Rob's Genealogy

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Robertson Woodson1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

born 10 May 1837, died 26 February 1921

Family: Anna Alberta Strother (born 30 May 1840, died 17 November 1922)

Facts and Notes

  • Name:13
  • Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian2
  • Birth: 10 May 1837; Monticello, Chariton County, Missouri, USABG3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,14,11,12,15
  • Residence: 1850; District 82, St Louis, Missouri, USABG; Age: 1516
  • Education: Between 1855 and 1859; Westminster College, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABG1,2
  • Marriage: 26 April 1859; Anna Alberta Strother17,2,6,18
  • Residence: After 1859; Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; He and his wife settled in Fulton, where they lived thereafter, except for two years near Labaddie, in Franklin County, and about the same length of time in St. Louis2
  • Residence: 1860; Franklin County, Missouri, USABGO; He owned one 18-year-old female slave14
  • Residence: 1860; Boles, Franklin County, Missouri, USABGO; Age: 239
  • Occupation: Between 1860 and 1870; Missouri, USABGO; Farmer9,8
  • Military: 1 July 1863; St Louis, Missouri, USABGO; Robertson registered for the draft at the age of 27 but did not appear to have been conscripted into service.12
  • Residence: 1 July 1863; St Louis, Missouri, USABGO; Age: 27; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Residence was in New Market, St. Louis County12
  • Residence: 1870; Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; Age: 33; Census Post Office: Jones Tanyard8
  • Residence: 1880; Jackson, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; Age: 43; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self5
  • Occupation: 1900; Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; Tobacco dealer6
  • Residence: 1900; Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; Age: 63; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head6
  • Retirement: Before 1910; Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO7
  • Residence: 1910; Ward 3, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABG; Age: 73; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head7
  • Residence: 1920; Ward 3, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABG; Age: 82; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head11
  • Anecdote: Before 1921; He was a democrat "of the Woodrow Wilson kind" and was an ardent southern sympathizer during the civil war, but did not serve in the army2
  • Occupation: Before 1921; Traveling salesman; Farmer; Tobacco man3,1
  • Death: 26 February 1921; Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; Robertson Woodson died at 5:25 AM of hypostatic pneumonia, which is a pulmonary congestion due to the stagnation of blood in the dependent portions of the lungs in old people, or in those who are ill and lie in the same position for long periods. Cause of Death: Hypostatic pneumonia3,17,4,10,15
  • Burial: 27 February 1921; Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABG3,4,15

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [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)., Pages 270
  3. [S71] Missouri, State Bureau of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death, Missouri. State Bureau of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Certificate of Death., Number 3377, 26 Feb 1921, Record for Robertson Woodson
  4. [S519] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=39569164&indiv=try, Record for Robert Woodson
  5. [S353] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=33731079&indiv=try, Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: 677; Family History Film: 1254677; Page: 604C; Enumeration District: 032; Image: 0630, Record for Robertson Woodson
  6. [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
  7. [S393] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=14227884&indiv=try, Year: 1910; Census Place: Fulton Ward 3, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T624_774; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0030; FHL microfilm: 1374787, Record for Robt Woodson
  8. [S471] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=4736051&indiv=try, Year: 1870; Census Place: Nine Mile Prairie, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M593_764; Page: 404B; Image: 366; Family History Library Film: 552263, Record for Robertson Woodson
  9. [S415] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=40207470&indiv=try, Year: 1860; Census Place: Boles, Franklin, Missouri; Roll: M653_619; Page: 270; Image: 276; Family History Library Film: 803619, Record for Robertson Woodson
  10. [S428] Weant, Kenneth, Missouri, Newspaper Death Index, 1822-1994, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=modeath&h=14736&indiv=try, Record for Robert Woodson
  11. [S667] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=71824813&indiv=try, Year: 1920; Census Place: Fulton Ward 3, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: T625_909; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 34; Image: 763, Record for Robert Woodson
  12. [S402] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1666&h=2524248&indiv=try, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 3 of 7, Record for Robertson Woodson
  13. [S435] Woodson, Robert S., Family Record, Woodson, Robert S.. Family Record. about 1928. Privately held by Mary Jane Reyes, Lorton, Virginia. 2014.
  14. [S617] Ancestry.com, 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860slaveschedules&h=4029223&indiv=try, Record for Robertson Woodson
  15. [S36] Newspaper article, The Evening Gazette (Fulton, Missouri). "Robert Woodson Died Today," 26 February 1921. Transcribed copy of the article.
  16. [S398] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=4074048&indiv=try, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 82, St Louis, Missouri; Roll: M432_414; Page: 515B; Image: 509, Record for William C Woodson
  17. [S439] McNaull, Margaret, Personal Family Tree, McNaull, Margaret. Personal Family Tree. Privately held by Marianna Cobb, Arlington, Virginia, 1993.

    These are copies of three separate genealogical records and a personal letter that were sent by Margaret McNaull to Marianna Cobb in Virginia in 1993. The copies were on file in the home of Mary Jane and Robert Reyes of Lorton, Virginia, as of 2014., Margaret McNaull Genealogical Records, Copies sent to Marianna Cobb on 11 May 1993.
  18. [S36] Newspaper article, The Fulton Gazette (Fulton, Missouri), "Mrs Robert Woodson Dead," 23 November 1922. Clipping is a transcribed copy of the original article.