This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tombear58 Surnames: Woods Zinn Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.giles/370.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't have much that is provable either. But there are family tales. Evidently William Harrison Zinn went to get his daughter Columbia Jane back from Miller Woods. He found out that she was pregnant and took her back to Miller. My list of children matches yours fairly well, but I do have some info on Joseph: 1)Joseph Allen Woods b.Oct 1862 d.aft.1930 maybe Henderson Co, TX. m. 1893 to Sarah Bell ???? b.Sep 1872 TX. 5 children 2)Miller Franklin Woods b.8 Oct 1866 d.26 Dec 1939 Belfalls, TX. m.1st 31 Oct 1888 Sebastian Co, AR to Columbia Jane Zinn. They had 4 children. m.2nd abt.1908 to Unknown. Had one daughter. m.3rd abt 1910 to Lenora Alice or Nora L. Thompson. They had 3 children. 3)John N. or Jay Hugh Woods b.Dec 1868 d.5 Dec 1968 Harris Co., TX m. 30 Apr 1909 Madison Co, TX to Myrtle Bessie Miller. They had 9 children. 4)William Wiley or Wiley M. Woods b.May 1870 d.aft 1930 maybe Stephens Co, OK. m.1st 1892 to Beatrice Addie ???. They had 6 children. m.2nd 1924 to B. Cara ???. They had a daughter and a son. 5)Neil Woods b.1873 No other info. 6)Mary J. Woods b.1875. Thank you for leting me know where she married. I will have to hunt her in the records. 7)Parasy Woods (male)b.1877 Must be your Pat (Pardy). 8)B. Dee or Bee D. Woods b.30 Nov 1878 probably Brazos Co., TX. m.28 Apr 1912 Madison Co, TX to Jessie A. Williamson. They had a daughter and a son. 9)Jessy Woods. No further information. Hopefully, this is accurate. I did not know about Ruth Woods b.1855 MO by Joseph's first marriage. I knew that Joseph and Edith Sanford Lollar Woods had both been previously married from the 1910 census. There was a tale that the Woods line was was Native American. Direct male Woods descendants might be able to connect to other Woods lines with the Y-DNA tests. Mary Polly McKinney was probably white. The McKinney's were listed as intruder's in early "Mississippi Territorial" papers and were removed by Col. Meigs, but they returned. Mary Polly McKinney's husband was reported by one cousin to possibly be an Elihu or Jahue Woods who would have been the Native American. Lydia Jane Woods was the last child, her father must have disappeared about 1835 which was about the time of Indian Removal. I don't know if mitochondrial DNA tests would help at all for connecting to earlier roots. Here is a transcription of Lydia Jane Woods Zinn's obit: [Cassville Republican - Thursday, Sept. 4, 1930 p.1] An Aged Mother Passes. Lydia J. Woods, was born in Giles County, Tennessee, February 27, 1836, died at her home near Leann on August 28, 1930, at the age of 94 years, 6 months, and one day. Mrs. Zinn had been enjoying good health until about two years ago when her health began to decline. She was confined to her bed only about two weeks before her passing. She came to this county with her mother and three brothers when she was only 14 years of age. She was married to William Harrison Zinn on January 1, 1854 (should be 1857) and to this union were born 12 children, 5 sons and 7 daughters; seven have preceded her, two boys and five girls. The husband preceded her in death on June 29, 1888. The children surviving are T. C. Zinn of Leann, W. M. Zinn of Rocky Comfort, James H. Zinn of Portland, Oregon, Mary Stubblefield of Cassville, and Nevada Wiley of Clayton, New Mexico. She united with the Church of Christ some 50 years ago and has lived a consecrated Christian life. Funeral services were held at Leann on Friday, August 29, conducted by Rev. Geo. Cotrell in the presence of a host of friends and internment made in the Leann cemetery by the side of her husband to await the resurrection day. I have further info. Glad we made contact. I'm off to work. Tom 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.