James was born in Georgia in 1889 to Stephen Woodham and Hulda Hobbs. In 1900, the family was living in Midland City village, Dale County, Alabama.[2]
In 1910, he was living with her mother, Hulda, and siblings in Newville, Henry County, Alabama.[3] His mother was listed as a widow, but her husband, Stephen, had abandoned the family and was living with his other wife and kids in Florida.
James married Aurelia Scott[4] on 25 Sep 1910 in Dale, Alabama, USA.[5]
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M988-RZV : 25 January 2015), James E Woodham in household of Stephen E Woodham, Precinct 8 Midland City Midland City village, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing sheet 4A, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,012.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQP-NXP : 29 October 2015), James E Woodham in household of Hulda Woodham, Newville, Henry, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 122, sheet 13B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,028.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3FY9-PMM : accessed 12 February 2017), James E Woodham, Wicksburg, Houston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 9B, line 59, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 19; FHL microfilm 2,339,754.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1GF-RCZ : accessed 12 February 2017), Jim Woodham, Election Precinct 1, Houston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-2, sheet 4A, line 5, family 55, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 38.
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