Edward Harley Woodham (1852 - abt. 1933)

Born Dec 1852 in Mississippi, USA

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Died about 9 Nov 1933 at about age 80 in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Edward was born about 1852. He is the son of Aris Woodham and Hester Simmons. In 1860, the family was living in Newton County, Mississippi.^[1] They were still there in 1870.^[2] The household included:

• A B Woodham Male 59 South Carolina
• Hester Ann Woodham Female 44 Mississippi
• Zachariah T Woodham Male 21 Mississippi
• James W Woodham Male 19 Mississippi
• Edward H Woodham Male 17 Mississippi
• Mary E Woodham Female 15 Mississippi
• Sarah Woodham Female 13 Mississippi
• John R Woodham Male 9 Mississippi

Edward appears to have married Mary Susan Gray, and settled in Mississippi. By 1880, they had a 2 year old daughter named Martha, and were living in Beat 3 Southeast, Jasper, Mississippi.^[3] By 1900, they had moved to Beat 4 Newton town, Newton, Mississippi.^[4] The household included:

• Edward H Woodham Head Male 48 Mississippi
• Mary S Woodham Wife Female 48 Mississippi
• Mattie L Woodham Daughter Female 22 Mississippi
• Albert C Woodham Son Male 20 Mississippi
• Bessie L Woodham Daughter Female 9 Mississippi
• Earl H Woodham Son Male 5 Mississippi
• Hattie E Woodham Daughter Female 4 Mississippi
• Ava A Woodham Daughter Female 2 Mississippi

By 1910, the family had moved to Ellisville Ward 4, Jones, Mississippi.^[5] The household then included:

• E H Woodham Head Male 57 Mississippi
• M S Woodham Wife Female 55 Mississippi
• Bessie Woodham Daughter Female 19 Mississippi
• Earl Woodham Son Male 14 Mississippi
• Hattie Woodham Daughter Female 13 Mississippi
• Ava Woodham Daughter Female 11 Mississippi

They were still in Ellisville in 1920.^[6] By 1930, all the children had moved out, and Edward and Mary were empty nesters.^[7]

Edward passed away in 1933 following a stroke while in the hospital for a broken hip suffered in a fall at his home a few days before, Burial was in the Ellisville Cemetery, Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GZ-BPS : accessed 30 April 2016), Edward Woodham in entry for A B Woodham, 1860.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSK-JLF : accessed 30 April 2016), Edward H Woodham in household of A B Woodham, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 14, family 18, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,241.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GX-9GG : accessed 30 April 2016), Edward Woodham, Beat 3 Southeast, Jasper, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 110, sheet 68A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0650; FHL microfilm 1,254,650.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9XG-981 : accessed 30 April 2016), Edward H Woodham, Beat 4 Newton town, Newton, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 144, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,822.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8P-B4N : accessed 30 April 2016), E H Woodham, Ellisville Ward 4, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 275B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,758.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M434-WZ8 : accessed 30 April 2016), E H Woodham, Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 8B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,881.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1H-DNB : accessed 24 December 2020), Edward H Woodham, Ellisville, Jones, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 2B, line 90, family 49, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1151; FHL microfilm 2,340,886.
8. ↑ Find a Grave with obituary, database and images (accessed 12 November 2020), memorial page for Edward H Woodham (Dec 1852–Nov 1933), Find A Grave: Memorial #188131714, Ellisville Cemetery, Ellisville, Jones County, MississippiEllisville Cemetery, Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi, citing Ellisville Cemetery, Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Mona Hura (contributor 47044150) .

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