Brief Life History of Thomas A
When Thomas A Woodson was born on 3 July 1838, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Obadiah Woodson Jr, was 20 and his mother, Susan Denise Moss, was 18. He married Amanda Jane Springfield about 1856. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 2 Tracy, Barren, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Roseville, Barren, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 26 May 1911, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Thomerson Family Cemetery, Cooktown, Barren, Kentucky, United States.
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- Thomas A Woodson in household of Charlie E Woodson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas A Woodson - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Thomas A. Woodson
- Thomas A. Woodson, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1955"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome (a lost place in Batley), Woodsome in Farnley Tyas, or Wothersome, all in Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hūsum, dative plural of hūs ‘house’.
English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Ode, Odd(e) + son, with the addition of initial W-, a characteristic dialect feature in the south of Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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