John Woody

John Woody
BIRTH
28 Dec 1806
North Carolina, USA
DEATH
19 Jan 1863 (aged 56)
Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
BURIAL
Gifford Cemetery
Monroe, Jasper County, Iowa, USA
MEMORIAL ID
45702053 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 1
HISTORY: After marriage to Mary, they settled on 60 acres of land in Indiana. In 1849 they sold their home in Lawrence County, Indiana, came to Iowa and settled in Marion County, two and one half miles southeast of where Monroe now stands. He had two teams and bought two land warrents of 160 acres each. He also bought a man out and got 120 acres of deeded land with a quit claim deed, making him the owner of 440 acres. As his sons grew up he gave each of them 40 acres.
Written by William H. Woody, July 11, 1915

Jasper County, Iowa - Biographies - Portrait and Biographical Record, Jasper - Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa -
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL. 1894, page 344 - ~ John T. Woody ~
... John and Mary (Horton) Woody, and were born in North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. Grandfather Joseph Woody, left his native state in the year 1816, and located in Jackson County, Ind., on a farm, where his son was inured to the pursuits of agriculture. John T. is one in a family of twelve children, all but two living to manhood and womanhood. The living are: Joseph N., James A., William H., Lucy A., John T., born March 13, 1839, in Lawrence County, Ind., Asa N., Sarah E., Emily J., Eliza and Nancy. It was in 1849 that John Woody came to Iowa, and settled on a farm in Marion County, which by persistent efforts he increased in acreage to four hundred and twenty acres of as finely improved land as any in the county. In religion, he and his good wife were united with the Baptist Church. In politics, Mr. Woody was a Democrat. He was called from this life when but fifty-six years 22 days old; his wife lived to the age of sixty-seven years 1month 10days.

Family Members
Parents

Joseph Woody
1780–1861

Sarah Thompson Woody
1783–1863

Spouse

Mary Horton Woody
1813–1880

Siblings

James Woody
1803–1877

Joseph Woody
1809–1888

Sarah Woody Payne
1811–1850

Samuel J. Woody
1815–1894

Ruth Woody Fullen
1822–1890

Thompson Woody
1825–1894

Nancy Woody Reed
1827–1902

Children

Joseph N. Woody
1830–1896

James F Woody
1832–1868

William Hampton Woody
1834–1915

Lucy A Woody Whitted
1836–1907

Sarah Elizabeth Woody Honnold
1843–1917

Emily Jane Woody Gifford
1846–1925

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