Lewis Woodson (1806 - 1878)

Born 22 Jan 1806 in Greenbrier Park, Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Robinson) Woodson — married 4 Jun 1823 in Ross, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1878 at age 71 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

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Lewis Woodson was an abolitionist, educator, minister and writer. He was an early leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and was one of the original trustees of Wilberforce University.^[1]

Lewis Woodson was born in Virginia in 1806. He was the son of Thomas Woodson and Jemima Price. Thomas and Jemima were among a group of Black people that left the white Methodist Church and formed a new African American Congregation, which eventually became known as the Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Chillicothe. While in Chillicothe, the Woodson family actively engaged in the work of the Underground Railroad.^[2]

He died in 1878^[3][4] and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Woodson
2. ↑ "Reverend Thomas Woodson, Jr. and Reverend John P. Woodson Courage and Convictions" by Beverly Gray, Southeastern Ohio Historian, on Find A Grave: Memorial #93109938
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZW6-25J : 2 March 2021), Lewis Woodson, 10 Jan 1878; citing v 18 p 633, Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh; FHL microfilm 505,825.
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5HZ-C9MM : 9 July 2020), Lewis Woodson, 1878.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 17 March 2021), memorial page for Lewis Woodson (22 Jan 1806–14 Jan 1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #33499399, citing Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Dr. James M. Owston (contributor 47059231) .