WI BIO - Waupaca Co - WOODS, William

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol II, pp 
1099-1100

William WOODS, merchant, Weyauwega [Weyauwega Township, Waupaca County, 
Wisconsin], was born on 19 April 1845 in Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England, a 
son of William and Sarah (NOBLES) WOODS. The family came to the United 
States in 1849, and resided near Rochester [Monroe County], New York. The 
father [William WOODS] died in Monroe County, New York, and in 1855 the 
mother and young [William] WOODS came to Weyauwega.

William WOODS attended school in Weyauwega until he was fourteen, then hired 
out as chore boy for Bates & Puffer. He [p 1100] afterward worked in the 
store of L. L. POST at $1 per week, boarding himself. From 1864 until 1867 
he was clerk for H. C. MUMBRUE. He then formed a partnership with Mumbrue & 
Hunt. Mr. MUMBRUE sold out in 1872, and the firm of Hunt & Woods was 
dissolved in 1876, Mr. WOODS continuing the business.

In Weyauwega [Waupaca County, Wisconsin], he [William WOODS] married Miss 
Emma D. WOOD, a native of Candor, Tioga County, New York. Mr. WOODS served 
four years as Town Clerk. He has been Village Clerk and Trustee, and is now 
serving his second term as President of the village. Mr. WOODS is also 
Secretary of the [Waupaca] County Agricultural Society. He is a Freemason 
and a Democrat. In 1879 William WOODS was a candidate for the Assembly, and 
was defeated by S. PHILLIPS, Republican, in a close vote.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly