Carroll County, Missouri
William Jackson Wooden was the son of Isaac and Rebecca (Stephenson) Wooden. He married Nancy M. Short on September 5, 1850, in Carroll County, Missouri. To this union were born:
Charles A. Wooden 1852 – 1929
James Marshall Wooden 1853 – 1912
George W. Wooden 1857 – 1930
John Lewis Wooden 1860 – 1926
Mary Catherine (Wooden) Dunwell 1861 – 1932
Julia Ann Frances (Wooden) Rockhold 1864 – 1949
[The following is an excerpt from Wooden Family, by Dorothy Sykes, Jennie Opal Kleitz O’Roark, Herb Wooden:]
"William Jackson Wooden started out in Carroll County. He began buying government land and buying cattle. He was getting rich when the war broke out. At that time a person could pay the Government for a years care of a soldier and not have to go to war. William J. was a Southern Sympathizer, had five children under 12 years of age and another on the way, so he paid the price of a soldier.
"Some snoopers who were out to cause trouble, and jealous of his growing wealth, accused him of disloyalty to the Government, came one night and arrested him and threw him in Federal Prison.
"He was later cleared of the charge, but was so ill he died in prison before he could come home. He wrote to his family that he was poisoned, but they thought it was inadequate diet, overcrowding, poor sanitation and shortage of medicine, as was typical of prisons at that time."
[NOTE: There is a another William J. Wooden buried in this cemetery in Section 1, Site 7196, from Ohio, died May 5, 1863. He is not William Jackson Wooden, son of Isaac and Rebecca.]
Biographical information provided by Nancy, #48040541
Carroll County, Missouri
William Jackson Wooden was the son of Isaac and Rebecca (Stephenson) Wooden. He married Nancy M. Short on September 5, 1850, in Carroll County, Missouri. To this union were born:
Charles A. Wooden 1852 – 1929
James Marshall Wooden 1853 – 1912
George W. Wooden 1857 – 1930
John Lewis Wooden 1860 – 1926
Mary Catherine (Wooden) Dunwell 1861 – 1932
Julia Ann Frances (Wooden) Rockhold 1864 – 1949
[The following is an excerpt from Wooden Family, by Dorothy Sykes, Jennie Opal Kleitz O’Roark, Herb Wooden:]
"William Jackson Wooden started out in Carroll County. He began buying government land and buying cattle. He was getting rich when the war broke out. At that time a person could pay the Government for a years care of a soldier and not have to go to war. William J. was a Southern Sympathizer, had five children under 12 years of age and another on the way, so he paid the price of a soldier.
"Some snoopers who were out to cause trouble, and jealous of his growing wealth, accused him of disloyalty to the Government, came one night and arrested him and threw him in Federal Prison.
"He was later cleared of the charge, but was so ill he died in prison before he could come home. He wrote to his family that he was poisoned, but they thought it was inadequate diet, overcrowding, poor sanitation and shortage of medicine, as was typical of prisons at that time."
[NOTE: There is a another William J. Wooden buried in this cemetery in Section 1, Site 7196, from Ohio, died May 5, 1863. He is not William Jackson Wooden, son of Isaac and Rebecca.]
Biographical information provided by Nancy, #48040541
Family Members
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Benjamin Lewis Wooden
1823–1879
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Rebecca L Wooden
1824–1868
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John Washington Wooden
1828–1911
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Hiram Simpson Wooden
1830–1911
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Isaac Harrison Wooden
1831–1907
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Eliza Jane Wooden Muzingo
1833–1917
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Harvey Marshall Wooden
1835–1923
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Cornelius Swank "Neal & Big Daddy" Wooden
1838–1926
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Edward Franklin "Doc" Wooden
1839–1934
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James Monroe Wooden
1841–1920
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Nancy Manervia Wooden Minnis
1842–1885
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Ephraim Jefferson "Jeff" Wooden
1844–1907
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Julia Ann Frances Wooden Bunch
1846–1929
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Martha Catherine "Kitty" Wooden Marple
1847–1930
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Thomas H. Wooden
1855–1855
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