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Descendants of John Wesley Woodham


6. DAVID MACAJA "CAGE"2 WOODHAM (JOHN WESLEY1, ATHANASIUSA, ARIS WOODHAMB SR., EDWARD WOODHAMC JR., EDWARD WOODHAMD SR., THOMASE WOODHAM III) was born 11 Nov 1862 in Covington Co., AL., and died 1939. He married JULIA CARROLL Bet. 1880 - 1885. She was born Abt. 1865.
     
Children of DAVID WOODHAM and JULIA CARROLL are:
  i.   MATTIE3 WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1881; m. HENRY C. TYSON, 14 Oct 1900, Covington Co., AL.; b. Abt. 1879.
  ii.   ANNIE WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1883; m. JESS (JESSE) JENNINGS, 23 Jun 1901, Covington Co., AL.; b. Abt. 1880.
  iii.   CARLIE WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1885; m. RIDGEWAY CORBIN, Abt. 1905; b. Abt. 1883.
  iv.   ARNOLD WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1887; m. (1) HAROLD O'BRIEN; b. Abt. 1885; m. (2) MONROE GRAHAM, Abt. 1909; b. Abt. 1885.
  v.   CORA LIZZIE WOODHAM, b. 22 Jun 1889; d. 04 Mar 1944; m. JACKSON LEE LONG, Mar 1908; b. 13 May 1878; d. 09 Jan 1948.


7. GEORGE BENJAMIN2 WOODHAM (JOHN WESLEY1, ATHANASIUSA, ARIS WOODHAMB SR., EDWARD WOODHAMC JR., EDWARD WOODHAMD SR., THOMASE WOODHAM III) was born 26 Sep 1864 in Opp, Covington Co, AL, and died 22 Nov 1918. He married (1) FLORENCE ALABAMA RICHBURG. She was born 11 Jan 1868 in Covington Co, AL, and died 03 Jul 1935. He married (2) FLORENCE ALABAMA "BAMA" RICHBURG Abt. 1885. She was born 11 Jan 1868, and died 03 Jul 1935 in Covington Co., AL..
     
Children of GEORGE WOODHAM and FLORENCE RICHBURG are:
29. i.   JONATHAN EDWARD "JOHN ED"3 WOODHAM, b. 27 Mar 1888, Covington Co., AL.; d. 21 Jan 1968, Covington Co., AL.
  ii.   HARVEY FRANKLIN WOODHAM, b. 06 Oct 1889; d. 22 Sep 1890.
  iii.   JACOB MONROE WOODHAM, b. 07 Dec 1890, Covington Co., AL?; d. 16 Nov 1918, Covington Co., AL?.
  iv.   LAURA EXELLA WOODHAM, b. 04 Dec 1892, Probably Covington Co., AL; m. WALTER M. GAY, Abt. 1903; b. 29 Aug 1883, Probably Covington Co., AL.
  v.   CALLIE FLORENCE WOODHAM, b. 25 Jan 1894; m. ANGUS E. SIMMONS, Abt. 1909; b. 06 May 1889.
  vi.   BERTHA MAEBELL "BELLE" WOODHAM, b. 27 Jul 1895; m. COLLETT BARNETT, Abt. 1912.
30. vii.   IDA VICTORIA WOODHAM, b. 01 Dec 1896; d. 05 Dec 1918, Covington Co., AL?.
  viii.   WILLIAM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOODHAM, b. 08 Aug 1898; m. SYBLE HORTENSE COURSON, Abt. 1920.
  ix.   LULA ESTHER MILBRA WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1899; m. CLARENCE GILCHRIST, Abt. 1917.
  x.   PERRY WILSON WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1900; m. LOUISE KIELEY.
  xi.   AMANDA RETHA WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1902; m. ESTER DAVIS.
  xii.   BENJAMIN STEWART WOODHAM, b. Bet. 1903 - 1906; m. LUCILLE KIMBRO, Bet. 1924 - 1925.


8. AARON THOMAS "TOB" WOODHAM2 (JOHN WESLEY1 WOODHAM, ATHANASIUSA, ARIS WOODHAMB SR., EDWARD WOODHAMC JR., EDWARD WOODHAMD SR., THOMASE WOODHAM III) was born 17 Mar 1866 in Covington Co., AL., and died 14 Jun 1932 in Covington Co., AL. He married (1) EUGENIA WIGGINS. She was born Abt. 1870 in Covington Co, AL. He married (2) FRANCES EUGENIA WIGGINS 1886. She was born Abt. 1868 in Probably Covington Co., AL.
     
