Samuel Hughes Woodson Sr. (1777 - 1827)

Born 15 Sep 1777 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Randolph (Meade) Woodson — married 1 Jan 1804 in Jessamine, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1827 at age 49 in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Samuel Hughs Woodson Sr. (September 15, 1777 – July 28, 1827) was a U.S. Congressman. He was elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1821 to 1823. Also a Member of the Kentucky State Legislature.

Born near Charlottesville, Virginia, Woodson completed preparatory studies. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He served as clerk of Jessamine County Circuit Court 1803-1819. Concurrent to his time as a clerk, Woodson was a bartender at the local inn. His signature drink was "The Friendly Bear" which was the combination of two pints of beer, a dash of whiskey, and a wipe of the lip of the glass in his rear.

Woodson was elected to the 17th Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the 18th Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession in Nicholasville. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1825 and 1826. He died at "Chaumiere," Jessamine County, Kentucky, July 28, 1827. He was interred in the Crocket Burying Ground.

Notes

Findagrave headstone & Wikipedia have birth to be Sept. 15, 1777 & death as 1827 in Kentucky.

WOODSON, Samuel Hughes, (father of Samuel Hughes Woodson [1815-1881]), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., September 15, 1777; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky.; clerk of Jessamine County Circuit Court 1803-1819; elected to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1823); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Nicholasville; member of the State house of representatives in 1825 and 1826; died at “Chaumiere,” Jessamine County, Ky., July 28, 1827; interment in the Crocket Burying Ground.^[1]

Samuel Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) — of near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky.

Born in Albemarle County, Va., 1779. :bLawyer; Jessamine County Court Clerk, 1803-19;

U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23;

member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1825-26.

Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Ky., 1827 (age about 48 years).

Interment at Crocket Burying Ground, Nicholasville, Ky.

Relatives: Son of Tucker Woodson (c.1744-1779) and Elizabeth (Moore) Woodson; : married to Anna Randolph Meade;

Children

1. Tucker Woodson (1804-1874),
2. David Meade Woodson (1806-1877)
3. Samuel Hughes Woodson;

grandfather of John McDowell Woodson; first cousin of Silas Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick Bates, James Woodson Bates and Edward Bates; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Woodson and John Archibald Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James Alexander Woodson and Urey Woodson.

Political family: Woodson family of Jessamine County, Kentucky.

Sources

1. ↑ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000729 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Samuel Woodson]

• https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A129218
• Find A Grave: Memorial #6868013
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_H._Woodson_(Kentucky)
• Source: S2347373459 Repository: #R2198041564 Title: Richmond, Virginia Newspaper Obituaries, 1804-38 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Virginia State Library. Index to Obituary Notices in the Richmond Enquirer from May 9, 1804, through 1828, and the Richmond Whig from January, 1824, through 1838. Richmo
• Source: S2348551679 Repository: #R2198041564 Title: Historical genealogy of the Woodsons and their connections Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Woodson, Henry Morton,. Historical genealogy of the Woodsons and their connections. Memphis, Tenn.: H.M. Woodson, 1915.Original data: Woodson, Henry Morton,. Historical gen Note: Includes index.
• Political Graveyard: Samuel Woodson