Joseph Henry Woods^[1]

1854 - 1903  (48 years)

• Name	Joseph Henry Woods
  Birth	19 Aug 1854	West Salem, Mercer, PA
  Gender	Male
  Census	13 Jul 1860	Hickory, Mercer, PA ; age 5, born PA, living with parents
  Census	3 Aug 1870	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 16, born PA, works on farm, living with parents
  Census	17 Jun 1880	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; age 25, born PA, miner, parents born PA/PA
  Census	13 Jun 1900	West Salem, Mercer, PA ; Henry, age 45, born Aug 1854 in PA, marr 23 yrs, farmer, parents born IRE/PA
  Death	22 Feb 1903	Greenville, Mercer, PA
  Burial		Shenango Valley Cemetery
  Person ID	I4034	Family Tree
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	John Alexander Woods,   b. 11 Aug 1825, Pymatuning, Mercer, PA d. 30 Dec 1905, Greenville, Mercer, PA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Eva Mary Eich,   b. 25 Oct 1824, Oberstedien, Germany d. 18 Jan 1892, West Salem, Mercer, PA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1853	Greenville, Mercer, PA
  Family ID	F1126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Saylor,   b. Aug 1856, Pennsylvania d. 24 Mar 1920, Sharpsville, Mercer, PA (Age ~ 63 years)  [2]
  Children	1. Nettie E Woods,   b. Mar 1878, West Salem, Mercer, PA 2. Myrtle Woods,   b. Sep 1879, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 3 Apr 1930, Sharpsville, Mercer, PA (Age ~ 50 years) + 3. Clyde Alexander Woods,   b. 27 Sep 1881, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 29 Sep 1943, Sharpsville, Mercer, PA (Age 62 years) 4. Minnie Elizabeth Woods,   b. 25 May 1888, West Salem, Mercer, PA d. 13 Aug 1961, Warren, Trumbull, OH (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F1536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  John Henry Woods Gravestone J. HENRY WOODS / 1854 - 1903 Plot: Section B

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Greenville Evening Record", 23 Feb 1903 (newspaperarchive.com) J.H. Woods died at the Mercer hospital at 8 o'clock, Sunday evening. He was aged 49 years and leaves a wife, father, three daughters, Mrs. John Vath, Greenville, and Myrtle and Lizzie at home, and one son, Clyde, also two brothers, James and Fred, of Greenville, and four sisters: Mrs. John Wolf, Girard; Mrs D. W. Sildebran, Mrs. S. Q. Fry, Greenville; Mrs. John Baugh, West Salem. Deceased was born in West Salem township, where the funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 o'clock, interment in Shenango Valley cemetery. Mr. Woods was injured while working at the railroad shops, January 19. A piece of casting, blown up by dynamite 1,000 feet away, struck Woods on the head inflicting terrible injuries. It was not believed he could live 24 hours but he had such wonderful vitality as to live a little over a month.

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] Nancy Sadler, Transcriber, Mercer County Cemetery Index, (Mercer County Genealogical Society), vol MC 9, pg 41 for Emma Bach, J Henry, James A, Eve Eich, Emma, Eliz, John A. [S101] Various Authors, RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (MyFamily.com Inc), 11 Aug 2008, Descendants of Freidrich Ludwig Eich and Catharina Elisabetha Steckel by Angie Bush.