Background
Woods, Samuel Van Horn was born on August 31, 1856 in Philippi, West Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel and Isabella (Neeson) Woods.
Woods, Samuel Van Horn was born on August 31, 1856 in Philippi, West Virginia, United States. Son of Samuel and Isabella (Neeson) Woods.
Student West Virginia University. Doctor of Laws, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, 1916.
Neeson (Mistress Arthur South. Dayton). Admitted to West Virginia bar, 1885, and practiced at Philippi until 1923. President Citizens National Bank of Philippi, 1906-1923.
Moved to Charleston, West Virginia, 1923.
Delaware to Democratic National Convention, 1910. Lieutenant governor of West Virginia, 1911-1914, and as such, president of State Senate.
Chairman Barbour Company Chapter American Red Cross, also of Minute Men, World War. Delaware to General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, Saratoga, New York, 1916, Des Moines, Iowa, 1920.
Member 5th Ecumenical Council Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia., 1932.
Trustee West Virginia Wesleyan College.
Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Married Mollie Strikler, March 9, 1892.