Woods

(from Settlers)

Thomas Woods was an Irishman who owned several brick making concerns around Toronto. He came to Simcoe to open a branch there and met Eliza Long at a church social. Eliza, the daughter of Irish parents, Richard Long and Ann Robinson, was born in Bradford, Ont.

After they married, Thomas decided that brick making, although a money making business, was too hard work. Thomas and Eliza decided to buy a farm in western Ontario and make their living off the land. In 1859 they came by train to Strathroy and from there to their farm on the 12^th Line of Brooke Twp.

Thomas and Eliza remained on the farm until 1875 when his health failed him. They then moved into Watford.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Woods Family

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