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Born 1833, Prince Edward county
From History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Missouri, written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, t (1885), Portrait and biographical record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren counties, Missouri (1895)
RICHARD G. WOODSON
(Farmer and Stock-raiser, Post-office, Dardenne). *
Col. Woodson’s parents. Judge Charles Woodson and wife ( nee Anne Wilson), came to St. Charles county in 1841. They were from Virginia, and Richard G. was born in Prince Edward county, Va., September 6, 1833. After the removal of the family to St. Charles county Judge Woodson became a successful and leading farmer of the county, and one its influential and highly respected citizens. He was elected a member of the county court, and during the war, although far advanced beyond the limit of military age, served as lieutenantcolonel in the Union home guards. He is still living, at the general ble age of 90, and is yet vigorous and his memory well preserved, considering his advanced age. His good wife is also still spared to accompany him on down the journey of life. All their family of eight children are living, and several of them are now themselves the heads of families. The Judge and his good wife are both members of the Presbyterian Church. Col. Richard G. Woodson was principally reared in St. Charles county and was educated at Wyman’s high school, of St. Louis, the State University of Missouri, where he graduated in the class of 1853, and afterwards studied law, taking a course in the law department of the University of Virginia. About 1856 he returned home and located at St. Louis, where he was admitted to the bar. He continued the practice of law in St. Louis for several years. In 1862 he was commissioned major of the Tenth, or Third cavalry, M. S. M., and was afterwards made colonel of the regiment. During most of his time since the war Col. Woodson has given his undivided attention to his farming and stock interests. In 1868 he was married to Miss Grace Lee, a daughter of Philip Lee, formerly of New York. They have seven children, namely r Gertrude, Alice, Charles, Tarlton, Nannie, Grace and Freda.
As printed in History of St. Charles, Montgomery, and Warren counties, Missouri, written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources, including a history of their townships, towns and villages, t (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
RICHARD G. WOODSON, the subject of this biography, is one of the leading and representative citizens of Dardenne Township, St. Charles County. He is a native of Virginia, born September 6, 1833, and was the second in the family of eight children born unto Charles F. and Anne T. (Wilson) Woodson. Of the others we note the following: George, the eldest, is a resident of Callaway Township; Anne Virginia and Eliza reside with George; Sarah married Dr. Julian Bates, a physician of St. Louis, Mo., and a son of Edward Bates, Attorney-General under President Lincoln; Ellen, widow of the late Richard Bates, makes her home mostly in St. Louis; Julia, widow of Isaac Newton Stoutemeyer, is a resident of Wichita, Kan.; and Mary R. is the wife of William Harris, a prosperous farmer of Dardenne Township. The father of our subject, Charles F. AVoodson, was born in Virginia in 1794, and died in June, 1887. Chesterfield was his native county, but his years of boyhood and youth were passed in Prince Edward County, where he was reared to agricultural pursuits. Afterward he returned to Chesterfield County and there remained until 1839, when he removed to Kanawha County, W. Va. In 1841 he came to Missouri and settled in St. Charles County. He was a gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence and education. At the time of the opening of the War of 1812, he was a student in Hampden Sidney College, but he at once abandoned his literary pursuits for the active life of a soldier, and aided in the defense of our country against British encroachments. His father and two of his uncles served through the entire period of the Revolutionary War, his father being a minuteraan. The Woodson family was in former generations identified with the (Quaker Society, but our subject's father was a member of the Presbj- terian Church. His wife, also a member of that denomination, was born in Prince Edward County, Va., in 1806, and died in February", 1887.
Upon the home farm Richard G. Woodson was reared to manhood. His educational advantages have been far in advance of the common walks of life. His primary education was begun in the private schools, and finished m the high schools and the university. For four j'ears he was a student in Wyman's High School of St. Louis, Mo., and afterward entered the University of Missouri at Columbia, Boone County, graduating from that institution with the Class of '54. Later he took a partial course of law stud at the University of Virginia, and was a partner of Edward Bates, the well known statesman, at St. Louis. In after years he embarked in agricultural pursuits, which vocation he now follows.
July 15, 1868, Mr. Woodson married Miss Grace Lee, a native of Port.Iervis, Orange County, N. Y. Their children were nine in number, but one is deceased. The others were as follows: Charles F., who completed a course in telegraphy at Sedalia, Mo., and at present resides with his parents; Tarlton and George T., at home; Gertrude, a telegraph operator and ticket-seller on (grand Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.; Alice, who received a good education, and was a successful teacher in St. Charles County, but is now the wife of Charles Blize, a resident of Peach Oichard, Ark.; Nannie, who was educated in the common schools, the high school in St. Louis, and the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo., and is now the efficient teacher at the home district school; Grace Goodridgc and F'reda, who complete the family circle.
During the late war Mr. Woodson for two 3'ears served as Major and Colonel in the State Militia under Governor Gamble. Politically he is an independent Democrat. In religion he is a Presbyterian. He is a gentleman of more than ordinary intelligence, a fine type of the educated agriculturist. He is versatile, genial and hospitable, and his home is the above of hospitality, where the many friends of himself and wife are sure of a cordial welcome. For over half a century he has been an honored citizen of the county, and during this long period has maintained an unblemished reputation as a man of integrity and honor.
As printed in Portrait and biographical record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren counties, Missouri (1895). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Edward Bates
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