"An Illustrated history of Union and Wallowa Counties : with a brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Western Historical Pub. Co., 1902. Union County. pg. 414. ALBERT J. WOODS.---The gentleman, whose name heads this article, and to whom it gives us pleasure to grant this representation in the history of his county, is a well known business man of Elgin, where he operates a first-class livery business, and is one of the influential men of the city. We have to revert to Wisconsin to find the birthplace of our subject, and Grant county was the spot, while April 2, 1856, was the important date of this event, his parents being Hawkins and Julia S. (BULL), natives, respectively, of Kentucky and Ohio. The father came from Kentucky to Wisconsin in the forties, and there was a numbered with the leading agriculturists of his section. At fifteen years of age we note that our subject commenced the battle of life for himself, farming first in Nebraska, whence eight years later he went to Montana and rode the range for four years. In 1882 we find him in Iowa operating a farm, and two years later he came to the Grande Ronde valley, settling on a farm ten miles east from Elgin, gaining title to three hundred and sixty acres of good land. He was steadily engaged in improving this estate and raising there the fruits of the field until 1890, at which date he repaired to Elgin and opened the livery business which he has handled with such gratifying success since. He owns his farm still, also the entire property and stock, where and with which he carries on a lucrative business. Also Mr. WOODS has a fine home in the city of Elgin which is made attractive and presided over by his estimable wife who displays gracious dignity and many virtues. At Summerville, on December 28, 1884, occurred the happy marriage of Mr. WOODS and Miss Joan TUTTLE. She was born on November 14, 1867, near Summerville. Mr. and Mrs. WOODS are valuable members of society and have demeaned themselves with manifestation of affability and wisdom, with amiability that have won them a large circle of admiring and warm friends and they are highly esteemed by all. Submitted by: Sandy, scarletgen@comcast.net