Children of AARON and EUGENIA WIGGINS are:
  i.   INFANT3 WOODHAM, b. 10 Dec 1888, Covington Co, AL; d. 10 May 1891, Covington Co, AL.
31. ii.   PRESTON K. WOODHAM, b. 1893, Covington Co, AL; d. 1949, Covington Co, AL.
     
Children of AARON and FRANCES WIGGINS are:
  iii.   MARTHA ELLA3 WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1886, Covington Co., AL; d. Bef. 1967; m. JOHN MACK, Abt. 1905; b. Abt. 1888.
  iv.   MINNIE LEE WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1889, Covington Co., AL; d. Aft. 1967; m. MINUS D. CAUSEY, Abt. 1906.
  v.   LEACY F. WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1890, Covington Co., AL; d. Bef. 1967.
32. vi.   WILLIAM JESSE WOODHAM, SR., b. 1894, Sanford, Covington Co., AL.; d. 07 Sep 1967, Mobile, Al..
33. vii.   EXA ANN WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1897, Covington Co., AL; d. Aft. 1967.
  viii.   NINA ESTELLE "NINEY" WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1899, Probably Covington Co., AL; d. Aft. 1967; m. M.D. 'DEWEY' KILPATRICK, Abt. 1917.
  ix.   TESSIE REE WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1900, Probably Covington Co., AL; d. Aft. 1967; m. FELIX SMITH, Bet. 1918 - 1920.
  x.   ARLIE BELL "DOLL BABY" WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1901, Covington Co., AL; d. Aft. 1967; m. LUCIUS J. MASON, Abt. 1920.
  xi.   HUBERT THOMAS WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1902, Covington Co., AL; d. Aft. 1967.


9. NANCY CAROLINE2 WOODHAM (JOHN WESLEY1, ATHANASIUSA, ARIS WOODHAMB SR., EDWARD WOODHAMC JR., EDWARD WOODHAMD SR., THOMASE WOODHAM III) was born 31 Dec 1867 in Opp, Covington Co, AL, and died 1939 in Covington Co., AL.. She married TILLMAN B. SHORT Abt. 1885 in Alabama. He was born Abt. 1860 in Covington Co, AL, and died 1928 in Covington Co., AL..

Notes for NANCY CAROLINE WOODHAM:
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[Thomas Woodham.GED]

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Source: Sandra Lindsey Thompson, Opal Short Lindsey:
My Grandpa Short used to make this statement about Nancy Caroline and her sisters, Vina Saffronia and Mary Ida. Nancy Caroline married a "Short"; Vina married a "Day"; and Mary Ida married a "May". Therefore, they were "a Short Day in May".

Notes for TILLMAN B. SHORT:
[FTWkinfolk2.GED]

[Thomas Woodham.GED]

[jweswoodham.GED2.GED]

From Sandra G. Thompson:
While living in, or near, Opp, AL, Tillman had a stroke and was paralyzed for the last 25 years of his life. He used to love sitting on the front porch in a rocking chair. One day, while rocking, he fell off the porch and died. Mama believes that he either had a massive stroke just before he fell off the porch, or that he had the stroke when he fell off the porch.
     
Children of NANCY WOODHAM and TILLMAN SHORT are:
34. i.   RILEY MALLEY3 SHORT, b. 11 Jan 1892, Covington Co, AL; d. 06 Aug 1962, Andalusia, Covington Co., AL..
35. ii.   MARY IDA SHORT, b. Abt. 1886.
36. iii.   AMANDA 'MANDY' SHORT, b. 29 Jan 1890, Covington Co., AL.; d. 24 May 1963, Covington Co., AL..
  iv.   NOAH SHORT, b. 23 Mar 1893; d. 11 Mar 1917, WW I..
37. v.   MARTHA CAROLYN SHORT, b. 17 Oct 1894.
38. vi.   GEORGE DEWEY SHORT, b. Abt. 1895.
39. vii.   CATHERINE SHORT, b. 1896.
40. viii.   JAMES ACEY 'JIM' SHORT, b. Abt. 1897.
41. ix.   ARNIE SHORT, b. Abt. 1898.
42. x.   EFFIE MAE SHORT, b. Abt. 1899.
  xi.   TOMMY SHORT, b. Abt. 1900; m. /HELEN/.


