Dr Peter Cavanaugh Woods, I

1819 - 1898  (78 years)

• Name	Peter Cavanaugh Woods  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30]
  Title	Dr
  Suffix	I
  Birth	30 Dec 1819	Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA   [1, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32]
  Gender	Male
  Relocated	1836	Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  	From Tennessee
  Graduation	1842	Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  	Louisville Medical School
  Residence	1850	Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA   [28]
  	North of the Yalobusha River
  Relocated	1854	San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA   [1]
  FamilySearch ID	LRTM-XPB
  Occupation	Physician  [28]
  Residence	1860	San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA   [18]
  	Subdivision 12
  Residence	1870	San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA   [19]
  Occupation	Between 1879 and 1897	San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA   [5]
  	Trustee for Coronal Instutute
  Residence	1880	Hays County, Texas, USA   [21, 25]
  	Precinct 2
  Burial	1898	San Marcos Cemetery, San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA   [20, 29, 30]
  Death	27 Jan 1898	San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA   [1, 20, 25, 29, 30, 31]
  Person ID	I85306	Clan Montgomery Society
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Peter Woods,   b. 16 Apr 1793, Madison County, Kentucky, USA d. 17 Nov 1819, Franklin, Tennessee, USA (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Winslow Davidson,   b. 16 Jan 1795, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA d. 31 Oct 1876, Hillsboro, Lawrence, Alabama, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Mar 1817
  Family ID	F31331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Georgia Virginia Lawshe,   b. 31 Jan 1831, Bibb County, Georgia, USA d. 20 Oct 1872, San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1846	Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA   [1, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33]
  Children	+ 1. Georgia Levenia Sweet Woods,   b. 15 Oct 1855, San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA d. 11 Oct 1946, Christoval, Tom Green, Texas, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 30 Dec 1819 - Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA Relocated - From Tennessee - 1836 - Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA Graduation - Louisville Medical School - 1842 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 1 Mar 1846 - Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Residence - North of the Yalobusha River - 1850 - Yalobusha County, Mississippi, USA Relocated - 1854 - San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA Residence - Subdivision 12 - 1860 - San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA Residence - 1870 - San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA Occupation - Trustee for Coronal Instutute - Between 1879 and 1897 - San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA Residence - Precinct 2 - 1880 - Hays County, Texas, USA Death - 27 Jan 1898 - San Marcos, Hays, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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