First Generation

1. Benjamin WOODS¹ was born about 1810 in Pennsylvania.¹ He died between 1850 and 1860 in Brooklyn, Schuyler Co., IL.¹ He appeared in the census in 1850 in Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 12, 24/Sept, family# 85. He is reference number 1410. 1830 US census- Tuscarawas County, Ohio, lists a Benjamin Woods with wife.

1840 census- lists a Benjamin Woods with 2 sons and 2 girls and wife. Still in Tuscarawas, Ohio

1850 Census, Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 12, 24/Sept, family# 85 IL 036
Wood, Benjamin, age 40, Miller, b. PA
Mary age 39, b. OH (wife of Benjamin)
Nathan P, age 17, b. OH (son of Benjamin)
Deborah, age 14, b. OH (daughter, of Benjamin)
William W, age 12, b. OH (son of Benjamin)
Margaret, age 10, b. OH (daughter of Benjamin)
Enos, age 8, b. OH (son of Benjamin)
John O, age 6, b. OH (son of Benjamin)
Mary E, age 2, b. IL (daughter of Benjamin)


Found in the 1862 Schuler County, Illinois, Military Census
WOODS, Enos R. - 20, Ohio, Farmer, Co. G, 16th Regt. Illinois Vol.
WOODS, John O. - 18, Ohio, Farmer
WOODS, Nathan P. - 30, Ohio, Farmer, Co. A, 78th Regt. Illinois Vol.
WOODS, William S. - 24, Ohio, Farmer, Co. A, 78th Regt. Illinois Vol.

Benjamin WOODS and Mary JOHNSON were married on 15 Jul 1830 in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio.¹ Mary JOHNSON^1,2 was born about 1813 in Ohio.^1,3 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 12, 24/Sept, family# 85. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 244, 1/Aug, family# 1606. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 21, 13/June, family# 9. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, ED 263, pag 23, 15/June, family#207. She died on 22 Feb 1883 in Brooklyn, Schuyler Co., IL.¹ She was buried in Brooklyn Cem., Schuyler Co., IL.¹ She is reference number 1411. 1850 Census,1850 Census, Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 12, 24/Sept, family# 85 IL 036
Wood, Mary age 39, b. OH (wife of Benjamin)

1860 Census, Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 244, 1/Aug, family# 1606 IL 037
Woods, Mary, age 48, b. OH, Real Value $25
Enos, age 17, b. OH, (son of Mary)
John O, age 16, b. OH (son of Mary)
William S, age 23, b. OH, (son of Mary)
Mary E, age 11, b. IL, (daughter of Mary)

1870 Census, Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, pg 2, 13/June, family# 9 IL 038
Woods, Mary, age 63, b. OH, (mother of Sheperd)

1880 Census, Illinois, Schuyler, Brooklyn, ED 263, pag 23, 15/June, family#207 IL 039
Wood, Mary, age 72, mother-in-law (of Benjamin White), b. OH, Father b. MD, Mother b. OH Benjamin WOODS and Mary JOHNSON had the following children:

+2	i.	Nathan P WOODS.
+3	ii.	Deborah WOODS.
+4	iii.	William Sheperd WOODS.
+5	iv.	Margaret WOODS.
+6	v.	Enos R. WOODS.
+7	vi.	John Oliver WOODS.
+8	vii.	Mary Ellen WOODS.