WOODS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WOODS, James - b: 1841 Greene Co, PA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 552
residence: Clinton Twp

James Woods, harness maker, came originally from Greene County, Pennsylvania, 
where he was born March 9, 1841. He lived there till four years old, at which 
time his parents removed to Ritchie County, West Virginia, where he was reared 
and educated. He was engaged in farming till July, 1861; then enlisted in 
Company K, Third Virginia Infantry, United States Army, with which he served 
till November, 1863. He was wounded above the knee at the battle of Droupe 
Mountain, and a short time afterward was taken prisoner by the Confederate 
forces and held as such till liberated by the Federals in December, 1863. He was 
then taken to Beverly Hospital and remained therein till September, 1865, when 
he returned home. In 1866 he was elected treasurer of Ritchie County, 
discharging the duties of that office till June, 1868, when he resigned and came 
to Henry County, Missouri. After farming for one year he learned the harness 
trade with William Hoppe, remaining with that gentleman till September, 1872. 
He followed the same trade with different firms in the city till October, 1877. In 
the spring of 1878 he went to Waterloo, Iowa; resided there till October of that 
year; then returned here and in December, 1878, embarked in his present 
business. Mr. Woods was married October 17, 1870, to Miss Maggie Flanaghan, a 
native of Virginia. They have one child, Kate. In 1877 he held the office of clerk 
of Clinton Township. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church.

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