Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Joseph Newton Woods

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History of Benton County BENTON COUNTY. page 909 Joseph Newton Woods
was born on the farm on which he now resides in 1852, and is a son of
Samuel P. and Eliza G. (Dickson) Woods, both of whom were born in
Tennessee in 1809. Samuel Woods, the grandfather of Joseph N., was born
in the "Old North State," but became a resident of Tennessee in 1832.
He afterward located in Benton County, Ark., where he passed the
remainder of his days. Samuel P. Woods was married in 1831, and the
following year located in Benton County, Ark., where he entered a large
tract of land, on which his son, Joseph Newton, now resides. They were
among the first white settlers of Northwestern Arkansas, and were
compelled to suffer the hardships and privations incident to pioneer
life. Here the father passed the remainder of his days, and died in
1882. He was a member of the first grand jury of Benton County and the
last before the war and the first after the war. He was taken sick
while in the grand jury court-room, on Wednesday, October 12, 1882, and
[p.909] died the following Thursday, October 13, of cholera morbus. He
and wife became the parents of eight children, four of whom are living:
Robert D.; Eliza J., wife of A. J. Maxwell; John S. E. and Joseph N.
The latter was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, and
was reared on his father's farm. In 1872 his marriage with Miss Nancy
A. Chambers was celebrated. She is a daughter of James Chambers, and
was born in Benton County in 1855. Their union has resulted in the
birth of seven children: Harvey, James. Alexander. Allan, Grace, Nellie
and an infant daughter. Mr. Woods always resided with his parents on
the old homestead, and in 1880 assumed complete control of the place.
He has 350 acres of land. His mother lives with him, and has a life
lease on the old homestead. Mr. Woods is very conservative in polities.
and he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, his
parents being also members of that church.