Background
Woods, William Wells was born on January 24, 1841 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of James W. and Catherine (Chapin) Woods.
Woods, William Wells was born on January 24, 1841 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of James W. and Catherine (Chapin) Woods.
Educated Howe’s Academy, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Enlisted Pleyel’s Iowa Lancers, August 14, 1861. Transferred to 4th Iowa Cavalry, November 1861. Second lieutenant Company L, November 17, 1861.
First lieutenant, June 9, 1862.
Captain, August, 1862. Major 4th Iowa Cavalry, September 27, 1864.
Mustered out, August 24, 1865. Admitted to bar at Burlington, Iowa, 1866.
Practiced law in Western Iowa to January 1872, at Salt Lake City, 1872-1884, Shoshone Company, Idaho, since 1884.
Judge 1st Judicial District of Idaho, January since 1907.
Member Constitutional Convention, Idaho, 1890.
Married Melvina C. Whitney, 1874.