Granville T. Woods was an assiduous African American inventor who is worthy of a position in the American Historical Hall of Fame. 'Woods was born a free man on April 23, 1856 in Columbus, Ohio to Tailer and Martha Woods.' (Gale, p 4) "He attended school until the age of 10, when family circumstances forced him to go to work. He quickly displayed a thirst of knowledge and a keen ability to observe the workings of machines around him." (ABC-CLIO p 1) Woods never married during his life; he died on January 28, 1910 of a stroke, at the age of 53. …
