Help finding GRparents of Isaac Woodard b 1919 SC blinded by racist sheriff in 1946

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I read a story yesterday about Sgt Isaac Woodard b 1919 in Fairfield county SC and because I'm Canadian, I'd never heard it before -- my heart was touched and I was angered to my core + knew I needed to create a profile for him = Woodard-2927

Isaac Woodard was a decorated African-American World War II veteran. On February 12, 1946, hours after being honorably discharged from the United States Army, he was attacked while still in uniform by South Carolina police as he was taking a bus home.

The attack and his injuries which caused him to be permanently blind, sparked national outrage and galvanized the civil rights movement in the United States.

His father was Isaac Woodard Sr who twice gave his DOB as Sept 21, 1881 in SC but I cannot find him in 1900 Census and cannot find his parents or his date of marriage to Eliza Arnold c1905ish in Fairfield co., SC -- I've gotten Census details for other years and his death in NY but I don't have an Ancestry subscription to search further.

Any help or corrections or additions would help in both these profiles.

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Sorry if this came through twice but the first time the whole thing disappeared and I had to begin all over -- I'm not trying to be a "bug" ....

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Eliza was unmarried in 1900

Eliza Arnold

 in the 1900 United States Federal Census

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Name:	Eliza Arnold
Age:	15
Birth Date:	Jan 1885
Birthplace:	South Carolina, USA
Home in 1900:	Township 13, Fairfield, South Carolina
Sheet Number:	12
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:	135
Family Number:	235
Race:	Black
Gender:	Female
Relation to Head of House:	Daughter
Marital status:	Single
Father's Name:	Solomon Arnold
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:	Lizzie Arnold
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:	At School
Attended School:	2
Can Read:	Yes
Can Write:	Yes
Can Speak English:	Yes
Neighbors:

Household Members:	Name Age Solomon Arnold 60 Lizzie Arnold 36 Eliza Arnold 15 Ida Arnold 14 Mamie Arnold 12 Phemil Arnold 12 Dixie Arnold 9 Mikel Arnold 1

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Thanks Betty!! I don't know why I can't find Isaac Woodard in the same area / county? His death record and his WWI registration card give his DOB as Sep 21, 1881 but his Census records give varying years which doesn't help