Son of Samuel H. & Margaret J Ashby Woodson
Husband of Pearl Woodson
Armed Forces Veteran
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From the book published by the Clay County Archives and Historical Library, Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri we find the following:
William H Woodson was born in Madison County, Kentucky to Kentucky native Samuel H and Margaret J (Ashby) Woodson. His great grandfather and his Gr4eat great grandfather both fought in the Revolutionary War. On Apr 3, 1864 in Platte County, he married Cora a Winston. After her death Mr. Woodson married Pearl Moyer on Nov 22 1899 in Clay County. Mr Woodson was a lawyer. He was the father of Winston, Elizabeth T, William H Jr., Logan A., J.C., Karen, Joseph L.A., Samuel Hughes, Richard Kidder and Everard. Mr Woodson enlisted in the service to the Confederate cause in the spring of 1861. He was Aide-De-Camp under General Rains and 2nd Adjutant for John B. Clark. Mr Woodson fought in several battles including Carthage. William Creek and Lexington. He went on to be promoted to Colonel of the 6th Missouri Regiment. At the end of the war he surrendered and was paroled in Corinth, Mississippi. After the war, Mr Woodson was an active member of the United Confederate Veterans, Camp Captain Thomas McCarty. He received the UDC Cross of Honor. In 1923 Mr Woodson wrote "The history of Clay County" His book was one of the key references used in compiling "Divided Loyalties"
The above is from the book Divided Loyalties available from the Clay County Archives and Historical Library in Liberty, Missouri, 64068
Posted for, assuming that permission was granted for use,
by Micosay #47631289
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By Roy Frederick #47654299
Member of congress from Platte county
From the BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF JASPER COUNTY
William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
A descendant of one of the old families of Virginia and Kentucky and the representative of an equally prominent one in Missouri, William H. Woodson,.M. D., of Joplin, is well-known in Jasper county, where his own ability as a physician has gained him the esteem and confidence of the public. Judge Samuel H. Woodson, his grandfather, was a native of this state, and was prominent in the legal profession in the pioneer times. Later he was chosen to represent his fellow citizens in congress and was for many years judge of the court of appeals, dying on the bench, in Kansas City. His services are remembered in his section and his name is recorded among the statesmen of Missouri.
Scarcely less distinguished is the father of our subject, William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
Dr. Woodson was graduated at the University Medical College at Kansas
City, in 1896, and was made house surgeon of the German Hospital in Kansas City for one year and then practiced his profession in Clay county, coming to Joplin in 1898. So skilled was his work and so thorough his knowledge that in 1900 he was appointed physician to the city health officer and has given close and attentive work to this branch ever since. Although Dr. Woodson is a young man among many older practitioners in the state, he is forging to the front and is building up a large and lucrative practice.
Husband of Pearl Woodson
Armed Forces Veteran
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From the book published by the Clay County Archives and Historical Library, Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri we find the following:
William H Woodson was born in Madison County, Kentucky to Kentucky native Samuel H and Margaret J (Ashby) Woodson. His great grandfather and his Gr4eat great grandfather both fought in the Revolutionary War. On Apr 3, 1864 in Platte County, he married Cora a Winston. After her death Mr. Woodson married Pearl Moyer on Nov 22 1899 in Clay County. Mr Woodson was a lawyer. He was the father of Winston, Elizabeth T, William H Jr., Logan A., J.C., Karen, Joseph L.A., Samuel Hughes, Richard Kidder and Everard. Mr Woodson enlisted in the service to the Confederate cause in the spring of 1861. He was Aide-De-Camp under General Rains and 2nd Adjutant for John B. Clark. Mr Woodson fought in several battles including Carthage. William Creek and Lexington. He went on to be promoted to Colonel of the 6th Missouri Regiment. At the end of the war he surrendered and was paroled in Corinth, Mississippi. After the war, Mr Woodson was an active member of the United Confederate Veterans, Camp Captain Thomas McCarty. He received the UDC Cross of Honor. In 1923 Mr Woodson wrote "The history of Clay County" His book was one of the key references used in compiling "Divided Loyalties"
The above is from the book Divided Loyalties available from the Clay County Archives and Historical Library in Liberty, Missouri, 64068
Posted for, assuming that permission was granted for use,
by Micosay #47631289
____________________________________________________________
By Roy Frederick #47654299
Member of congress from Platte county
From the BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF JASPER COUNTY
William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
A descendant of one of the old families of Virginia and Kentucky and the representative of an equally prominent one in Missouri, William H. Woodson,.M. D., of Joplin, is well-known in Jasper county, where his own ability as a physician has gained him the esteem and confidence of the public. Judge Samuel H. Woodson, his grandfather, was a native of this state, and was prominent in the legal profession in the pioneer times. Later he was chosen to represent his fellow citizens in congress and was for many years judge of the court of appeals, dying on the bench, in Kansas City. His services are remembered in his section and his name is recorded among the statesmen of Missouri.
