Biography of James D. Woods, pages 1025 / 1026.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. 

James D. Woods, farmer, and stock-raiser, section 23, Wilmington Township, 
was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1840, a son of Moses Woods.  His 
father died in Ohio and in 1845 the family moved to Indiana and settled in 
De Kalb County, where James D. was reared and educated. He was early thrown 
on his own resources but having a desire to succeed in life has been 
energetic and owns a good farm of forty acres, all well improved, with a 
good residence and farm buildings.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company A., 
Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and was appointed Corporal. He served three 
years, participating in all the battles of his regiment, among others 
Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, 
Atlanta, with Sherman to the sea and through the Carolinas to Washington, 
where he was in the line of the grand review of the army.  After his return 
home he resumed farming and soon after settled where he now lives.  He was 
married Oct. 9, 1870, to Martha A. Kiser, daughter of John W. Kiser, of 
Wilmington Township. The have three children---Logan, John and Mary B.

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