JOHN THOMAS WOODS/WOOD where are you. I am looking for my great grandfather John Thomas Woods/Wood born Jan 5, 1882, Dundalk, Ireland. John was raised as a small child in Chicago, parents were John Woods and Mary Ann Mathews. John married Minnie Ella Huenecke in 1903 Chicago and had at least one son Robert Steven Woods born 1904 Chicago, Illinois. We are still trying to find out what happened to John and Minnie. We know that John went on and played minor league baseball for Illinois, Virginia, Flordia and Georgia before signing with Detroit in 1917. At that time he gave his address as Green Springs Cove, Florida. We also just learned that John and Minnie may have had twin sons and that John took them with him after he left the Chicago area. Robert their son was raised by Minnie's family here in Chicago so we are sure that she died young. While playing for Portsmouth Virginia in 1915 the fans gave John the nickname of Smokey Joe Wood after the Smokey Joe Wood who played for Boston. We are sure that John remarried and may have had more children. We also know that he lied about his age (perhaps to make himself younger in order to play baseball), If anyone has any information that might help us, I would love hearing from you. I have a great deal of information on this family both here in the States as well as in Ireland and England. Sincerely, Patti Woods Crick gabbycrick@aol.com