JOHN THOMAS AND MARY MARVILLA [HART] WOODS
John Thomas Woods was born February 18, 1851, at Chillicothe,
Missouri, in Linn County. On November 5, 1874, he was united in
marriage to Mary Marvilla Hart in the state of Missouri. She was
born March 27, 1860, in Buchanan County, Iowa.
[pg 468 photo John T. and Mary Woods and family, back row from left:
Dallas, Emory, Frank, and LeRoy. Front: Hila, John T., Mary Marvilla
[Hart] Woods, and Charles]
To this union ten children were born: William Francis in 1877, Hila
Belle in 1878, Sara Elizabeth, born in 1880 and died in infancy,
Elmer LeRoy in 1881, Charles Curtis in 1883, George Emory, 1885,
Clarence Edward in 1887, and Dallas Addison in 1893. Three other
children died in infancy.
In 1876 they moved from Missouri to Iowa where they spent ten years
before they moved back to Missouri. In March of 1887 they arrived at
Creighton, Nebraska, and located on a farm six miles north of
Winnetoon. They resided in Knox County with the exception of a short
time in Minnesota. In 1910 Mr. and Mrs. Woods moved to Winnetoon,
retiring from farm life. In 1923, however, they moved back to their
farm four miles west of Verdigre.
Mrs. Woods passed away August 27, 1926, at the age of 66. From then
on John lived with his children. On January 16, 1941, he died at the
home of his son Elmer LeRoy in Creighton. Ten days before, he had
sustained a fractured hip in a fall. He died at the age of 89.
John and Mary’s family spent many of their years in the Verdigre,
Knox County, area.
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