Elijah A. "Buddy" Woody was born November 11, 1867, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of John J. Woody and Nancy Jane Stanfield.
Buddy married Mary I. White on February 24, 1895, in Wayne County. Mary White was born in 1871, and died in 1959. Buddy died January 1, 1955, in Hardin County, Tennessee, and is buried in New Harmony Cemetery in Hardin County.
Children of Buddy Woody and Mary White
1. J. Willie Woody, b. & d. 1904
2. Ethel Woody
3. Cessel Woody
4. Thomas Woody
5. Albert Woody