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| Birth: | 14 Aug 1848 in Big Eddy near Frankfort, Franklin Co, KY |
| Death: | 2 May 1910 in Grants Pass, OR |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Richard Kidder Woodson b. 13 Apr 1810 in Jessamine Co., Kentucky |
| Mother: | Emily Littlepage Hickman b. 29 Oct 1811 in Frankfort, KY, Franklin Co |
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| Cause of Death: Cancer of stomach and bowels |
| Property: 3 Jul 1908 Land in Grant's Pass, Oregon, purchased from John Burt. Deed located 36 p 638 |
| Burial: 9 May 1910 Frankfort, KY |
| Occupation: engineer |
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| Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse
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Was educated at the Kentucky Military Instute as a Civil Engineer. He served several terms as the City engineer of Frankfort, county surveyor of Franklin Co, KY, and he held a position in Washington under the Cleveland Administration as a surveyor of public lands in Washington and other northwestern states. He was married twice, the first time to Nannie Adams, the name of his second wife is unknown. After the death of Nannie Adams, he went to Grant's Pass, OR where he became a fruit grower. He died May 2, 1910.
Fax 303 374 8934
Home Phone 303 233 1363
Email searchmyfamily@aol.com
October 27, 2000
Josephine County Clerk's Office
Courthouse
PO Box 69
Grants Pass, OR 97526
Dear Sir,
I am researching the history of my family, the Woodsons, and am interested in finding information about a gentleman
named David Meade Woodson, Jr. who owned a fruit farm in Grants Pass and died May 2, 1910. He did not own the
farm for long, my records indicate just a couple years. He was from Frankfort, Kentucky, and during his career he
was involved in mapping public lands in Washington and the northwest. My address is above. I am looking for
copies of any records you may have such as a death notice, deed to the land he owned, even a marriage notice,
although I do not know the name of the woman he met while living there. He is my great great grandfather, and a
decendant of the Virginia Woodsons, of Jamestown, one of the oldest and most distinguished families in the U.S.
Please let me know the copying and research costs and I will mail you a check.
Sincerely,
Judith A Martin
Sent 10/27/2000
From "The Woodsons and Their Connections"
born August 14, 1848 at Big Eddy, near Frankfort, Franklin county, Kentucky was educated at the Kentucky Military Institute, and spent almost his entire life in Frankfort. He was an expert civil engineer, served several terms as city engineer of Frankfort, and county surveryo of Franklin County. He made a plat of the statehouse grounds that wsa used in all the famous trials of Caleb Powers and Howard for the murder of Governor Goebel. He gave expert testimony in all those trials as to angles, distances and such things as only a man of his knowledge and skill could give. During the first term of President Cleveland, he held a responsible government position as a surveyor of public lands in Washington and othe rnorthwestern states. he was conspicuous for his honesty and integrity. He was twice married; first, on November 29, 1871 to Nannie Adams who was born in 1848, in Saline County, MO, and died in Frankfort, KY, April, 9, 1900. He was married, second, to____________.
He was a democrat, and attended the Christian Church of whch he was a faithful member. In 1908 he went west and settled at Grant's Pass, Oregon, and engaged in fruit growing. A deed from 7/3/1908 located at the Josephine County Clerk's Office shows that David M. Woodson bought a parcel of land from a John Burt in 1908. About the middle of April, 1910, he was in his vineyard, planting some grape vines, when he suddenly became very ill and died on May 2, 1910.
From the Oregon Death Record Index
Name: Woodson, M. D.
County: Josephine
Death Date: 02 May 1910
Certificate: 1347
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