John Jefferson WOODSON ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

IA MARRIAGES, 1809-2992:
Groom's Name: John J Woodson
Groom's Birth Date: 1882
Groom's Age: 23
Bride's Name: Amanda Rena Smock
Bride's Birth Date: 1888
Bride's Age: 17
Marriage Date: 03 Apr 1905
Marriage Place: West Union, Fayette, Iowa
Groom's Father's Name: Frank Woodson
Groom's Mother's Name: Sophia Wickham
Bride's Father's Name: David Smock
Bride's Mother's Name: Isabell Keelsey
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I09641-5
System Origin: Iowa-EASy
Source Film Number: 1018353
Reference Number: p 369

1910 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: John Woodson, 27, 1st marriage, married 5 yrs, farmer, gen. farm; wife "Lucera"(?), 32, 1st marriage, married 5 yrs, 1 child, 1 living; dau. Bernice, 4. All were b. IA and parents b. IA.

WWI DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS, 1917-1918: John Jefferson Woodson, Rt. 2, Hawkeye, Fayette Co, IA; 36; b. Jan 3, 1882; farmer, laborer, renter, self-employed; nearest relative: Mrs. Rena Woodson (wife), Rt. 2, Hawkeye, IA; medium height and build, gray eyes, dark hair.

1920 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: John Woodson, 43, farmer, farm lab; wife "Lena", 32,; dau. Bernice, 14; son Howard, 7; son David, 5; dau. Mildred, 3; dau. Elsie, 1. All were b. IA and all parents were b. IA. (Listed on same census page as Frank Woodson and James Woodson.)

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: John Woodson, 38, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Frank Woodson who was b. IA, mother: "Sphi Wikham" who was b. IA and married IA, engaged in agriculture; wife Rena (Benei?), 37, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: David Smock who was b. IA, mother: Isabel "Kelsiy" who was b. IA and married IA; son Honerd(?), 12; son David, 10; dau. "Milerd", 8; dau. "Dorethe", 7; dau. Georgia, 5; dau. "Philies", 1. All children were b. IA, father: John Woodson, mother: Rena Smock who was married IA. All were Lutheran. (Listed next to Hiram & Ella Miller on census.)

1930 IA CENSUS, Fayette Co, Auburn Twp: John "Wodson" (Watson?), 48, 1st marriage age 22, b. IA, parents b. IA, farming, farmer; wife Reena(?), 41, 1st marriage age 17, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. IA; son Howard, 16, helper; son David, 14, works on farm; Mildred, 13; dau. Dorothy, 11; dau. "Georja", 9; dau. Phyllis, 6; son "Frankey", 4; son Junior, 8/12. All children were b. IA, parents b. IA. (Listed on the same census page were "Almond" & Cora Wickham.)

FAYETTE CO, IA CEMETERY RECORDS, Oak Lawn Cem: John J. Woodson, b. Jan 3, 1883, d. Feb 26, 1966

John married Amanda "Rena" SMOCK, daughter of David SMOCK and Isabel KELSEY, on 3 Apr 1905 in West Union, Fayette Co, IA.¹ (Amanda "Rena" SMOCK was born on 5 Oct 1888 in IA,^{1 3} died on 10 Aug 1967 in IA ³ and was buried in Oak Lawn Cem., Eden Twp, Fayette Co., IA ³.)