Samuel Leeper Woods

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Personal and Family Information

Samuel was born on 11 Apr 1827 in Bedford, Tennessee, the son of Samuel "West" Woods and Sarah Adams.

He died in 1845. The place is not known.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Samuel Leeper Woods
(1827-1845)

 

Samuel "West" Woods
(1799-1871)

 

Francis Harper Woods
(1776-1849)

 

Samuel Woods
(1740-1821)

 
   

Elizabeth Patton
(1752-1813)

 
   

Martha Leeper
(1775-1851)

 

James Leeper
(1743-1811)

 
   

Mary Blair
(1748-1828)

 
   

Sarah Adams
(1797-1839)

 

Robert Adams
(-1829)

   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth11 APR 1827
Place: Bedford, Tennessee
Family Bible of Samuel Woods. Set of six Scott’s Bible Commentaries purchased by Samuel Woods Aug 16, 1857. The Holy Bible containing the old and new testaments, acccording to the authorized version with Explanatory note, practical observations, and copious marginal references.
Source: Family Bible of Samuel Woods. Set of six Scott’s Bible Commentaries purchased by Samuel Woods Aug 16, 1857. The Holy Bible containing the old and new testaments, acccording to the authorized version with Explanatory note, practical observations, and copious marginal references.
Authors: Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks
Date: 1832
Publisher: Boston: Samuel T Armstrong, and Crocker and Brewster. New York, J Leavitt.

Death1845
Address: Enlisted in the Mexican War and did not return per “Decesendents,Wood,FrancisH” byLW Bates, attached see also will WT Dickson 1847 “eve of engaging mexican war”
Descendents of Woods, Francis Harper
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Notes

Note 1

Mexican-American War (1846-1848) ….. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico….U.S. President James K. Polk….. “manifest destiny”

https://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/mexican-war.html

129th Field Artillery, F Battery, Captain Allen, Harry B: privates:Woods, James M, Woods, Samuel F.

Sources

  1. Family Bible of Samuel Woods. Set of six Scott’s Bible Commentaries purchased by Samuel Woods Aug 16, 1857. The Holy Bible containing the old and new testaments, acccording to the authorized version with Explanatory note, practical observations, and copious marginal references.
    Source: Family Bible of Samuel Woods. Set of six Scott’s Bible Commentaries purchased by Samuel Woods Aug 16, 1857. The Holy Bible containing the old and new testaments, acccording to the authorized version with Explanatory note, practical observations, and copious marginal references.
    Authors: Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks
    Date: 1832
    Publisher: Boston: Samuel T Armstrong, and Crocker and Brewster. New York, J Leavitt.