10. TAYLOR NELSON2 WOODHAM (JOHN WESLEY1, ATHANASIUSA, ARIS WOODHAMB SR., EDWARD WOODHAMC JR., EDWARD WOODHAMD SR., THOMASE WOODHAM III) was born 24 Aug 1869 in Covington Co., AL., and died 07 Nov 1936 in Covington Co., AL.. He married (1) TEXANN REBECCA WOODHAM Abt. 1889, daughter of ROBERT WOODHAM and SARAH WIGGINS. She was born 16 Jun 1870 in Covington Co, AL, and died 27 Oct 1918 in Covington Co, AL. He married (2) MINNIE LEE WIGGINS Jan 1919 in Probably Covington Co., AL. She was born 18 Jul 1883 in AL., and died 18 Jan 1959 in Ft. Walton Beach, FL..

Notes for TEXANN REBECCA WOODHAM:
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[Thomas Woodham.GED]

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Source: R.A. 'Bob' Woodham, Aug. 1997.
Texann is the daughter of Robert Nelson Woodham(son of John Wesley's brother, Aris Woodham) and Susan Sarah Ann Wiggins. Texann died in the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Her mother and father are buried at Bethyl Cemetery in Babbie.
     
Children of TAYLOR WOODHAM and TEXANN WOODHAM are:
  i.   JOHN EDD3 WOODHAM, b. 27 Mar 1888, Covington Co, AL; d. 21 Jan 1968, Covington Co, AL; m. JESSIE; b. 17 Mar 1889, Covington Co, AL; d. 21 Jan 1968, Covington Co, AL.
  ii.   MOLLIE WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1890; m. BUD HAMILTON, Abt. 1908.
  iii.   NITA C. WOODHAM, b. 25 Oct 1890, Covington Co, AL; d. 09 Feb 1959, Covington Co, AL; m. /LINDSAY/; b. Abt. 1885, Covington Co, AL.
43. iv.   BESSIE MAE WOODHAM, b. 22 Nov 1893, Covington Co., AL; d. 17 May 1969, Covington Co., AL.
44. v.   ARNOLD R. WOODHAM, b. 1895.
  vi.   EXCELLA 'EXA' WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1896.
45. vii.   EMERY ARTHUR WOODHAM, b. 01 May 1900, Covington Co, AL; d. 02 Nov 1987, Covington Co, AL.
  viii.   JAMES AUBREY 'JIM' WOODHAM, b. 1901; d. 1970; m. LILLIAN SIMON, Abt. 1921.
  ix.   INFANT WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1902; d. Abt. 1902.
  x.   JENKINS WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1903; m. LUCILLE STANLEY, Abt. 1923.
  Notes for JENKINS WOODHAM:
[FTWkinfolk2.GED]

[Thomas Woodham.GED]

[jweswoodham.GED2.GED]

From Sandra G. Thompson:
Source: Robert Alan 'Bob' Woodham, Kingsport, TN. This is part of info he sent to me in August-September, 1997. It begins with part of a letter sent to him in reply regarding "The Jenkins Story". The letter was written by Janie Hardage Owens and dated Feb. 19, 1996.
"I did find however, a written account from my first cousin, Rosalyn, Arnold's daughter. She wanted to write down some "stories" for her three sons... and had talked to my Uncle Jenkins to obtain certain facts. This was called the "Jenkins Story" and is the only one she sent to me."

