"For We Cannot Tarry Here": Zadock and Minerva Cottle Woods, American Pioneers

by Paul N Spellman

Based on a Master's Thesis and Family Records, this is the All-American saga of a family moving across the American Frontier in the early nineteenth century. Zadock and Minerva Cottle Woods represent those everyday settlers of that era restlessly looking for the next Paradise on this continent. From Massachusetts to Vermont, and from Missouri to Texas, three generations of the family opened new trails westward, built towns, raised children, struggled against the dangers of the wilderness, and fought, and died, for the life they had created. Zadock Woods was born in 1773 and died on his sixty-ninth birthday fighting against an invading enemy. Minerva Cottle Woods (1776-1839) brought strength and character to every home she helped create. Their children and grandchildren continued the story in their own ways, courageous and daring.

149 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2025