Scarcely less distinguished is the father of our subject, William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
Dr. Woodson was graduated at the University Medical College at Kansas
City, in 1896, and was made house surgeon of the German Hospital in Kansas City for one year and then practiced his profession in Clay county, coming to Joplin in 1898. So skilled was his work and so thorough his knowledge that in 1900 he was appointed physician to the city health officer and has given close and attentive work to this branch ever since. Although Dr. Woodson is a young man among many older practitioners in the state, he is forging to the front and is building up a large and lucrative practice.
Son of Samuel H. & Margaret J Ashby Woodson
Husband of Pearl Woodson
Armed Forces Veteran
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From the book published by the Clay County Archives and Historical Library, Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri we find the following:
William H Woodson was born in Madison County, Kentucky to Kentucky native Samuel H and Margaret J (Ashby) Woodson. His great grandfather and his Gr4eat great grandfather both fought in the Revolutionary War. On Apr 3, 1864 in Platte County, he married Cora a Winston. After her death Mr. Woodson married Pearl Moyer on Nov 22 1899 in Clay County. Mr Woodson was a lawyer. He was the father of Winston, Elizabeth T, William H Jr., Logan A., J.C., Karen, Joseph L.A., Samuel Hughes, Richard Kidder and Everard. Mr Woodson enlisted in the service to the Confederate cause in the spring of 1861. He was Aide-De-Camp under General Rains and 2nd Adjutant for John B. Clark. Mr Woodson fought in several battles including Carthage. William Creek and Lexington. He went on to be promoted to Colonel of the 6th Missouri Regiment. At the end of the war he surrendered and was paroled in Corinth, Mississippi. After the war, Mr Woodson was an active member of the United Confederate Veterans, Camp Captain Thomas McCarty. He received the UDC Cross of Honor. In 1923 Mr Woodson wrote "The history of Clay County" His book was one of the key references used in compiling "Divided Loyalties"
The above is from the book Divided Loyalties available from the Clay County Archives and Historical Library in Liberty, Missouri, 64068
Posted for, assuming that permission was granted for use,
by Micosay #47631289
____________________________________________________________
By Roy Frederick #47654299
Member of congress from Platte county
From the BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF JASPER COUNTY
William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
A descendant of one of the old families of Virginia and Kentucky and the representative of an equally prominent one in Missouri, William H. Woodson,.M. D., of Joplin, is well-known in Jasper county, where his own ability as a physician has gained him the esteem and confidence of the public. Judge Samuel H. Woodson, his grandfather, was a native of this state, and was prominent in the legal profession in the pioneer times. Later he was chosen to represent his fellow citizens in congress and was for many years judge of the court of appeals, dying on the bench, in Kansas City. His services are remembered in his section and his name is recorded among the statesmen of Missouri.
