Henry Earl Woods: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Henry Earl Woods was born on 20 Apr 1889 in Newton County, Texas (son of Henry N. Woods and Temperance Lovella Cole); died on 24 Mar 1970 in Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas.

Notes:

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name: Henry Earl Woods
event: Death
event date: 24 Mar 1970
event place: Nederland, Jefferson, Texas, United States
gender: Male
marital status: Married
birth date: 20 Apr 1889
birthplace: Newton, Texas
father's name: Henry N Woods
mother's name: Temperance Lovella Cole
certificate number: 20567
film number: 2223247
digital folder number: 005145934
image number: 02113
Collection: "Texas, Deaths (New Index, New Images), 1890-1976," Henry Earl Woods, 1970

Generation: 2

Henry N. Woods was born about 1860 in Texas (son of Seborn Woods and Nancy Marshall); and died.

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Newton County, ED 55
Enumerated 26 and 28 Jun 1880
Page 38B SD 1 ED 55
311-316
DuBose and A. B. Cole
312-317
Woods, H N W M 20 Farmer Tx Tenn Tenn
Woods, T. L W F 19 Wife Keeping House Ala Ala Ark
Woods, Mabel P W F 7/12 Oct Dtr Tx Tx Ala

Henry married Temperance Lovella Cole on 9 Aug 1877 in Newton County, Texas. Temperance was born about 1861 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Temperance Lovella Cole was born about 1861 in Alabama; and died.

Notes:

Likely to be a daughter of DuBose Cole (born ca 1832, Ala and) and his wife, A. B. (born ca 1848 in Arkansas), as Temperence and Henry lived next to them at the time of the 1880 Census of Newton County, Texas.

Children:

Mable Pauline Woods was born in Oct 1879 in Newton County, Texas; died on 24 May 1971 in Atlanta, Cass County, Texas.
1. Henry Earl Woods was born on 20 Apr 1889 in Newton County, Texas; died on 24 Mar 1970 in Nederland, Jefferson 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.
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.
2. Henry N. Woods was born about 1860 in Texas; and died.