THE JENKINS STORY

"The children knew when they were growing up that they had Woodham relatives on both sides of the family. They lived on their daddy's and mama's farm that they had homesteaded in Covington County, Alabama, about one and a half miles south of Opp.
Their wonderful mother, Texann Rebecca, was the daughter of Robert Nelson Woodham and Susan Sara Ann Wiggins Woodham who was her first cousin once removed; she was the daughter of her husband's first cousin.
Marrying a cousin was not uncommon in those days when there was so little travel. Neighbors often married their neighbors and lived their whole lives close to both families. The children of Texann and Taylor laughed later and said they were sort of "double Woodhams".
The Woodhams had come from England to Surry County, Virginia during or prior to 1655. They moved on to Dobbs County, North Carolina, and in 1792, our ancestor, Athanasius Woodham, was born in Darlington County, South Carolina. His sons, Aris and John Wesley, were born in South Carolina, and the family stayed there until the 1830's.
They began to migrate to southeast Alabama to Henry and Dale Counties, and our branch of the Woodham family came on to Covington County. Aris' son, Robert Nelson Woodham, was Jenkins' maternal grandfather, and John Wesley's son, Taylor Nelson Woodham, was Jenkins' father.
In 1857, John Wesley and Amanda Ard Woodham, who were Taylor's parents and Jenkins' paternal grandparents, homesteaded many acres in Covington County. The county was almost unsettled in those days. He served in the Civil War, leaving his wife and four small children in their new home. They were members of the Hickory Grove Methodist Church which was a log cabin church a few miles west of Opp.
The children of Taylor and Texann were born in this order: Mollie, Bessie, Arnold, Excella, Emery, Eugene, Aubrey, Jenkins, Annie Ruth, and Luther. They also had a son born between Aubrey and Jenkins who was dead at birth.
Jenkins was born Oct. 31, 1908, the eighth child. Life was hard on the farm, but there was a lot of love in their family. Losing his still-young mother when he was only ten years old was very hard for him. She died in 1918 during an influenza epidemic in which so many in Alabama suffered. It was during World War I, and his oldest brother, Arnold, was in the army in France. Mollie and Bessie began to look after the younger children in their mother's absence and even spanked them when they needed it.
Their father soon married Minnie Wiggins Griswold, and their children were Louis, Geraldine, and Martha. Jenkins and the younger children were loved and cared for by their kind stepmother. They loved her deeply and also each one of the new babies as they were born.
Cotton was their daddy's main crop. When all the family had picked it late in the summer and early fall they took it to town on their wagon, to sell for nine cents a pound. Some years they had to pick cotton at night in order to get it to the gin in town before the rains came.
They grew peanuts too, but they left most of them in the field for the hogs to eat. Their watermelons, turnips, and collards were sometimes swapped for coffee and rice at the grocery store. They loaded the watermelons on their wagon and Jenkins got to go to town with his daddy and brothers to sell them.
Often barefoot, he walked with his sisters and brothers the two miles to school in town carrying his lunch which was wrapped in a newspaper. Biscuits with a hole punched in the top of each one, with sugar cane syrup poured into the holes and a thick piece of fried salt pork from their smoke house was his usual lunch.
When he had his chores done he liked to play baseball with his brothers and the Tyson and Dorsey boys who lived on the adjoining farms. In the summers, the boys enjoyed fishing in the nearby creeks, especially in Indian Creek.
He was fifteen years old when he first heard about the ships in New Orleans, Louisiana. Aubrey, his older brother, went to sea from there and had come home full of stories about his adventures and of the money that he had been paid.
Jenkins said, "My brother Aubrey, who was three years older than I was had been going to sea about three years when I got the urge to go myself." Mr. James B. Cobb in New Orleans who had helped Aubrey get his job was contacted by Jenkins. He asked him to help him get a job on a ship too. Not only would he be out on his own he thought, he would be able to see some of the world that lay beyond Covington County."

This is all of the story that I have. I wonder if there's more.

  xi.   GENE WOODHAM, b. 03 Nov 1903, Covington Co, AL; d. 26 Apr 1975, Covington Co, AL; m. CUMI R.; b. 03 Mar 1903, Covington Co, AL; d. 12 Nov 1996, Covington Co, AL.
  xii.   EUGENE "GENE" WOODHAM, b. 03 Nov 1903, Covington Co., AL; d. 26 Apr 1975, Covington Co., AL; m. CUMI R. LACEY, Abt. 1918; b. 03 Mar 1903, ?; d. 12 Nov 1996, Covington Co., AL.
  xiii.   LUTHER WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1909; m. LOIS MOORE, Bet. 1927 - 1930.
  xiv.   ANNIE RUTH WOODHAM, b. 18 Sep 1911, Covington Co., AL; m. WILLIAM LEWIS STEELE; b. 02 Nov 1901, Covington Co., AL; d. 14 Sep 1982, Covington Co., AL.
     
Children of TAYLOR WOODHAM and MINNIE WIGGINS are:
46. xv.   LOUIS3 WOODHAM, b. Abt. 1921.
47. xvi.   GERALDINE WOODHAM, b. 05 Feb 1924.
  xvii.   MARTHA WOODHAM, b. 22 Feb 1927, Covington Co., AL; d. 07 Jun 1943, Covington Co., AL.
  Notes for MARTHA WOODHAM:
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[Thomas Woodham.GED]

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She died as a child, her grave is beside her mother's.


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