Brief Life History of Azzie
When Azzie Woodward was born on 22 April 1900, in North Carolina, United States, her father, James Atkins Woodward, was 42 and her mother, Martha Irene Howell, was 26. She married Coy Deward Sexton on 17 June 1933, in Middle Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Middle Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Wake, North Carolina, United States in 1975. She died on 20 September 1975, in Fuquay-Varina, Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States.
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- Azzie Sexton in household of Cay Sexton, "United States Census, 1940"
- Azzie Woodward, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Azzie Sexton, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).
History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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