Born: 1868
Died: April 2, 1921
Married: Winnie Woods
Children: Mrs. Ward Beekman, Mrs. J. Kelly, Mrs. H. Leary, Ernest Woods
Fred E. Woods was a farmer and a hotelier. He was the last proprietor of the Foresters Inn in its original location; he moved it from its original site at Axton on the Raquette River to a point a mile further along the Indian Carry.
Tupper Lake Herald, April 15, 1921
FRED E. WOODS
Fred E. Woods died suddenly at his home at Coreys of influenza on Saturday, April 2nd, aged 53 years.
Mr. Woods was born in the town of Dickinson in 1868 and prior to his locating at Tupper Lake successfully conducted farms in the towns of Fort Covington and Bangor, but for the past fifteen years had been in the hotel business at Coreys, near here. Mr. Woods was a man of most exemplary character and had many friends and acquaintances in Franklin county who will regret to learn of his death. He was an ideal husband and father and popular with all, and in his loss the widow and family have the deep sympathy of hosts of friends in their bereavement.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Winnie Woods, and four children, as follows: Mrs. Ward Beekman of Long Island, Mrs. J. Kelly and Mrs. H. Leary of Philadelphia, Pa., Ernest Woods of Coreys, and one sister. Mrs. Mack MacLeod of Potsdam, and one brother, Dell Woods of Moira
The funeral was held at the family residence on Tuesday [illegible]
The following relatives and friends of the deceased attended the funeral: Dell Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wright, Moira; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Delong, Utica; Mrs. M. McLeod, Mrs. Clayton Hicks, Mrs. Delmar Christy and Mrs. Mac McLeod of Potsdam; Ferdinand Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Alvln Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Otis. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hutchins, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell, Mrs. Martha Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Orton, Brushton; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eldred, Mr. and Mrs. Fay Eldred and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Woods, Tupper Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitman of Dickinson, and Earl Wilson of Malone.
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