JOHN SANDERS WOODS – In the last century modern improvements have rendered all forms of travel so easy, commodious and comparatively moderate in price that the whole world travels, and seldom does a family stay in one country for one generation after another until their genealogy is fireside history and it is rare indeed that a family that has migrated from the old country to this new one can trace its honored ancestry as far back as the subject of our sketch, John Sanders Woods, of Louisville, president of the Franklin Bank.
Mr. Woods was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, August 23, 1869, and is descended from two old Kentucky families. The Woods family is traced directly back to one Woods who was a trooper in the army of Oliver Cromwell when he invaded Ireland. This Woods was so well pleased with the country that he settled in Ireland, making his home in the beautiful county of Meath. He had a son John, who married a Miss Wallup, a lineal descendant of the Earl of Loftus. In about 1726 five of the children of John Woods, namely, Michael, William, Andrew, James and Elizabeth, migrated to America, all being married at the time, and settled in Virginia and North Carolina, after having traveled and lived for some time in Pennsylvania.
Michael, the son of John the first, was the ancestor of John S. Woods of Louisville. Michael married Mary Campbell; their son Archibald married Isabella _____; their son James married Jane McCoun; their son Joseph married Anne Buchanan; their son James married Priscilla Armstrong; their son John married Mary Isabella McAfee, the latter being the parents of John S. Woods, the subject of our sketch. A good long line of fine ancestors from which the present Mr. Woods may justly be proud to have descended.
On the maternal side of Mr. Woods family is another old one with an equally illustrious family tree. The McAfee family can be traced back to John McAfee, a sturdy Covenanter, one of that indomitable band who signed the Scottish National Covenant in 1638, who lived near the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and who in the year 1672 left his native Scotland and settled in county Armagh, Ireland. His grandson, James McAfee, sailed for America in 1739, with his wife and three children, and after living many years in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, finally settled, in 1755, in Botetourt county, Virginia, where other children were born to them.
Their son James was the great-great-great-grandfather of John S. Woods. He married Jane McMichiel and their son Robert, who was the founder of the family in Kentucky, was a mighty Western hunter and a companion of Daniel Boone. He married Anne McCoun, and their son General Robert B. McAfee was United States Minister to Bogota, South America, also lieutenant-governor of Kentucky during the administration of Governor Desha, and was acting governor for a considerable portion of the administration of Governor Desha. He was a general at the battle of the Thames. He married Mary Cardwell, and their son William married Anna E. Crockett, the latter being the grandparents of John S. Woods.
The children of John Clelland and Mary Isabella (McAfee) Woods were: Clara, who married N.E. Jones, practicing law in the state of Missouri, where Mrs. Jones died; John Sanders; Loula, who married George Harkless of Lamar, Missouri, whose brother, a prominent lawyer of Kansas City defended Guiteau in the trial for his life for killing President Garfield; Florence married Jacob Siple, now of Nevada, Missouri; Nell H., unmarried, living in Chicago.
John Clelland Woods, father of John S., was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in 1832, and was a merchant in that section until he moved to Nevada, Missouri, where he was engaged in merchandizing until his death in 1887. His wife was born in Mercer county, in the old stone house which was built on the site of the old frontier fort at McAfee station, which old house is still standing and is the oldest one in Kentucky. She was born in 1842, and is still living, residing in Louisville.
John S. Woods was fourteen years of age when the family moved to Missouri. He graduated from the High School of Nevada, Missouri, and also attended the State University at Columbia, Missouri. Upon the completion of his education, Mr. Woods returned to Kentucky in 1890, locating in Louisville. For a number of years he had charge of the office of the Belknap Hardware Company, and for the next five years, after leaving the Belknap Company, he was an expert accountant in Louisville, Chicago and New York city. In January, 1908, he organized the Franklin Bank of Louisville and was elected president of the bank at its organization, which position he still retains. He is treasurer of the Kentucky Association of Accountants; a member of the Louisville Commercial Club, and a member of Admiral Jouett Section, Navy League of the United States. He takes an active interest in the Second Broadway Presbyterian church, of which he is an honored member.
Mr. Woods is just in the first prime of his life. The first chapter of an eventful, prosperous and honorable business career has been written, but it is not difficult to imagine what his future history will be, for his salient characteristics are well known. He possesses the enterprising and indomitable spirit of the progressive man and the man of affairs, combined with good judgment and foresight, and, moreover, his business principles and conduct will bear the closest investigation. His success has been of pronounced type and he is known as one of the representative young business men of the estate, in whose future and greater precedence he has the utmost confidence, while a more loyal and enthusiastic citizen of the commonwealth cannot be found.
