G. H. Woods was born at Richwood, Ohio, August 8, 1834; he is a son of John and Sarah (Brookins) Woods.  His father was born in Ireland, in 1799, and came to Pennsylvania, with his parents, in 1801 ; he was a tailor by trade, and conducted a tailor shop for several years in Richwood, where he died in 1874; he devoted a large portion of his life to farming, in which he was very successful.  Our subject received his education in the schools of' his native village, and started in life as a farmer boy; he engaged in the drug business in Richwood in 1868, and after following it for three years, embarked in the dry goods business, which he followed ten years, selling out in 1882 to J. B. Miller.  In 1870, he married Lovina Siples, who was born in Marion County in 1844.  They have four children, viz.: Minnie Francis E., Wilke Gaylord and Anna L.  Mr. Woods is a Republican, and the owner of ninety-three acres of land in this township.  He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge in 1878 and 1879; he is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.