Gee Dee Woods: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1. Gee Dee Woods was born after 1891 (son of Lewis Jackson Woods and Lucinda Isabell Jordan).
Notes:
Married an Inez. (White and Toole, p 76).

Generation: 2

Lewis Jackson Woods was born on 18 Oct 1853 in Newton County, Texas (son of Seborn Woods and Nancy Marshall); died on 11 Nov 1936 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.

Notes:

A minister of the Baptist Church. He was called "Black Lewis" to distinguish him from a cousin by the same name who was also a Baptist Minister. He was the Pastor of the Broaddus Baptist Church. After he retired, he continued to teach Sunday School, even after he had to sit in a chair to teach. When grandchildren came for a homecoming, they always arrived early in order to sit in his class and hear him teach (White and Toole, p 76).

Name: Louis Jackson Woods
Event Date: 11 Nov 1936
Event Place: Jasper, Jasper, Texas
Gender: Male
Race (Original): White
Age (Formatted):
Birth Year (Estimated):
Birth Date: 18 Oct 1853
Birthplace: Newton Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Isabell Woods
Father's Name: Seaburn Woods
Father's Birthplace: Miss.
Mother's Name: Nancy Marshall
Mother's Birthplace: Miss.
Occupation: Minister
Residence Place: Broaddus, Texas
Cemetery (Original):
Burial Place: Broaddus
Burial Date: 12 Nov 1936
Informant's Name (Original):
GS Film number: 2117027
Digital Folder Number: 4166728
Image Number: 3099
Reference ID: cn 55484

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JXFJ-XRF : accessed 14 Aug 2013), Louis Jackson Woods, 11 Nov 1936.

Lewis married Lucinda Isabell Jordan. Lucinda was born after 1853; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucinda Isabell Jordan was born after 1853; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.

Children:

Elvin Woods was born about 1871; and died.
Effie Alma Woods was born about 1873; and died.
Alta Flora Woods was born on 11 May 1876 in Newton County, Texas; and died.
Macon E. Woods was born about 1877; and died.
Kent Arlis Woods was born about 1879; and died.
Zemma Woods was born about 1883 in Texas; died between 1926 and 1930 in San Augustine County, Texas.
Littleton A. Woods was born about 1883; and died.
Lora Alma Woods was born about 1885; and died.
Sidney Vivion Woods was born on 13 Dec 1887 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; died on 27 Apr 1916 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
1. Gee Dee Woods was born after 1891.
Cavie O. Woods was born on 24 Jun 1894; died on 6 Mar 1912; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.

Generation: 3

Seborn Woods was born about 1809 in Clarke County, Georgia; died about 1865 in Newton County, Texas.

Notes:

Seborn Woods was a devout Christian, and was not in Texas long (1844) before he helped to organize a Baptist Church in his home. On Aug. 3, 1850, he helped to organize the Little Flock Baptist Church, the name later being changed to the Sandia Baptist Church. It is the oldest Baptist church in this association. The Woods family was one of the most numerous in Newton County, and all of them being good citizens, were liked and respected. (White and Toole, p 76). White and Toole show him as a son of John Woods and brother to Allen J. Woods.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Newton County
Enumerated 25 Oct 1850
80-80
Seabourn Woods 41 M Blacksmith 500 Ga
Nancy Woods 35 F Tenn
Marinda Woods 12 F Miss
Callaway Woods 10 M Miss
Waltin Woods 8 M Tx
Rayford Woods 6 M Tx
Ransom Woods 4 M Tx
Samuel/Lammul Woods 2 M Tx
81-81
Hiram Woods 18 M Laborer Tenn
Charlotte Woods 20 F La
Mathew Marshall 70 M Farmer 70 Ga

1860 Census
Texas, Newton County, PO Newton
Enumerated 7 July 1860
Page 37
236-236
Seaborn Woods 50 M Farmer 1500 1340 Ga
Nancy Woods 46 F Tenn
Rayford Woods 17 M Domestinc Tx
Marinda Woods 22 F Misss
Ransom D Woods 13 M Domestic Tx
Lemuel Woods 12 M Tx
Elizabeth Woods 7 F Tx
Lewis Woods 6 M Tx
Henry Woods 10/12 M Tx

Seborn married Nancy Marshall about 1830. Nancy was born about 1814 in Tennessee; died about 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy Marshall was born about 1814 in Tennessee; died about 1893.

Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, she was living with her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and George Woods, in Newton County, Texas. The "Daughters of the Republic Of Texas, Patriot Ancestor Album, Volume 1" states that she was born in McNairy County, Tennessee on 1 May 1814, and that she married Seborn Woods ca 1830, living for a time inYalobusha County, Mississippi in 1840 and settled in what is now Newton County (then Jasper County) Texas.

Notes:

Married:
In the winter of 1840, they came to Texas and settled near Burkville, in Newton County. (White and Toole, p 76).

Children:

Hiram Woods was born about 1832 in Tennessee; died about 1918.
Amanda Woods was born about 1834; and died.
Mary Woods was born about 1836; and died.
Marinda Woods was born about 1838 in Mississippi; and died.
Calaway Woods was born about 1839 in Mississippi; died about 1917; was buried in Woods Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas.
Walton Woods was born about 1842 in Texas; and died.
Rayford "Rafe" Woods was born on 8 Sep 1843 in Newton County, Texas; died on 18 Sep 1918 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in Woods Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas.
Ransom Woods was born about 1846 in Texas; and died.
Lemuel Woods was born about 1848 in Texas; and died.
Elizabeth Woods was born about 1853 in Texas; and died.
2. Lewis Jackson Woods was born on 18 Oct 1853 in Newton County, Texas; died on 11 Nov 1936 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Broaddus Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas.
Henry N. Woods was born about 1860 in Texas; and died.