[A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS By E. POLK JOHNSON ©1912, The Lewis Publishing Company]
Contributor: FGreenbaum (47976024)
Mr. Woods was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, August 23, 1869, and is descended from two old Kentucky families. The Woods family is traced directly back to one Woods who was a trooper in the army of Oliver Cromwell when he invaded Ireland. This Woods was so well pleased with the country that he settled in Ireland, making his home in the beautiful county of Meath. He had a son John, who married a Miss Wallup, a lineal descendant of the Earl of Loftus. In about 1726 five of the children of John Woods, namely, Michael, William, Andrew, James and Elizabeth, migrated to America, all being married at the time, and settled in Virginia and North Carolina, after having traveled and lived for some time in Pennsylvania.
Michael, the son of John the first, was the ancestor of John S. Woods of Louisville. Michael married Mary Campbell; their son Archibald married Isabella _____; their son James married Jane McCoun; their son Joseph married Anne Buchanan; their son James married Priscilla Armstrong; their son John married Mary Isabella McAfee, the latter being the parents of John S. Woods, the subject of our sketch. A good long line of fine ancestors from which the present Mr. Woods may justly be proud to have descended.
On the maternal side of Mr. Woods family is another old one with an equally illustrious family tree. The McAfee family can be traced back to John McAfee, a sturdy Covenanter, one of that indomitable band who signed the Scottish National Covenant in 1638, who lived near the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and who in the year 1672 left his native Scotland and settled in county Armagh, Ireland. His grandson, James McAfee, sailed for America in 1739, with his wife and three children, and after living many years in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, finally settled, in 1755, in Botetourt county, Virginia, where other children were born to them.
Their son James was the great-great-great-grandfather of John S. Woods. He married Jane McMichiel and their son Robert, who was the founder of the family in Kentucky, was a mighty Western hunter and a companion of Daniel Boone. He married Anne McCoun, and their son General Robert B. McAfee was United States Minister to Bogota, South America, also lieutenant-governor of Kentucky during the administration of Governor Desha, and was acting governor for a considerable portion of the administration of Governor Desha. He was a general at the battle of the Thames. He married Mary Cardwell, and their son William married Anna E. Crockett, the latter being the grandparents of John S. Woods.
The children of John Clelland and Mary Isabella (McAfee) Woods were: Clara, who married N.E. Jones, practicing law in the state of Missouri, where Mrs. Jones died; John Sanders; Loula, who married George Harkless of Lamar, Missouri, whose brother, a prominent lawyer of Kansas City defended Guiteau in the trial for his life for killing President Garfield; Florence married Jacob Siple, now of Nevada, Missouri; Nell H., unmarried, living in Chicago.
John Clelland Woods, father of John S., was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in 1832, and was a merchant in that section until he moved to Nevada, Missouri, where he was engaged in merchandizing until his death in 1887. His wife was born in Mercer county, in the old stone house which was built on the site of the old frontier fort at McAfee station, which old house is still standing and is the oldest one in Kentucky. She was born in 1842, and is still living, residing in Louisville.
John S. Woods was fourteen years of age when the family moved to Missouri. He graduated from the High School of Nevada, Missouri, and also attended the State University at Columbia, Missouri. Upon the completion of his education, Mr. Woods returned to Kentucky in 1890, locating in Louisville. For a number of years he had charge of the office of the Belknap Hardware Company, and for the next five years, after leaving the Belknap Company, he was an expert accountant in Louisville, Chicago and New York city. In January, 1908, he organized the Franklin Bank of Louisville and was elected president of the bank at its organization, which position he still retains. He is treasurer of the Kentucky Association of Accountants; a member of the Louisville Commercial Club, and a member of Admiral Jouett Section, Navy League of the United States. He takes an active interest in the Second Broadway Presbyterian church, of which he is an honored member.
Mr. Woods is just in the first prime of his life. The first chapter of an eventful, prosperous and honorable business career has been written, but it is not difficult to imagine what his future history will be, for his salient characteristics are well known. He possesses the enterprising and indomitable spirit of the progressive man and the man of affairs, combined with good judgment and foresight, and, moreover, his business principles and conduct will bear the closest investigation. His success has been of pronounced type and he is known as one of the representative young business men of the estate, in whose future and greater precedence he has the utmost confidence, while a more loyal and enthusiastic citizen of the commonwealth cannot be found.
