Photos below from Lynn
Going Fox Hunting
Dr. George Gideon Woods was a son of John Samuel & Mary Shuler Woods. Husband of Sarah Alice Edwards Woods,
married April 28, 1904. He was a Family Practioner in Huntington, AR. He attended Mountain View Grade School & graduated from
Hackett High School, the University of Arkansas & the University of Arkansas Medical School (1904).
He was the father of Natalie Phillips & Dr. William Merle Woods, II.
Dr. Woods did his internship with Dr. John McConnell in Huntington, Arkansas, where he also set up his own practice.
He used a horse & buggy until he purchased the 1st automobile used in South Sebastian County (called a Humpmobile).
Dr. Woods delivered over 3000 babies in 40+ years of medical practice. Dr. Woods was a Master Mason & was the
City Health Officer of Huntington.
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Source: Centennial History of Arkansas Vol 2&3 1922
Dr. George G. Woods, who is engaged in the practice of medicine at Huntington, was born in Hackett, Arkansas, in 1878,
his parents being J. S. and Mary (Shuler) Woods. The father's birth occurred at Bonanza, Arkansas, and
he is a son of Gideon and Mary (Miller) Woods. The Shuler family came from Georgia and settled in Arkansas
in pioneer times. The grandfather, Gideon Woods, was veteran of the Civil war, serving with the Confederate forces and
was a son of Blackburn Woods, of Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Woods were born two daughters and a son:
Mrs. John Riemer, now living in Hackett; Mrs. Will Wright, whose home is in Monroe, Oklahoma; and Dr. Woods
of this review.
The last named pursued his education in the schools of his native city, passing through consecutive grades to the high school,
and later he entered the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he took an A. B. course and later entered the
medical department, there preparing for his professional career. When he had completed his studies at Little Rock he entered upon
the practice of his profession in Huntington, where he has remained for twenty-one years, and through the intervening period he
has made steady progress as an able physician and surgeon, keeping space with the onward march of the profession through wide
reading and study. He is familiar with the latest scientific investigations and re searches, and while quickly adopting any
method that he believes will prove beneficial in his practice. he does not hastily discard the old time tried methods and
remedial agencies.
Dr. Woods was united in marriage in 1904 to Miss Sarah A. Edwards, a daughter of William Edwards, and they
have become parents of two children, Merle and Natalie. Fraternally Dr. Woods is a Mason and loyally follows
the teachings and purposes of the craft, which recognizes the brotherhood of mankind and the obligations thereby imposed.
Dr. Woods served on the examining board of District No. 2 during the World war and has been keenly interested in all
that pertains to local progress or to the benefit of commonwealth and country. He has been city health officer for several years.
Mountain View Cemetery
Hackett, Sebastian Co., Arkansas
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