Biographical Sketch of J. R. Woods, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** J. R. Woods, carpenter and builder, is a native of Ohio and was born in Highland County, October 5, 1848, and when one year old he removed with his parents to Des Moines, Iowa where his father, John A., still resides, and has been closely associated with the development of that city. Here J. R. was raised, educated and partially learned his trade, residing there until 1868, when he commenced traveling and lived temp- orarily in Chicago, St. Louis, Salt Lake City and other points, even- tually locating in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1878, where he has since been engaged at his trade. He was married in 1877 to Miss Mary Clark of Missouri. Mr. Woods is a member of the Carpenters Union. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================