Burial		Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, OH
  Person ID	I4822	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Alexander Woods,   b. 1768, Londonderry, Tyrone, Ireland d. 9 Jan 1848, Springboro, Warren, OH (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Mary “Polly” Robinson,   b. 3 Aug 1762, Dauphin Co, PA d. 15 Aug 1828, Springboro, Warren, OH (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1794	Dauphin Co, PA
  Census	1820	Union, Warren, OH ; A Wood, 1M10-15, 1M>=45, 1F10-15, 1F16-25, 1F26-44
  Census	1830	Frankin, Warren, OH ; Alexander Woods, 1M60-68, 1F<5, 1F15-19, 1F20-29
  Census	1840	Franklin, Warren, OH ; Alexander Woods, 1M70-79, 1F30-39
  Family ID	F1398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Lynch,   b. 29 Dec 1801, Newberry Co, SC d. 7 Oct 1881, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 79 years)  [1]
  Marriage	20 Jun 1820	Warren Co, OH
  Notes	from "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013" (familysearch.org) On 20 Jun 1820 in Warren Co, OH, Mr John Woods Esqr was married to Sarah Ann Lynch by David Macdill V.D.M.
  Children	1. Mary Woods,   b. 3 Jun 1821, Springboro, Warren, OH d. 18 Sep 1870, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 49 years)   2. Sarah Woods,   b. 18 Jan 1823, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 21 Feb 1823, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 0 years) 3. Martha Woods,   b. 14 Feb 1824, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 3 Mar 1920, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 96 years)   4. Sarah Woods,   b. 10 Oct 1827, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 23 Jul 1840, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 12 years) 5. Rebecca Woods,   b. 17 Feb 1831, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 6 May 1894, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 63 years) 6. Rachel Woods,   b. 6 Apr 1835, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 8 Nov 1896, Buffalo, Erie, NY (Age 61 years)   7. Baby Boy Woods,   b. 19 Jun 1838, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 19 Jun 1838, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 0 years) + 8. John Woods,   b. 19 Jun 1838, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 6 May 1918, Urbana, Champaign, OH (Age 79 years)   9. Cyrus Falconer Woods,   b. 8 Dec 1840, Hamilton, Butler, OH d. 24 Nov 1844, Hamilton, Butler, OH (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F1399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2017

  
  

• Photos

  John Woods (1794-1855) US Congressman from 1825-1829 from "The Centennial Anniversary of the City of Hamilton, Ohio, September 17-19, 1891" by David Waddle McClung, 1892

  
  

• Notes

  from "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" (bioguide.congress.gov) WOODS, John, a Representative from Ohio; born in Johnstown, Dauphin County, Pa., October 18, 1794; moved with his parents to Ohio, where he attended the common schools; served in the War of 1812; after the war operated a school near Springborough for two years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced the practice of his profession in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio; prosecuting attorney of Butler County 1820-1825; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; became editor and publisher of the Hamilton Intelligencer in 1829; State auditor of Ohio from 1845 to 1851; president of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad; died in Hamilton, Ohio, July 30, 1855; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S135] Thomas Hastings Robinson, Caroline Franciscus Stroud, Thomas Robinson and His Descendants, (Harrisburg Publishing Co, Harrisburg, PA, 1902).