Susan E. Woodard

Brief Life History of Susan E.

When Susan E. Woodard was born about 1815, in Tennessee, United States, her father, William Pitt Woodard, was 48 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Smith, was 38. She married Jacob Canifax Woodson about 1830, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States in 1850. She died about 1854, at the age of 41.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Canifax Woodson
1810–1893
Susan E. Woodard
1815–1854
Marriage: about 1830
Elizabeth Woodson
1831–1856
Jane Ann Woodson
1837–1885
Samuel Benjamin Woodson
1837–1922
Silas H Woodson
1839–1862
Thomas Sherwin Woodson
1841–1924
Joseph Nathaniel Woodson
1843–1933
Mariah Mary Louisa Woodson
1845–1920
Charles H. Woodson
1845–1907
A L Woodson
1847–
Albert L. Woodson
1849–1896
Susan Delight Woodson
1851–1936

Sources (2)

  • Susan E Woodson in household of Jacob C Woodson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Unknown in entry for Samuel B Woodson, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

World Events (6)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

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. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

from the Norman Old French personal name Odard, Udard, Middle English Wodard, Wudard. It derives from the ancient Germanic name Authard, Othard, Odard, composed of the elements aud- ‘riches' + hard- ‘hard, bold’.

occupational name from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + herde ‘herd’ (Old English wudu + hierde), for a person who tended animals pastured in woodland.

post-medieval pronunciation of Woodward .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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