Isaac Newell Woods

1841 - 1912  (71 years)

• Name	Isaac Newell Woods
  Birth	8 May 1841	Mercer Co, PA
  Gender	Male
  Census	11 Sep 1850	Pike Co, IL ; Noel, age 9, born PA, living with parents
  Census	10 Jul 1860	Barry, Pike, IL ; Newell, age 19, born PA, boarder, does farm work
  Census	22 Aug 1860	Hadley, Pike, IL ; Noel, age 19, born PA, living with mother
  Census	9 Aug 1870	Warren, Lucas, IA ; age 29, born PA, farmer, mother in house
  Census	5 Jul 1880	Warren, Lucas, IA ; age 39, born PA, farmer, parents born PA/PA
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Jackson, Clarke, IA ; age 59, born May 1841 in PA, widowed, hardware merchant, parents born PA/PA
  Death	12 May 1912	Ottumwa, Wapello, IA
  Burial		Woodburn Cemetery, Woodburn, IA
  Person ID	I5151	Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	John Sears Woods,   b. 8 Mar 1798, Mercer Co, PA d. 20 Nov 1853, Barry, Pike, IL (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann “Polly” Hazen,   b. 7 Aug 1803, Mercer Co, PA d. 20 Jan 1878, Lucas Co, IA (Age 74 years)
  Census	1830	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; 2M<5, 1M5-9, 1M30-39, 2F<5, 1F5-9, 1F30-39
  Census	1840	Pymatuning, Mercer, PA ; 2M5-9 (Robert[5]), 1M10-14 (John[11]), 1M15-19 (James[13]), 1M40-49 (John [42]), 1F<5 (Samantha[1]), 1F5-9 (Susannah[7]), 2F15-19, 1F30-39 (Mary[37])
  Family ID	F1528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Augusta A Miller,   b. 14 Feb 1844, Lancaster Co, PA d. 7 Feb 1899 (Age 54 years)
  Children	+ 1. Orin Hazen Woods,   b. Dec. 3, 1869, Warren, Lucas, IA d. 20 Oct 1907, Basin, Big Horn, WY (Age ~ 38 years) 2. Fred Miller Woods,   b. 1871, Warren, Lucas, IA d. 1 Apr 1929, Portland, Multnomah, OR (Age 58 years) + 3. James Lafayette Woods,   b. 1874, Warren, Lucas, IA d. 1928 (Age 54 years) 4. Clarence N Woods,   b. 17 Nov 1875, Warren, Lucas, IA d. 21 Dec 1963, Ogden, Weber, UT (Age 88 years)   5. Mary Arvilla Woods,   b. Oct 1878, Warren, Lucas, IA d. 5 Mar 1934, Zephyrhills, Pasco, FL (Age ~ 55 years) + 6. John J Woods,   b. 18 Apr 1884, Chariton, Lucas, IA
  Family ID	F6862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Isaac Newell Woods Photo Woodburn Postmaster from 1899-1906

  
  

• Notes

  from "Woodburn, Iowa: Life in a Railroad Town" Isaac Newell "I.N." Woods was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on May 29, 1841, to John Sears and Mary Ann ?Polly? (Hazen) Woods. He came to Pike County, Illinois, with his parents in 1843, where he grew to manhood. I.N. enlisted in the Civil War in 1861 in Company I, 28th Illinois Volunteers. He was later promoted to Corporal of Co.B, then Lieutenant of Co.F. He was wounded in the Battle of Shiloh in April, 1862, and mustered out of service on April 6, 1866. I.N. settled on a farm in Lucas County, Iowa, in 1868. He married Augusta A. Miller on March 24, 1869. She was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1841 and came to Iowa with her parents in 1853, settling on a farm in Lucas County where she grew to womanhood. They had six children, and Augusta passed away on February 7, 1989. Augusta united with the M.E. Church over twenty years before her death. She is buried at the Woodburn Cemetery. For many years, I.N. was engaged in the hardware and implement business at Woodburn, and was also a postmaster there for several years. After leaving Woodburn, he traveled to Ohio for some time, and later made his home with his sons, F.M. Woods of Ottumwa and J.L. Woods of Cedar Rapids. He spent his winters in Florida. I.N. died at his son?s home in Ottumwa on May 12, 1912, and was laid to rest in the Woodburn Cemetery with Masonic honors.