John B. Woodrum (1818–1866) • FamilySearch

John B. Woodrum

1818–1866 (Age 48)
Clark, Illinois, United States

The Life of John B.

When John B. Woodrum was born in 1818, in Clark, Illinois, United States, his father, Archibald Woodrum, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Jonston, was 23. He married Priscilla Jane Bousman on 16 August 1843, in Clark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Little Mackinaw Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died in 1866, in Stanford, McLean, Illinois, United States, at the age of 48.

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Parents and Siblings

John B. Woodrum

1818–1866

Priscilla Jane Bousman

1826–

Marriage: 16 August 1843

William Cenery Woodrum

1845–1917

Nancy J Woodrum

1847–1914

Emily Woodrum

1848–

Martha A. Woodrum

1854–

Lydia Woodrum

1857–1938

John W. Woodrum

1860–1917

Rachel Woodrum

1862–

Anna Matilda Woodrum

1865–

Elizabeth Mary Woodrum

1867–

Spouse and Children

John B. Woodrum

Male1818–1866Male

Priscilla Jane Bousman

Female1826–Female

MARRIAGE
16 August 1843
Clark, Illinois, United States

children

(9)

William Cenery Woodrum

Male1845–1917Male

Nancy J Woodrum

Female1847–1914Female

Emily Woodrum

Female1848–Female

Martha A. Woodrum

Female1854–Female

Lydia Woodrum

Female1857–1938Female

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Parents and Siblings

Archibald Woodrum

Male1797–1851Male

Sarah Jonston

Female1795–1870Female

siblings

(10)

Johnson Woodrum

Male1817–1855Male

John B. Woodrum

Male1818–1866Male

Mary Polly Woodrum

Female1820–1870Female

William Jackson Woodrum

Male1822–1863Male

Ferguson Woodrum

Male1827–1925Male

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World Events (8)

1818

Age 0

Illinois is the 21st state.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 1

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.

1832 · Black Hawk War

Age 14

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

Name Meaning

Woodrum

John

Variant of English Wooderham, a place named in Old English as ‘the dwelling of the woodman’.

Possible Related Names

Woodrome

Sources (3)

John B Woodrun, "United States Census, 1860"
John B Woodson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
William C. Woodrum in entry for William Woodrum, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

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