RALPH WOODS FAMILY  

The Woods ancestors came from Donegal, Ireland.  Ralph was born in 1874 and was the youngest of 12 children.  In 1906, he married Elizabeth Pollard.  He came to Iowa in 1893 and worked for John Turton.  Ralph Woods passed away in 1940.

To the union of Ralph and Elizabeth there were born five children: Nettie married Bill Schwiesow; Eva married James Easton; Josie married Leo Doty; Emerson and William passed away as a child.

~Source:  Merrill Centennial 1872-1972, page 85