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Note: John Wiley Woods was born April 16,1887 on the homestead of John and Helen Woods, on the prairie near Madison, Dakota Territory. At that time there was no laws saying you had to record a birth, and his birth was never recorded. I have never been able to obtain a birth record. While living in Dakota territory, John and Helen Woods lived in a house built on the side of a hill, with a sod roof. One day Grampa John's horses ran away, and ran on top of the sod roof and fell through, John Wiley Woods was in a little swing, that his father had made for him, and it hung from the ceiling, at the time the horses came through, and they just missed coming through on him. A very close call. Gramma Helen Woods used to bake her bread, everyday, and the Indians who lived near by would smell her bread and come and stand at the edge of their yard, and she would always give them loaves of her bread. The Indians loved this. Aunt Ica and Aunt Madaline said this was related to them by Uncle Clarence Woods. 1910 PawPaw, Vanburen County, Michigan Census Beals, Nelson D head m w 55 b Mi f b Oh m b Oh farmer Martha C wife f w 55 b Mi f b NY m b NY Ray son m w 28 b Mi Edna dau f w 14 b Mi Name: John W Woods handyman m w 28 b SD f b MI m b Mi farm labor Age in 1910: 23 Estimated birth year: 1886 Birthplace: South Dakota Home in 1910: PAW PAW TWP, Van buren, Michigan State of Michigan, Van Buren County, Pawpaw, John W Woods, age 26, and Eva Coulson, age 20 were married Oct. 20,1913 by Wm. Killefer, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses, Emory Squire and M.M. Southworth. Jan 26 1914 John B Woods sold land to John W Woods and Eva C. L3,4 BLK-22 Decatur. Deed recorded Jan 28 1914. March 1 1919 John W Woods and Eva C sold land to Citizens State Bank, L3,4 Blk-22, Decatur. Deed recorded Nov 12 1920. Woods, John b Age: 67 Year: 1920 Birthplace: Michigan Roll: T625_799 Race: White Page: 3A John W son age 33 Eva S daughter-in-law age 27 Ica R granddaughter age 6 Madeline S granddaughter age 3 Roland G grandson age 1 State: Michigan ED: 188 County: Van Buren Image: 0260 Township: Decatur Woods, John Worth 2000.00 Not employed Poor Health Age: 42 Year: 1930 House # 192 Birthplace: South Dakota Roll: T626_990 Race: White Page: 8B Eva Wife age 38 b Mi Dormitory Girls Matron Ica dau age 15 b Mi Madeline dau age 14 b Mi Georgie son age 11 b Mi State: Michigan ED: 10 City of Lansing Thompson Street County: Ingham Image: 0495 Township: Lansing Relationship: Head JOHN W WOODS 1887-1936 John W. Woods, 48 of 818 Johnson Avenue, Lansing, died at a local hospital Tuesday evening, January 28, following a lingering illness. He had been a resident of Lansing for the past ten years, having gone there from Decatur. He is survived by the widow, Eva; two daughters, Mrs Ica Fowler, of Gleason, Tenn., Mrs Madeline Pittman of Lansing, one son, George Woods of Lansing; one brother, Clarence Woods of Kalamazoo, and one sister Mrs Carrie Baldwin of Battle Creek. The body lay in state at the Goraline- Runcimen funeral home until Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, and funeral services were held from the M.E. church at Decatur at 1:30 o'clock. Interment was in the Harrison cemetery at Decatur. Older residents of Decatur will remember the Woods family and also the George Coulson family of which Mrs. Woods was a member. They were known here as good substantial Christian people. Among the relatives who accompanied the body of John Woods to Decatur and attended the funeral services were the widow, Mrs Eva Coulson Woods, and three children, Mrs George Coulson, Jay Coulson and family, Mrs Ernest Spratt and family, Mrs May Longley and daughter, Mrs. Carrie Hall and son Lewis Hall of Waverly, Mrs. Flossie Smith of Portland, and Mrs. Lilia Moore of Benton Harbor. John Woods was born in Madison, S. Dak., April 16,1887, and died in Lansing January 28,1936.
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