My seventh cousin.
Born: 11 Aug. 1895, Stanberry, MO. 1 2 4
Parents: ANDREW JACKSON WOODS AND MARY PARALEE BOATWRIGHT
Married: about 1916. 3
Death: Unknown.
Notes:
As of June 1917 William was married and farming for his father near Stanberry, MO; he was short and slender, with blue eyes and light hair. 4
Listed as a farmer in the 1920 Federal Census, Cooper, Gentry, MO (indexed Wood).
Listed as a shoe repairer in a shoe shop in the 1930 Federal Census, St Joseph, Buchanan, MO ("Yale Street" indicated in margin).
Spouse: ORDA IDALETTE VANCE b. 1 May 1892, MO 3 6 d. 15 June 1988, Orange Co., CA. 6
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM FRANCIS WOODS AND ORDA IDALETTE VANCE:
(my seventh cousins once removed)
ALMA NADINE WOODS b. 1918, Missouri. 3
WILLIAM VANCE WOODS b. 1920, Missouri. 3 5
Sources:
1. "Historical Southern Families," Volume XI, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
2. 1900 Federal Census, Stanberry, Gentry, MO.
3. 1930 Federal Census, St Joseph, Buchanan, MO.
4. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
5. E-mail from William Vance Woods, 31 Oct. 2007.
6. California Death Index, 1940-1997, Sacramento, CA, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
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