James William WOODSON ²

  General Notes:

1900 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Clermont Twp: Benjamin Wartham, Mar 1840, 60, married, b. OH, parents b. MD, farmer; son-in-law James Woodson, Nat 1878, 21, married 3 yrs, b. IA, father b. IN, mother b. IA, no occupation listed; dau. Mary, Aug 1880, 19, married 3 yrs, 2 children, 2 living; grandson Clinton, Oct 1897, 2, b. IA, parents b. IA; grandson Henry, Feb 1900, 3/12, b. IA, parents b. IA.

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Chickasaw Co, Nashua town: James Woodson; Mary, Clinton.

1910 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp; James Woodson, 32, 1st marriage, married 12 yrs, b. IA, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm; wife Mary, 28, 1st marriage, married 12 yrs, 2 children, __ living, b. IA, parents b. PA. (Listed next to Frank& Sophia Woodson on census.)

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: James William Woodson, Rt. 2, Hawkeye, Fayette Co, IA; 40; b. Dec 30, 1878; farmer, self-employed, Rt. 2, Hawkeye, Fayette Co, IA; nearest relative: "May" Woodson (wife), Rt. 2, Hawkeye, IA; medium height and build, gray eyes, dark hair.

1920 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: James Woodson, 43, b. IA, parents b. IA, farmer, gen. farm; wife Mary, 38, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IA; son Clarence W., 9, b. IA, parents b. IA. (Listed on same census page as Frank & Sophia Woodson and John Woodson.)

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: James Woodson, 47, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Frank Woodson who was b. IA, mother: Sophia Wickham who was b. IA and married IA, engaged in agriculture; wife Marie, 43, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Benjamin Wartham who was b. IN, mother: Gorina(?) Hewitt who was b. IA and married IA; son Clarence, 14; dau. Edna, 12. Both children were b. IA, father: James Woodson, mother: Marie Warthan who married IA.

1930 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: James Woodson, 52, 1st marriage age 19, b. IA, parents b. IA, day laborer; wife Mary Ann, 48, 1st marriage age 16, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. IL; son Clarence W., 19, helper; dau. Edna, 17; son Eugene A., 8. All children were b. IA, parents b. IA.

FAYETTE CO, IA CEMETERY RECORDS, Oak Lawn Cem: James William Woodson, b. Dec. 30, 1878, d. Apr. 16, 1940

James married Mary Ann WARTHAM about 1897 in IA.¹ (Mary Ann WARTHAM was born on 5 Aug 1881 in IA,⁴ died in Feb 1971 in IA ⁴ and was buried in Oak Lawn Cem, Eden Twp, Fayette Co, IA ⁴.)