WOODY ANNEX
Jonathan George Woody Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
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Last Change: 16 October 2025
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Origin of
the surname “Woody:”
Generation
6
5 David Woody
1. Biographical notes:
Born 4 January 1804 in Tennessee. Died 1 November 1877 in Shelby County, Missouri.
2. Wife: Nancy A. (Lewellen) Sharpton
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1805 in North Carolina. Died ; interred Heath Chapel Cemetery, Daviess County,
Missouri. Married
(1st) William Sharpton (b. abt 1805 in NC). Married (2nd) David Woody.
1860 US Census: Nancy Woody, age 50 (b. NC) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Benton Township, Daviess County,
Missouri. Her real estate was valued at
$800, and her personal property was valued at $150. The household also included her son, Nathan
Woody, age 18 (b. MO); daughter, Elizabeth Woody, age 16 (b. MO); son, Josephus
Woody, age 14 (b. AR); and son, Samuel Woody, age 12 (b. MO).
1870 US Census: Nancy A. Woody, age 56 (b. NC) and
keeping house, was heading a household in Benton Township, Daviess County,
Missouri. The household also included
her son, Joseph Woody, age 24 (b. MO) and employed as a farmer; daughter,
Matilda Hill, age 30 (b. MO); grandson, John R. Hill, age 10 (b. MO); and
granddaughter, Sarah E. Hill, age 7 (b. MO).
Of interest, the household headed by her son, Samuel Woody, age 22 (b.
MO) was enumerated directly before her on the same census page.
1880 US Census: William Sharpton,
age 54 (b. TN; father's birth not recorded; mother b. TN) and employed as a
farmer, was heading a household in Benton Township, Daviess County,
Missouri. The household also included
his mother, Nancy Woody, age 75 (b. TN).
Of interest, the household headed by Nancy's son, Samuel Woody, age 35,
was enumerated directly before her on the same and previous census page.
3. Children:
a. Matilda Woody: Born about 1828. Married (1st) Lazarus Hill. Married (2nd) Leander
Conwell.
b. Nathan W. Woody: Born 25 December 1837 in
Missouri. Died 1 September 1921;
interred Fairview Cemetery, McFall, Gentry County,
Missouri.
c. Elizabeth Woody: Born about 1828 in Missouri. Married, as his 1st wife,
Joseph Talley, son of Allen and Katherine (Dilley) Talley, on 25 January 1866
in Daviess County, Missouri.
d. Josephus Woody "Joe": Born 1843 in Arkansas. Died 22 September 1928; interred Heath Chapel
Cemetery, Daviess County, Missouri.
e. Samuel J. Woody: See generation 4, below.
4 Samuel J. Woody
1. Biographical notes:
Born 24 December 1843 in Platte County, Missouri. Died 14
January 1931 in Mountain View Township, Howell County, Missouri; interred
Harris Cemetery, Harris Township, Sullivan County, Missouri. Veteran of the American
Civil War; served in the 23rd Infantry Regiment.
1870 US Census: Samuel Woody, age 22 (b. MO) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Benton Township (Gallatin Post
Office), Daviess County, Missouri. His
personal property was valued at $200.
The household also included his wife, Martha Woody, age 21 (b. MO); son,
William F. Woody, age 4 (b. MO); daughter, Mary J. Woody, age 1 (b. MO); and
daughter, Nancy A. Woody, age 2 (b. MO).
Of interest, the household headed by his mother, Nancy A. Woody, age 56
(b. NC) was enumerated directly after him on the same census page.
1880 US Census: Samuel Woody, age 35 (b. MO; parents
b. MO) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Benton Township,
Daviess County, Missouri. The household
also included his wife, Martha Woody, age 30 (b. MO; parents b. VA), who could
not write; son, William Woody, age 14 (b. MO) and employed working on the farm;
daughter, Nancy Woody, age 13 (b. MO); daughter, Mary Woody, age 11 (b. MO);
daughter, Sarah Woody, age 10 (b. MO); daughter, Ida Woody, age 8 (b. MO);
daughter, Emma Woody, age 7 (b. MO); daughter, Rosa Woody, age 5 (b. MO);
daughter, Lizzie Woody, age 3 (b. MO); and son, John Woody, age 1 (b. MO). Of interest, the household headed by his
step-brother, William Sharpton, age 54, was
enumerated directly after him on the next census page. That household also included his mother,
Nancy Woody, age 75 (b. TN) and widowed.
1900 US Census: Samuel Woody, age 56 (b. Dec 1843 in
MO; parents b. TN), widowed, and employed as a saloon keeper, was heading a
household in the Village of Clay, Clay Township, Sullivan County,
Missouri. The household also included
his daughter, Lillie E. Eckerson, age 5 (b. Aug 1894
in MO; father b. IL; mother b. MO); son, William Eckerson,
age 3 (b. Aug 1896 in MO; father b. IL; mother b. MO); and daughter, Clara Eckerson, age 1 (b. Sep 1898 in MO; father b. IL; mother b.
