| John Woods
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| male
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- Child of family
- John Woods and Unknown (4)
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- Spouse of family
- John Woods and Delilah Hill (1)
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- Spouse of family
- John Woods and Susannah Hill (1)
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- Birth S1, N1
- ~ 1779
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Death I4
- 15 Feb 1858
- St. Clair, Illinois, United States
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- Alt Birth S2, N1
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
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- Alt Birth S5
- 1779
- Virginia, United States
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- Residence S2
- 1800
- Illinois, United States
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- Census S3
- 1820
- St. Clair, Illinois, United States
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- Census S4
- 1840
- St. Clair, Illinois, United States
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- Census S5
- 30 Oct 1850
- Turkey Hill, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
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- Alt Death S2
- 1855
- St. Clair, Illinois, United States
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- Census S6
- 1830
- Scott Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
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John Woods was most likely born in 1778-9 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His father, John Walker "Woods", had refused to join the British and fought instead on the side of the colonists in the War of the Rebellion. After the war, young John and family settled in Ohio.
By 1808, at age 30, John Woods had moved out to the Illinois Territory and settled in Turkey Hill, a prominent trading post in St. Clair County, Illinois.
| S1. | Past and present of the city of Decatur and Macon County, Illinois, p. 509
(speaking of John Walker "Woods")
...when success at length crowned the efforts of the colonists he sent for his family (from near Halifax, Nova Scotia) to join him in the United States, locating in Jefferson County, Ohio.
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| S2. | Portrait and biographical record of St. Clair County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent citizens, together with biographies and portraits, p. 334
After the war was over, he [John Walker Woods] removed to Cleveland in which his son, John Woods ...was born.
John Woods moved to Illinois about 1800 and was one of the first settlers of the Turkey Hill Settlement.
..was called out of life in 1855, at the age of 83
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| S3. | United States, Illinois, St. Clair, Census, 1820, p. 131
WOODS, John, 4-1-0-0-1-0 / 1-0-0-1-0
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| S4. | United States, Illinois, St. Clair, Census, 1840, p. 282
WOODS, John, 0-1-0-0-5-1-0-0-2 / 0-0-1-1-0-0-0-1
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| S5. | United States, Illinois, St. Clair, Census, 1850, p. 355, 1 Nov 1850
Turkey Hill, District 7, 1409/1409
John Woods, age 71, Farmer, $$$ Real Estate, born in VA
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| S6. | United States, Illinois, St. Clair, Census, 1830, P. 155
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 I4. John Woods Probate Cover
| N1. | The birthplace of John Woods II as listed in the census records of his children as:
Nova Scotia (1880 & 1900, Robert and James)
Pennsylvania (1900 & 1910, Delilah)
New Jersey (1920, Delilah)
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