[A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS By E. POLK JOHNSON ©1912, The Lewis Publishing Company]
Contributor: FGreenbaum (47976024)
JOHN SANDERS WOODS – In the last century modern improvements have rendered all forms of travel so easy, commodious and comparatively moderate in price that the whole world travels, and seldom does a family stay in one country for one generation after another until their genealogy is fireside history and it is rare indeed that a family that has migrated from the old country to this new one can trace its honored ancestry as far back as the subject of our sketch, John Sanders Woods, of Louisville, president of the Franklin Bank.
Mr. Woods was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, August 23, 1869, and is descended from two old Kentucky families. The Woods family is traced directly back to one Woods who was a trooper in the army of Oliver Cromwell when he invaded Ireland. This Woods was so well pleased with the country that he settled in Ireland, making his home in the beautiful county of Meath. He had a son John, who married a Miss Wallup, a lineal descendant of the Earl of Loftus. In about 1726 five of the children of John Woods, namely, Michael, William, Andrew, James and Elizabeth, migrated to America, all being married at the time, and settled in Virginia and North Carolina, after having traveled and lived for some time in Pennsylvania.
Michael, the son of John the first, was the ancestor of John S. Woods of Louisville. Michael married Mary Campbell; their son Archibald married Isabella _____; their son James married Jane McCoun; their son Joseph married Anne Buchanan; their son James married Priscilla Armstrong; their son John married Mary Isabella McAfee, the latter being the parents of John S. Woods, the subject of our sketch. A good long line of fine ancestors from which the present Mr. Woods may justly be proud to have descended.
On the maternal side of Mr. Woods family is another old one with an equally illustrious family tree. The McAfee family can be traced back to John McAfee, a sturdy Covenanter, one of that indomitable band who signed the Scottish National Covenant in 1638, who lived near the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and who in the year 1672 left his native Scotland and settled in county Armagh, Ireland. His grandson, James McAfee, sailed for America in 1739, with his wife and three children, and after living many years in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, finally settled, in 1755, in Botetourt county, Virginia, where other children were born to them.
Their son James was the great-great-great-grandfather of John S. Woods. He married Jane McMichiel and their son Robert, who was the founder of the family in Kentucky, was a mighty Western hunter and a companion of Daniel Boone. He married Anne McCoun, and their son General Robert B. McAfee was United States Minister to Bogota, South America, also lieutenant-governor of Kentucky during the administration of Governor Desha, and was acting governor for a considerable portion of the administration of Governor Desha. He was a general at the battle of the Thames. He married Mary Cardwell, and their son William married Anna E. Crockett, the latter being the grandparents of John S. Woods.
The children of John Clelland and Mary Isabella (McAfee) Woods were: Clara, who married N.E. Jones, practicing law in the state of Missouri, where Mrs. Jones died; John Sanders; Loula, who married George Harkless of Lamar, Missouri, whose brother, a prominent lawyer of Kansas City defended Guiteau in the trial for his life for killing President Garfield; Florence married Jacob Siple, now of Nevada, Missouri; Nell H., unmarried, living in Chicago.
John Clelland Woods, father of John S., was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in 1832, and was a merchant in that section until he moved to Nevada, Missouri, where he was engaged in merchandizing until his death in 1887. His wife was born in Mercer county, in the old stone house which was built on the site of the old frontier fort at McAfee station, which old house is still standing and is the oldest one in Kentucky. She was born in 1842, and is still living, residing in Louisville.
John S. Woods was fourteen years of age when the family moved to Missouri. He graduated from the High School of Nevada, Missouri, and also attended the State University at Columbia, Missouri. Upon the completion of his education, Mr. Woods returned to Kentucky in 1890, locating in Louisville. For a number of years he had charge of the office of the Belknap Hardware Company, and for the next five years, after leaving the Belknap Company, he was an expert accountant in Louisville, Chicago and New York city. In January, 1908, he organized the Franklin Bank of Louisville and was elected president of the bank at its organization, which position he still retains. He is treasurer of the Kentucky Association of Accountants; a member of the Louisville Commercial Club, and a member of Admiral Jouett Section, Navy League of the United States. He takes an active interest in the Second Broadway Presbyterian church, of which he is an honored member.
Mr. Woods is just in the first prime of his life. The first chapter of an eventful, prosperous and honorable business career has been written, but it is not difficult to imagine what his future history will be, for his salient characteristics are well known. He possesses the enterprising and indomitable spirit of the progressive man and the man of affairs, combined with good judgment and foresight, and, moreover, his business principles and conduct will bear the closest investigation. His success has been of pronounced type and he is known as one of the representative young business men of the estate, in whose future and greater precedence he has the utmost confidence, while a more loyal and enthusiastic citizen of the commonwealth cannot be found.