MO).
1910 US Census: Samuel Woody, age 65 (b. MO; parents
b. MO) and not employed, resided in the household headed by his son-in-law,
Isaac Pettit, age 43, in Huge Township, Lincoln County, Colorado. Samuel had been married twice. Among others, the household also included
Samuel's wife of 10 years, Eliza Woody, age 56 (b. MO; parents b. MO), who had
been married once.
1920 US Census: Samuel Woody, age 76 (b. MO; parents
b. US) and not employed, was heading a household in the Village of Harris, Clay
Township, Sullivan County, Missouri. The
household also included his wife, Eliza Woody, age 66 (b. OH; father b. OH;
mother b. PA) and not employed.
2. Wife #1: Martha A.
Cummings
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1847 in Missouri; daughter of John
and Nancy E. (Bonnell) Cummings. Died 1 April 1899 in Daviess
County, Missouri. Married Samuel J. Woody on 23 April 1865 in Daviess County,
Missouri.
b. Children:
(1. William F. Woody: Born 8 May 1866 in
Missouri. Died 15 September 1920 at
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington; interred there. Employed as a harness
maker. Married
Sarah M. Heasten (b. abt 1866 in MO) on 31 January
1886 in Daviess County, Missouri.
Also married Frances (?).
(2. Nancy A. Woody: Born 1867 in Missouri.
(3. Mary Jane Woody: Born 12 February 1869 at Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri. Died 10 January 1941 at
Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri.
Married Samuel Polk Heaston (b. 10 Nov 1863 in
Daviess Co., MO, d. 17 Dec 1942 in Gallatin Twp,
Daviess Co., MO) on 1 February 1886 in Daviess County, Missouri and had
children.
(4. Sarah Alice Woody: Born 24 August 1870 in Mercer
County, Missouri. Died
21 October 1957 in Seward County, Kansas. Married William Thomas Gadberry (b. 1871 in IA, d. 10 May 1939 in Seward Co., KS)
on 2 July 1896 in Sullivan County, Missouri.
(5. Ida V. Woody: Born 3 March 1872 in
Missouri. Died 13 June
1946 in Longview Township, Cowlitz County, Washington. Married Isaac Fike
Pettit (b. 27 Mar 1867 in MO, d. 21 Sep 1945 in Longview Twp, Cowlitz Co., WA) on 10 December 1889 in Daviess County, Missouri and had
children.
(6. Emma Woody: Born about 1873 in Missouri. Married Charles H. Pettit
(b. abt 1873) about 1893 in Missouri.
(7. Rosa Ellen Woody: Born 4 December 1873 in Benton
Township, Daviess County, Missouri. Died 27 March 1899 in Missouri. Married William Agee Brown (b. 18 Oct 1866 at
Shelbyville, Shelby Co., KY, d. 21 Aug 1944 at Loyalton, Sierra Co., CA) on 15 September 1888 in Daviess
County, Missouri and had children.
(8. Elizabeth Woody: Born 15 November 1878 in
Cameron Township, Clinton County, Missouri.
Died there 5 October 1926. Married Jesse Andrew McLane (b. 31 Dec 1873
in Daviess Co., MO, d. 20 Aug 1926 at St. Joseph,
Buchanan Co., MO) on 16 February 1898 in Gallatin Township, Daviess County,
Missouri and had children.
(9. John Woody: Born 20 January 1879 in St. Louis
County, Missouri. Died
6 September 1942 at Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico. Married Agnes Mulvey
(b. 8 Jul 1869 in Dora Twp, Moultrie Co., IL, d. 27
Jan 1908 at Pratt, Pratt Co., KS) on 10 February 1902 in Custer County,
Oklahoma and had a son.
(10. Samuel Woody: Born 27 October 1879 in Daviess
County, Missouri. Died
there 2 November 1880.
(11. George Washington
Woody: See generation 3, below.
(12.
Leonard Arther
Woody: Born 2 October 1884 in Sullivan County, Missouri. Died 28 September 1954 at
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Married Minnie Cedalia
Amelia Pigg (b. Feb 1887 in Sullivan Co., MO, d. 19 Mar 1939 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK) on 8 May
1904 in Custer County, Oklahoma and had children.
(13. Robert F. Woody: Born 31 August 1885 at McFall, Gentry County, Missouri. Died 7 May 1948 in Sherrill
Township, Texas County, Missouri.
Married Ida Mae Williams (b. abt 1890 in Sullivan Co.,
MO) on 15 January 1925 in Ottumwa Township, Wapello County, Iowa.
(14. Freeman Harrison Woody: Born 19 November 1889
at McFall, Gentry County, Missouri. Died 11 August 1960 at
Weatherford, Custer County, Oklahoma.
Married Clara Lillian Parkhurst (b. 24 Aug
1893 at Wheatland, Hickory Co., MO, d. 1 Jul 1929 at
Weatherford, Custer Co., OK) on 3 March 1909 in Custer County, Oklahoma and had
children.
