John William Woody ¹⁰³

   Cause of his death was cardiac asthma.

  General Notes:

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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #1667, Date of Import: Jun 5, 2002]

John was in the Civil War and the Spanish American War. He was in Co F 2nd IN reg in 1847 and served one year in the Mexican War. In the Civil War he enlisted in Co I 29th Iowa Regiment, was a sergeant, and served through the war. He had a military funeral.

The 1860 census shows that John owned real estate valued at $1000.00 and had $400.00 personal property.

The 1884 ed. of "The History of Gutherie County" says that John came to Gutherie County in 1853 and lived in the log cabin which he built at the time of the settlement. He resided there until 1875, when he built a new residence on "one hundred and eighty-eight acres of good land". He married Clarissa C. Henderson, 27 AUG 1854. She was the daughter of one of the original settlers.

The 1840 census of Lawrence County, Iowa, shows a household of "Henderson/Woody", with one male 20-30 yrs and one female 20-30 years. It is obvious that the Woodys and Hendersons knew each other in Lawrence County before coming to Gutherie County.

  Events

• Fact 1: Fact 1, 22 Jun 1860, Farmer, $1000. real estate $400. pers. prop.. ^103,125

John married Clarissa Caroline Henderson, daughter of James Henderson and Elizabeth Reynolds, on 28 Aug 1854 in Gutherie County, Gutherie Center, Iowa ¹⁰³.^,106 (Clarissa Caroline Henderson was born on 10 Apr 1837 in Lawrence County, Indiana ¹⁰³ and died on 11 Nov 1908 in Panora, Gutherie County, Iowa ¹⁰³.) The cause of her death was "Paralysis" (stroke?).

• Marriage Fact: 11 Nov 1908.