Michael Woods migrated from Ireland to United States.

Biography

This profile is part of the Woods Name Study.

Michael Woods was born in Ireland.

One of the best known citizens of Eldred Township was Michael Woods, who was born in County Leitrim, Ireland, in 1822, and who emigrated to America when he was about eighteen years of age. He worked for about two years in Philadelphia, where he met Levi G. Clover, who took a great liking to the young Irishman, and brought him to his home in Brookville. He remained in the employ of Mr. Clover for two years, when he married Margaret Kerr, and moved on to the farm of John Dougherty, (now the Marlin farm), about two miles north of Brookville in Rose Township where he lived about five years, and then bought a farm from Benjamin McCreight in Eldred Township where he resided until his death which occurred October 11, 1877. He was buried at the Red Bank Roman Catholic cemetery in Clarion County. During the time that Mr. Woods worked for Clover and Dougherty, he carried the mail for about seven years from Brookville to Indiana making one trip a week, the round trip occupying two days and a half. He held many local offices in Eldred Township, being tax collector and constable for a period of almost twenty years, and served as court crier for about eighteen years. He was a man of the strictest integrity whose word was as good as his bond. His wife and sons reside in Eldred where they are among its best citizens.^[1]

Michael passed away on 11 October 1877 at Sigel, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania and is buried at the St Nicholas Cemetery, Limestone (Crates), Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA^[2]

Sources

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1. ↑ From "The History of Jefferson County" by Kate Scott, page 559
2. ↑ Find A Grave

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Allen Woods for creating WikiTree profile Woods-2368 through the import of Woods Family Tree_2009-03-29.ged on Jul 15, 2013.