3. Wife #3: Elizabeth
Armstrong Williams
"Eliza"
Born 1853 in Ohio. Died 26
September 1929 in Harris Township, Sullivan County, Missouri. Married, as his 2nd wife,
Samuel J. Woody on 2 July 1900 in Sullivan County, Missouri.
3 George Washington Woody
1. Biographical notes:
Born 8 May 1882 in Harris Township, Ripley County,
Missouri. Died 12 February 1963 at Kansas City, Jackson
County, Missouri.
2. Wife: Lucinda
Harrison
Born 27 May 1887, daughter of George Milton and Angelina Billman
"Lina" Harrison, in Canton Township, McPherson County, Kansas. Died there 20 December
1949. Married George Washington
Woody in 1906 in Winfield Township, Cowley County, Kansas.
3. Children:
a. Martha Viola Woody: Born 17 May 1907 in
Oklahoma. Died 14 October 1988 at
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Married Cecil Franklin Lyons (b. 12 Apr 1904
at Decatur, Macon Co., IL, d. Jun 1987 in Enid Twp, Garfield Co., OK) on 15 May 1926 in Payne County, Oklahoma and had
children.
b. Samuel M. Woody: Born January 1910 in Oklahoma.
c. Myrrl Milton Woody: See generation 2, below.
d. Freeman Newton Woody: Born 12 January 1913 at
Weatherford, Custer County, Oklahoma.
Died 10 October 1972 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Married Dorothy Faye Welker
(b. 11 Nov 1922 in MO, d. 22 Jul 2014 at NYC, NY).
e. Orville Woody: Born abt 1916 in Oklahoma. Died there 1916.
f. Arvie Woody: Born about 1916 in Oklahoma. Died 1933 at Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
g. George Wayne Woody: Born 17 Oklahoma 1917 at
Calumet, Canadian County, Oklahoma. Died 3 May 1935 at Normal, McLean County, Illinois.
h. Wilma Woody: Born about 1918 in Oklahoma.
i. Pauline Lucinda Woody: Born 13 January 1920 at
Calumet, Canadian County, Oklahoma. Died 1 May 2016 at Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas.
j. Robert E. Woody: Born 1921 in Lamar County,
Missouri. Died 1996 in
Buffalo County, Missouri. Married
Shirley Mae Taylor
k. Nellie Ruth Woody: Born about 1923 in Oklahoma.
l. William Franklin Woody: Born 23 October 1925 in
Enid Township, Garfield County, Oklahoma.
Died 15 June 1975 at Hermitage, Hermitage Township, Hickory
County, Missouri.
m. Robert E. Woody: Born 13 November 1927 in Enid
Township, Garfield County, Oklahoma.
Died 17 January 2000 in Buffalo Township, Dallas County, Missouri;
interred there in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
At age 20, while a resident of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,
married (1st) Shirley Mae Taylor (b. 1930 at Decatur, Burt Co., NE, d. 2002 in
Lincoln Co., NE), age 18 and a resident of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, on
11 September 1948 (license issued same day) in Benton County, Arkansas,
officiated by Minister James A. Ward.
Married (2nd) June Frances Bender "Frances" (b. 20 Jun 1934 at
Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO), daughter of Charles T. and Amelia (?) Bender, on
14 August 1954.
2 Myrrl Milton Woody
1. Biographical notes:
Born 13 November 1910/09 in Oklahoma. Died 5
October 1976 in Poway Township, San Diego County, California; interred Eternal
Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, San Diego County, California.
1950 US Census: Myrrl M.
Woody, age 40 (b. OK) and a member of the Armed Forces of the US [US Navy], was
heading a household at 15 Murray Road, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Ruth E. Woody, age 36 (b. ND); and foster son, Thomas S. Paine, age 7 (b.
HI).
2. Wife: Ruth Esther Dobler (more info)
Born 29 March/April 1913 at Anamoose, McHenry
County, North Dakota; daughter of John and Sophia (Huber) Dobler. Died 2
January 2012 at Whittier, Los Angeles County, California; interred with Myrrl. Married Myrrl Milton Woody and helped raise the following foster
child: (biological son of Delia Emily Paine (b. abt 1914 at San Francisco, CA;
who at age 25 and apparently unaccompanied, departed San Francisco, CA on 22
Sep 1939 aboard the S.S. Matsonia and arrived at Honolulu,
HI on 27 Sep 1939) of Honolulu, HI):
a. Thomas Scott Paine: (foster child) Biological son
of Delia Emily Pain. Born
6 July 1942 at Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii.
Died 13 August 2005 at Truckee, Nevada County,
California from complications of cancer. Married Margaret (?) about 1966 and had 2
daughters.
3. Child:
a. Jonathan George Woody: See generation 1,
below.
1 Jonathan George Woody:
Born 1950
in California. Married, as her
2nd husband, Tonya
Francine (Drake) Robins, descendant # 2.1 of generation 13 of the
Descendents of Charles Briant Drake, in 1991 in Clark County, Nevada.
See Tonya's page for More Info
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