The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-27
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! OBITUARY !
@~%c@ $3.50 80 @,
GEO, N. WOODS
PASSED forest
LAST EVENING
ONE OF OHIO CouNTY'S FINEST
CITIZENS DIED ON ESTATE SET
TIED BY GRa.NOFATAES IN
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
WAS PROMINENTLY IDENTIFIED
WITTY NUMEROUS W, VA BUSI-
NESS INSTITUTIONS.
1hSr or CONTRACTION THAT
FOUNDED TOWN OF WpoDSDAhE
SURVIVED BY MOTHER.

George w. Woods. on" "f Ohm" '"uh
tvs finest citizens and hest known bust
ness men. died 4; $40 o'clock !asi even
Ing ut his home in W"odsda'r. Tho site
Of which WAS I part OF tn" rstat" on
which his grandfather bad settled carly
in The eighteenth century.
Mr. Woods had been i'll Tor IN" past
year. and although his death whs no;
unexpected il is nevertheless deeply de
p1nrcd By his numerous friends ana
business associates, ny whom ~ vas
generally admired and respected.
rh" deceased was prominently id"nii-
fed with tho National Bank 1T West
Virginia, security Trust company. the
Cecil Lumber company aud numerous
other substantial business enterprises
of Wheeling and vicinity.
He was An .ardent hrm,&rflt and took
great interest in all public questions.
He WAS twic" cl"cG-ri Il member Of IN"
board OF cnunty- commissioners. the
first tim" ABOUT uhirty years ago. AND
again served on tho board from 1911 10
i9lS During the period Of his trHt
services aS Il cnr9nlSSioncr n" became
president Of the board. tic WAS several
times the unsuccessful candidate for
his party for nrnlhcr OF The house OF
Delegates.
The deceased WAS tho son Of John
and Ruth Jacobs Woods and th"
,-rnndson Of Archibald Woods. who
came to West Virginia curly in the
rjch, zenith century. Grandfather Woods
ACQUIRED 4 quarter section 81 land from
the United SuitcS government. on ihlS
| land ne built the HON" which. although
| Today nearly one hundred ana tw"nty
! years old, is still one OF the hnrSt n
! the suburb, in which il is Situat"d--thas
/ OF WoodSCkLln named IN honor OF inc
! family Of Woods. The house wmch
! Archibald Woods erected n that uihr
was the only r"sidrnc: in that locality.
land upon hi.. death his son. Hamilton.
Ifcil heir 20 ;hr old HON" and at the
! lattcr's death his son, John Gather OF
i,h> suhic1.t oe this sketch Inherited The
, estate /, was on this hnmesina that
/ Mr., George W. Woods was born. ms
/ ,nnlhcr. now in her nInety-siNth year
I sill resides there
/ Mr.. Woods received his carly train
ing IN the public schools OF Ohio coln-
~ and later graduated from ". and D.
! college. being n claSsmatr Of Dr. J"nn
|. rlckry. James Cummins and Atfrcl
Fault, all prominent residents OF 'hi'
CITY He was the last Of his generation
~. was ono Of 4 family OF three broth
crs and one sister. all Of whom are dead
His wife, who before her marriage was
Miss Jane Pryor. member OF one al
! tho old families of Ohio county. diso
Iast .Juns. Their only child. q son. dicu
in infancy. His brother. tn" late Iosctr
/ Woods. Ias at one time promin"il'
LAWYER of this city and WAS elected
member Of Vhc house of dfl"SatcS OF
which he became the speaker. Inc ON!
immediate members OF his tami!y sur
,.I,.ino, besides his aged mother mr.
several nieces. the daughters OF hi
brother Archibald
Mr.. Woods VIA a man Of mo 1nt"l'
-encr and excellent business Judgment
ono whose prohity and public sp!r''
u.crs conspicuous parts of his charhc
tor, lie stood high among his fellow
men.
Funeral arrangements. arc incomplete