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Lewis Browning Woodson^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

Photo of Lewis Browning Woodson from the 1920 Presbyterian College Yearbook. (Photo courtesy of Ancestry.com)

Facts and Notes

• Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian⁹
• Birth: 15 May 1899; Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USABGO^{1,2,3,9,4,5,7,8}
• Residence: 4 June 1900; Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Grandson¹⁰
• Residence: 11 June 1900; Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USABGO; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son¹
• Residence: 1 March 1905; Derby, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USABGO; Age: 8¹¹
• Residence: 1910; Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina, USABGO; Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son¹²
• Education: Between 1916 and 1920; Presbyterian College, Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, USABG; He then obtained a law degree from the University of South Carolina.^6,13
• Residence: Between 1917 and 1918; Glade Valley, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USABGO; Age: 18⁴
• Residence: 1935; Washington, District of Columbia, USABGO; It's not 100 percent clear that the census is refering to Washington DC because the city and state are listed as "Washington." However, I think the census taker made a mistake and meant Washington DC for three reasons: I could not find a town named Washington in Washington state; Lewis listed his occupation as "government" attorney; and his parents were residing in Roanoke Virginia (much closer to DC) at the time.⁸
• Occupation: 1940; Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USABGO; After receiving his law degree from the University of South Carolina, Lewis practiced law in Chicago and St. Louis. He was an attorney for Shell Oil before beginning work as a government attorney in 1933. During his government career, he worked for the Public Works Department, Agriculture Department, Federal Works Administration, and Federal Housing Administration. Before he died, he had risen to the position of assistant general counsel of the Federal Housing Administration.^8,13
• Residence: 1 April 1940; Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USABGO; Age: 40; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head⁸
• Death: 31 May 1949; Age: 50; His brothers, Drs. Robert and Marshall Woodson, conducted the funeral services. Cause of Death: Heart attack^5,7,13
• Burial: 2 June 1949; Arlington National Cemetery (Section 13 Site 697), Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USABG; Age: 50; served as a private in the SATC (Student's Army Training Corps) during WW1^5,7

• Related Pages: Arlington National Cemetery List of People; Descendants of John Woodson (#1); Descendants of John Woodson (#2)

Citations

1. [S407] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 391; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0184; FHL microfilm: 1240391
2. [S435] Woodson, Robert S., Family Record, Woodson, Robert S.. Family Record. about 1928. Privately held by Mary Jane Reyes, Lorton, Virginia. 2014.
3. [S436] Woodson, Robert S., Brief Family History of Robert S. Woodson, Woodson, Robert S.. Brief Family History of Robert S. Woodson. Privately held by Mary Jane Reyes, Lorton, Virginia, 2014., NOTE: Robert Woodson states that Middleton Singleton attended Missouri State University in 1847. However, he probably meant the University of Missouri, which was established at Columbia in Boone County in 1839; Missouri State wasn't established until 1905.
4. [S392] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WW1draft&h=16223516&indiv=try, Registration State: North Carolina; Registration County: Alleghany; Roll: 1765558, Record for Lewis Browning Woodson
5. [S481] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=VAcemeteries&h=3433727&indiv=try, Record for Lewis B Woodson
6. [S562] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=YearbooksIndex&h=155981638&indiv=try, Record for Lewis Browning Woodson
7. [S448] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=13193681&indiv=try, Record for Lewis B Woodson
8. [S390] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=61593954&indiv=try, Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama; Roll: T627_69; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 51-58, Record for Lewis Woodson
9. [S454] Woodson, Henry Morton, Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections, Woodson, Henry Morton. Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections. Memphis, Tennessee: H.M. Woodson, 1915.
   
   A copy of this book is available on Ancestry.com (see http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=15304), openlibrary.org (see https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1758627M/Historical_genealogy_of_the_Woodsons_and_their_connections), and Google Books (see http://books.google.com/books/about/Historical_genealogy_of_the_Woodsons_and.html?id=GuhfAAAAMAAJ)., Page 604
10. [S407] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=29029660&indiv=try, Year: 1900; Census Place: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 844; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1240844, Record for Robert Woodson
11. [S669] Ancestry.com, Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=KSstatecen&h=7084562&indiv=try, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1905 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1905_144; Line: 31, Record for A.R. Woodson
12. [S393] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=182280339&indiv=try, Year: 1910; Census Place: Manning, Clarendon, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1456; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0095; FHL microfilm: 1375469, Record for Albert R Woodson
13. [S36] Newspaper article, Clippings from various unknown newspapers. May-June 1949.