MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - James A. Woods
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JAMES A. WOODS, senior member of the firm of Woods & McCord, of Lewisburg,
is a son of Francis B. and Margaret S. (Morrison) Woods, both natives of
this State.  After marriage they settled in this county, on the farm where
they are still living.  Their family consisted of eight
children, six of whom are living.  Both parents are members of the
Presbyterian Church.  For
a number of years the father served as constable, though he was not an
aspirant to places of public trust.  He is now seventy-seven years old, and
his wife is seventy-five.  They have lived together fifty-four years.  Our
subject was born August 4, 1848, in Marshall County, and received his
education in the country schools.  Having prepared himself at Union
Academy, of this county, in 1869 he entered Ann Arbor University and
graduated in the classical course of the literary department in 1872.  He
then taught school one year, and began reading law under Walter S. Bearden,
of Shelbyville, but failing health drove him from the profession of law,
and after clerking for a short time he engaged in business at Lewisburg. In
1880 he wedded Nannie J. McCord, by whom he has two children:  James W. and
Bedford M.  Mr. Woods is a democrat, and he and wife are members of the
Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Woods has been alderman and commissioner of this
taxing district for six years, besides he has been president of the
Marshall County Temperance Alliance since its organization.  He also holds
a large interest in the firm of Coffey, Woods & Co.

Surnames:Bearden, McCord, Woods
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."