Brief Life History of William Arthur
When William Arthur Woody was born on 11 April 1885, in Suches, Union, Georgia, United States, his father, Abraham Lincoln Woody, was 20 and his mother, Eliza Ann Ingram, was 16. He married Nancy Emma June Abercrombie in March 1901, in Suches, Union, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Gaddistown, Union, Georgia, United States in 1900 and District 994, Union, Georgia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 10 June 1946, in Union, Georgia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Union, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (12)
- W A Woody, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Arthur Woody, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Arthur Woody, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1885–1946 Male
1877–1973 Female
Children (4)
1902–1986 Male
1904– Female
1905–1984 Male
1907–1986 Female
Parents and Siblings
1864–1919 Male
1868–1959 Female
Siblings (2)
1885–1946 Male
1896–1945 Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
1890
Age 5
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 17
Name Meaning
English:
from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + heie ‘enclosure’ (Old English wudu + (ge)hæg). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by an enclosure in a wood, or habitational, for a person from a place so named, such as Woodhey Green in Faddiley (Cheshire). Also possibly from East Woodhay (Hampshire) and West Woodhay (Berkshire), apparently named with Old English wīd ‘wide, broad’ as the initial element, confused with early Old English widu ‘wood’, and so too with Old English wudu.
nickname from Middle English wodi or some other derivative of Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd), perhaps formed on the analogy of, for example, Middle English mody (see Moody ). Compare Wood 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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