Scarcely less distinguished is the father of our subject, William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
Dr. Woodson was graduated at the University Medical College at Kansas
City, in 1896, and was made house surgeon of the German Hospital in Kansas City for one year and then practiced his profession in Clay county, coming to Joplin in 1898. So skilled was his work and so thorough his knowledge that in 1900 he was appointed physician to the city health officer and has given close and attentive work to this branch ever since. Although Dr. Woodson is a young man among many older practitioners in the state, he is forging to the front and is building up a large and lucrative practice.
Husband of Pearl Woodson
Armed Forces Veteran
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From the book published by the Clay County Archives and Historical Library, Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri we find the following:
William H Woodson was born in Madison County, Kentucky to Kentucky native Samuel H and Margaret J (Ashby) Woodson. His great grandfather and his Gr4eat great grandfather both fought in the Revolutionary War. On Apr 3, 1864 in Platte County, he married Cora a Winston. After her death Mr. Woodson married Pearl Moyer on Nov 22 1899 in Clay County. Mr Woodson was a lawyer. He was the father of Winston, Elizabeth T, William H Jr., Logan A., J.C., Karen, Joseph L.A., Samuel Hughes, Richard Kidder and Everard. Mr Woodson enlisted in the service to the Confederate cause in the spring of 1861. He was Aide-De-Camp under General Rains and 2nd Adjutant for John B. Clark. Mr Woodson fought in several battles including Carthage. William Creek and Lexington. He went on to be promoted to Colonel of the 6th Missouri Regiment. At the end of the war he surrendered and was paroled in Corinth, Mississippi. After the war, Mr Woodson was an active member of the United Confederate Veterans, Camp Captain Thomas McCarty. He received the UDC Cross of Honor. In 1923 Mr Woodson wrote "The history of Clay County" His book was one of the key references used in compiling "Divided Loyalties"
The above is from the book Divided Loyalties available from the Clay County Archives and Historical Library in Liberty, Missouri, 64068
Posted for, assuming that permission was granted for use,
by Micosay #47631289
____________________________________________________________
By Roy Frederick #47654299
Member of congress from Platte county
From the BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF JASPER COUNTY
William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
A descendant of one of the old families of Virginia and Kentucky and the representative of an equally prominent one in Missouri, William H. Woodson,.M. D., of Joplin, is well-known in Jasper county, where his own ability as a physician has gained him the esteem and confidence of the public. Judge Samuel H. Woodson, his grandfather, was a native of this state, and was prominent in the legal profession in the pioneer times. Later he was chosen to represent his fellow citizens in congress and was for many years judge of the court of appeals, dying on the bench, in Kansas City. His services are remembered in his section and his name is recorded among the statesmen of Missouri.
Scarcely less distinguished is the father of our subject, William H. Woodson, the well-known criminal lawyer who. is a resident of Liberty. Clay county, Missouri, and has been one of the most active politicians in this part of the state for a number of years. The mother of our subject was Miss Cora Winston, who was born in Platte county, Missouri, and was a daughter of the gallant Colonel John Winston, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army and a member of congress from Platte county. He died in that county, at the age of eighty-nine years.
Dr. Woodson was graduated at the University Medical College at Kansas
City, in 1896, and was made house surgeon of the German Hospital in Kansas City for one year and then practiced his profession in Clay county, coming to Joplin in 1898. So skilled was his work and so thorough his knowledge that in 1900 he was appointed physician to the city health officer and has given close and attentive work to this branch ever since. Although Dr. Woodson is a young man among many older practitioners in the state, he is forging to the front and is building up a large and lucrative practice.
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Winston Woodson
1865–1891
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Samuel Hughes Woodson
1867–1883
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Mauzey Q A Woodson
1869–1869
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Elizabeth Tebbs Woodson
1870–1909
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Margaret J Woodson
1872–1872
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William Hickman Woodson
1872–1947
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Dr William Hamilton Woodson
1874–1906
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Logan Ashby Woodson
1876–1957
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Cora Margarite Woodson
1878–1879
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Joseph L A Woodson
1880–1905
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Everard Meade Woodson
1882–1968
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