Adam Swope Woods (1803 - 1871)

Born 9 Jun 1803 in Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Campbell) Woods — married about 18 Sep 1827 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 12 May 1871 at age 67 in Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Adam was born 9 June 1803 in Pennsylvania. His father was killed while in Kentucky by Indians while he was less than a year old.^{[1] [2]}

He married Margaret Campbell in 1827 and moved immediately to Adams County, Pennsylvania where he opened a tailor shop. They had several children^[3] and later packed their wagon and moved to Ohio^[4]continuing as a tailor.^[5][6] followed later by another move to Indiana.^[7]

Children include:

1. Mary A born 1828
2. Thomas James born 1829
3. Ann born ~1836
4. Catherine born ~1840
5. Margaret Amelia born ~1847
6. James Foster born 1851

He passed away 12 May 1871 in Warsaw Indiana. ^[8]

• Residence (1803) Leacock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence (1830) Hunterstown, Straban, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence (1840) Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio, United States
• Residence (1850) Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio, United States
• Residence (1860) Town of Lewisburg, Champaign, Ohio, United States
• Residence (1870) Indiana, United States
• Burial (1871) Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States of America

Sources

1. ↑ Family Portrait The Luce-Auborn Ancestry. Luce, Michael Wayne. Seatle, WA. Privately Printed. ISBN 978-0-692-90944. 2017.
2. ↑ History of the Swope family and their connections, 1678-1896 Gilbert Ernest Swope, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, T.B. and H. B. Corhran, 1896, page 287
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPV-R1X : 19 August 2017), Adam Woods, Straban, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 55, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 143; FHL microfilm 20,617.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRF-3NH : 16 August 2017), Adam Woods, Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio, United States, with wife 2 boys, 3 girls; citing p. 315, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 382; FHL microfilm 20,160.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1850 Adam S Woods, Mechanicsburg, Champaign, Ohio, United States; citing family 261, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Wife Margaret, Son Thomas, Daughters Ann, Margaret & Catherine.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860" Adam S Wood, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, Adam G Woods, Indiana, United States; citing p. 15, family 125, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,831.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #104678642, Adam S Woods, (1803–12 May 1871); Burial, Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States of America, Oakwood Cemetery; accessed 02 March 2019, Maintained by OPPSheryl (contributor 47070645).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 April 2018, 03:02), entry for Adam Swope Woods(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LH1G-5SL); contributed by various users.