This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: deltadawn47 Surnames: WOODS/BRUCE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.white/1744.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i am descended from John M Woods, son of Thomas Woods and Mary Bruce. I have information on their descendants but have not been able to trace their ancestors. I have a copy of a funeral home notice for Winfield Wain Woods which states that Mary Bruce was born in White County, IL and Thomas Woods was born in Charleston, SC. I also have a copy of a page from the Woods Bible, owned by my aunt. It says that Mary Bruce was born in 180?..the last digit is torn off so she was born between 1800 and 1809. The children are listed as: Marthy b. Aug 13, 1823, d. age 13 months, 11 days Ally b. June 28 1826 James Perry b. Jan 22, 1827 Mary b. Jan 11, looks like 1831 Winfield Wain b. Nov 8 1834 Thomas Jefferson b. Feb 9 1838. d. Sep 4, 1841 John M. Woods b. Feb 16 1941. John M. was my great grandfather and he died in 1932. Do you know what the M. in his name stands for? His oldest son was named Charles McCracken Woods and I wonder if the M. in his name is also McCracken. If you have this information, I would really like to know that. Also, if you have been able to trace their ancestors, I would be interested in obtaining that information as well as your references. Thank you. It has been a long time since you posted this message so do hope you are still interested. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.