Family Tree
Three generations around Samuel Purviance
Sibling
John Purviance Woods
1797 — 1847
Sibling
Margaret Woods
1799 — 1821
Sibling
Jane Woods
1800 — 1821
Sibling
Mary "Polly" Woods
1802 — 1861
Sibling
Martha Woods
1804 — 1861
Sibling
David Melton Woods
1805 — 1866
Sibling
Nancy Woods
1808 — 1859
Sibling
William Harvey Woods
1811 — 1883
Sibling
Eleazer Woods
1813 — 1875
Sibling
Anna Woods
1816 — 1818
This record
Samuel Purviance Woods
1809 — 1882
Vital Events
Dates and Places
- Born26 DEC 1809 · Preble, Ohio
- Died13 OCT 1882 · Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas
- BuriedWoods Cemetery, Benton County, Arkansas
- SexMale
Notes
Research Notes
In the obituary of 1882 the following: Mr. Samuel Woods, a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of our county, died at Bentonville on Thursday night of cholera morbus. He was attending court as a juryman. (Fayetteville Democrate 10/19/82);
Samuel was born on Dec 26, 1809 in Ohio, the son of Samuel "East" Woods and Anna Purviance.
He died on Oct 13, 1882 in Benton County, Arkansas .
His wife was Elizabeth Greaves Dickson, who he married in 1831 in Tennessee. Their eight known children were Margaret Ann (1832-1882), Mary Emma (1834-1863), William Harvey (1836-1860), Elizabeth G. (1839-1843), Robert David (1843-1902), Eliza Jane (1846-1925), John Samuel Eleazer (1848-1912) and Joseph Newton (1852-1920).