Rufus E. Woods and Marilla Klingensmith

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Husband Rufus E. Woods ¹

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           Born: 27 May 1840 - Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Thomas Woods (1801-1863) 1 2
         Mother: Rebecca Early (Abt 1801-1861) 1

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       Marriage: 23 Aug 1865 3

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Wife Marilla Klingensmith ³

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         Father: Jacob K. Klingensmith (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Catharine Artherholt (      -      ) 3 4

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Children

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1 F Grace M. Woods ³

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2 M Ransom D. Woods ³

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General Notes: Husband - Rufus E. Woods

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He attended school until he was seventeen years of age and learned the shoemaker’s trade at Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio, working there for three years. On August 14, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, under Captain Albert Yeomans. From Cleveland the command was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and then to Nashville, Tennessee. He participated in the battles of Franklin, Tennessee, Chickamauga, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesborough, and Nashville. He was numbered among the wounded at Missionary Ridge, sent to hospital at Chattanooga, and given a sixty-day furlough (during which time he returned to Ohio). After he rejoined his regiment he accompanied General Sherman’s forces through Georgia, under Colonel Updyke, the command being styled “Updyke’s Tigers.” The last battle in which he was engaged was at Nashville. He was mustered out under Capt. Ridgley C. Powers, August 14, 1865, under command of General Moody. Mr. Woods served as sergeant, and was commissioned lieutenant when the war closed. He then returned to Mercer County, PA, and settled in Pymatuning Township. He purchased his farm home in 1890, and in connection with his general operations carried on a dairy business. During 1908 he built one of the largest barns for stock purposes within the township. His place was styled “Grand View Farm.”

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 731.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1192.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 732.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 908.