Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1892, MAY. 968 THE WOODSONS. General Assembly in 1853-4. of the Constitutional Convention in 1855; member of Congress in 1856-60; judge of the Kansas City circuit, and held court to the hour of his death. Children: [1] Judge William H. Woodson, md Cora Winston (see); [2] Margaret Woodson, b. in 1847; [3] Ellen, b. in 1850; [4] Sallie K; [5] Samuel H. Woodson (iii). [1] Rob-t. E. V-oodson, graduated at Center Col- lege in 1837; practiced law in Kansas City; died in 1872. He md 1st, Miss Barnett, and 2d, Miss Carter. Two of his children by his last marriage are inu- ential citizens of Kansas City. [0] Kidder Woodson, lives on a farm near Frank- fort. Ky. [f] Sallie Woodson, md Alex. Waddle. She died in 1838, leaving a son. [0] Betsy, md Cary Lee, of Ohio. who died. leaving a daughter, Cara. She married second, John C. ;IcCoy,one of the founders of Kansas City. Tucker Woo~d-son (i) married second, Mary Netherland. Children: [ll] V/Vade N. Woodson, oaf Goochland Co., Va., md 1st.Mary Harris, dr. of John Harris, of Powhatan Co., Va., whose wife, Obedience, was daughter of Thomas and Mary Jefferson Turpin, a. sister of President Thomas Jefferson. Judith, another daughter of Col. John Harris, md Senator John J. Crittenden. The children of Vade and Mary were: [0] Tl10S. J. Woodson ti), md-in 1825 Sallie Redd. Children: [1] Mary Yoods~on, md in 18-10 W111. Garrett. of Clay; [2] Sal- lie Vovodson, md in 1850 Jas. D. Carson. Thos. J. Woodson married second, in 1831, Martha Gilbert. Children: [3] Th-os. J. Wood.son (ii), md Emma Mitchell; [4] Martha Woodson, md Samuel Hayes; [5] Ade- line, md in 1852 Andrew Dysart; [6] Ellen. md Geo. Fra.me. [0] Emily Voodson; [0] Mary W.: [(1] John I.; [6] Charlotte; [f] Benjamin Jourdan Voodson see below). Vade N. Voodson married second. in 1815, Alice Cheek. Children: [0] Silas Woodson. governor of Missouri (see below); [71] Vade Wovod-son (ii), md El-lZZll)Gtl1 Stewart. Benjamin :1. Voodson and Governor Silas XV-oodson. half- brothers, are entitled to special notice. Tlieir ancestry will be found above. I. BElJAMIN J. WOODSON Vas born in Knox (fouuty. Ky.. November L. 1808; died in St. Joseph May 28, 1802; married, Iirst. Rebecca P. Redd. in 1832. She died, childless. in 1833, and he married. second, May 4. 1837. .I:u-garet Fulkerson. of Lee County. Va.. daughter of John Ful- kerson and Jane Hughes. Mrs. Vvondson still lives In 1854