[A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS By E. POLK JOHNSON ©1912, The Lewis Publishing Company]
Contributor: FGreenbaum (47976024)
Mr. Woods was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, August 23, 1869, and is descended from two old Kentucky families. The Woods family is traced directly back to one Woods who was a trooper in the army of Oliver Cromwell when he invaded Ireland. This Woods was so well pleased with the country that he settled in Ireland, making his home in the beautiful county of Meath. He had a son John, who married a Miss Wallup, a lineal descendant of the Earl of Loftus. In about 1726 five of the children of John Woods, namely, Michael, William, Andrew, James and Elizabeth, migrated to America, all being married at the time, and settled in Virginia and North Carolina, after having traveled and lived for some time in Pennsylvania.
Michael, the son of John the first, was the ancestor of John S. Woods of Louisville. Michael married Mary Campbell; their son Archibald married Isabella _____; their son James married Jane McCoun; their son Joseph married Anne Buchanan; their son James married Priscilla Armstrong; their son John married Mary Isabella McAfee, the latter being the parents of John S. Woods, the subject of our sketch. A good long line of fine ancestors from which the present Mr. Woods may justly be proud to have descended.
On the maternal side of Mr. Woods family is another old one with an equally illustrious family tree. The McAfee family can be traced back to John McAfee, a sturdy Covenanter, one of that indomitable band who signed the Scottish National Covenant in 1638, who lived near the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, and who in the year 1672 left his native Scotland and settled in county Armagh, Ireland. His grandson, James McAfee, sailed for America in 1739, with his wife and three children, and after living many years in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, finally settled, in 1755, in Botetourt county, Virginia, where other children were born to them.
Their son James was the great-great-great-grandfather of John S. Woods. He married Jane McMichiel and their son Robert, who was the founder of the family in Kentucky, was a mighty Western hunter and a companion of Daniel Boone. He married Anne McCoun, and their son General Robert B. McAfee was United States Minister to Bogota, South America, also lieutenant-governor of Kentucky during the administration of Governor Desha, and was acting governor for a considerable portion of the administration of Governor Desha. He was a general at the battle of the Thames. He married Mary Cardwell, and their son William married Anna E. Crockett, the latter being the grandparents of John S. Woods.
The children of John Clelland and Mary Isabella (McAfee) Woods were: Clara, who married N.E. Jones, practicing law in the state of Missouri, where Mrs. Jones died; John Sanders; Loula, who married George Harkless of Lamar, Missouri, whose brother, a prominent lawyer of Kansas City defended Guiteau in the trial for his life for killing President Garfield; Florence married Jacob Siple, now of Nevada, Missouri; Nell H., unmarried, living in Chicago.
John Clelland Woods, father of John S., was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in 1832, and was a merchant in that section until he moved to Nevada, Missouri, where he was engaged in merchandizing until his death in 1887. His wife was born in Mercer county, in the old stone house which was built on the site of the old frontier fort at McAfee station, which old house is still standing and is the oldest one in Kentucky. She was born in 1842, and is still living, residing in Louisville.
John S. Woods was fourteen years of age when the family moved to Missouri. He graduated from the High School of Nevada, Missouri, and also attended the State University at Columbia, Missouri. Upon the completion of his education, Mr. Woods returned to Kentucky in 1890, locating in Louisville. For a number of years he had charge of the office of the Belknap Hardware Company, and for the next five years, after leaving the Belknap Company, he was an expert accountant in Louisville, Chicago and New York city. In January, 1908, he organized the Franklin Bank of Louisville and was elected president of the bank at its organization, which position he still retains. He is treasurer of the Kentucky Association of Accountants; a member of the Louisville Commercial Club, and a member of Admiral Jouett Section, Navy League of the United States. He takes an active interest in the Second Broadway Presbyterian church, of which he is an honored member.
Mr. Woods is just in the first prime of his life. The first chapter of an eventful, prosperous and honorable business career has been written, but it is not difficult to imagine what his future history will be, for his salient characteristics are well known. He possesses the enterprising and indomitable spirit of the progressive man and the man of affairs, combined with good judgment and foresight, and, moreover, his business principles and conduct will bear the closest investigation. His success has been of pronounced type and he is known as one of the representative young business men of the estate, in whose future and greater precedence he has the utmost confidence, while a more loyal and enthusiastic citizen of the commonwealth cannot be found.
[A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS By E. POLK JOHNSON ©1912, The Lewis Publishing Company]
Contributor: FGreenbaum (47976024)
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