SCHLEY COUNTY, GA - BIOS James F. Woods

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This bio was abstracted from "Biographical Souvenir of
the States of Georgia & Florida," reproduced from an
1889 edition in the private collection of the
publisher, Easley, South Carolina.  (Note:  This is a
non-copyrighted publication.)

James F. Woods was born in Lancaster District, S.C.,
Septemver 7, 1840.  His father William Woods, was born
in the same state and district in 1800.  He removed to
Georgia in 1841 and settled in what is now Schley
County, but soon afterward removed to Marion County,
where he lived until 1859, when he moved to Barbour
County, Ala., where he has resided since and followed
farming.  He is a man of good moral charater and has
been for many years a member of the Presbyterian
Church.  His wife Nancy (Huey) Woods was born in South
Carolina, and bore him ten children, of whom the
subject of this sketch was the eighth.

James F. Woods was brought up on the farm and educated
in the common schools. In 1859 he removed from Marion
County to Schley County, where he remained until the
outbreak of the war, when he joined the Confederate
army as a private in company G of the Fifth Georgia
regiment, and served until the close of the war.  He
then,in 1865, removed to Alabama, where he lived until
1869, when he returned to Schley County, Ga., where he
has resided since.  In 1885 he was elected sheriff of
his county and is the present incumbent of the office. 
He is a wellto-do farmer and devotes a great deal of
his time to agricultural pursuits.

January 6, 1866, he was married to Margaret Herrod of
Barbour County, Ala., and to this union have been born
four children, viz:  Johnnie, Charley, Sarah and Edgar.
Mrs. Margaret Woods died in April 1876, and in December
of the same year Mr. Woods was married to Julia
Wommack, of Schley County, and to this union have been
born four children, Viz.:  Mary E., Meander(Menanda) J(ackson), Louella
and William R(udolph).

http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/photos/woods.jpg  Photo of James F. Woods and Julia Valeria Womack Woods

Mr. Woods is an F. and A.M., and a member of the
Presbyterian Church.  In politics he is a Democrat.

http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/photos/woodshse.jpg   Photo of J.F. Woods Home - Ellaville

Additional Comments: James F. Woods is mentioned
frequently in the Schley Newspapers of the early
1900's.