Background
Woods, Henry was born on July 2, 1838 in Marion Company, Missouri, United States. Son of Andrew and Rebecca H. (Brison) Woods.
Woods, Henry was born on July 2, 1838 in Marion Company, Missouri, United States. Son of Andrew and Rebecca H. (Brison) Woods.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College, Pennsylvania, 1857. Graduate Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1862. (Doctor of Divinity, Westminster College, Pennsylvania, 1879).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1862. Pastor First Church, Steubenville, O., 1862-1867. Professor ancient languages, Washington and Jefferson College, 1867-1906, emeritus.
Pastor East. Buffalo, near Washington.
Stated clerk Synod of Pittsburgh, 1880-1882. Stated clerk Washington Presbytery, since 1887.
Married Mary L. Ewing, January 15, 1863.