Homer Boughner Woods (July 16, 1869 – March 4, 1941)[1] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from January 1, 1925 to December 31, 1936.
Born on a farm near Harrisville, West Virginia, to circuit-riding pastor Rev. Philip A. and Salina (Wells) Woods, Woods became a teacher. He attended Marietta College and then became county superintendent.[2]
He "took a course in the law department" of West Virginia University",[2] gaining admission to the bar in that state in 1892.[2] In 1896, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Ritchie County, West Virginia.[3] He was thereafter elected as a circuit judge for three terms.[1] He was elected to a 12-year term on the West Virginia supreme court in 1924,[4] and served until 1936,[2] when he and Justice M. O Litz were both defeated in their respective bids for reelection.[1]
In 1940, he was elected as a Republican to the West Virginia House of Delegates, and died during his term in office.[1] Woods died in a hospital in Charleston, West Virginia, where he was recuperating from a period of ill health, at the age of 71.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Former State Judge Is Dead", Hinton Daily News (March 4, 1941), p. 1.
- ^ a b c d "Homer B. Woods". Doddridge County Roots. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
- ^ "As Shown By Returns - A Grand Showing for Republicanism", The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (November 16, 1896), p. 4.
- ^ "Judge Hatcher to Take Post at Once", The Hinton Independent-Herald (November 20, 1924), p. 2.
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