Person

William Woods (Hamilton County, Ohio, merchant and paper dealer)

b. 1817-06-21 d. 1902-09-19

Cincinnati, Ohio, paper dealer. Maryland native. Married to Elizabeth Woods. Father of Ella Woods, John S. Woods, William H. Woods, Sally C. Woods, Harry F. Woods, and Lizzie Woods. Merchant in Cincinnati in 1850. Partner in the firm of Nixon & Chatfield in Cincinnati until May 1, 1860. Paper dealer in Cincinnati in 1860. Employed John Cushman, Sarah Griffith, Mary Hally, and Louisa Hally as servants in Cincinnati in 1860. Employed Ellen Bemis as a seamstress in Cincinnati in 1860. Partner in the firm of Nixon, Chatfield & Woods in Cincinnati from June 13, 1860, to June 7, 1865. Partner in the firm of Chatfield & Woods in Cincinnati on June 7, 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 5, p. 419A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 392.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Hamilton, Cincinnati Ward 15, p. 507B.

Find A Grave, "William W. Woods (1817-1902)," Memorial #37528706, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37528706 (accessed May 7, 2020).


Cincinnati Daily Press (Cincinnati, OH), June 13, 1860.

The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), June 7, 1865.

Citation

Woods, William. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204502 (November 12, 2026).

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