Caroline Chastain Woodson b. 12 Jun 1819 , Franklin, VA d. 26 Oct 1913 Amity, Yamhill, OR: Our Allison Family

1819 - 1913 (94 years)

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Name	Caroline Chastain Woodson
	Her middle name is spelled Chastaine in the Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and their connections. I chose to use the surname spelling used in Pierre Chastain and His Descendants, Vol 1, First Five Generations in America, including the Errata and Addenda. [1]
Born	12 Jun 1819	, Franklin, VA [2]
	Her obituary states that she was born near Richmond, Virginia, however, I believe that, like her siblings, she was born in Franklin county. Technically, Richmond is near Franklin county but it is not in Franklin county. Lisa Allison Albert
Gender	Female
Address	1840	, Monroe, MO [2]
	In 1840, her father moved his family to Monroe county, Missouri.
Address	1863 to 1867	Wheatland, Yamhill, OR [3]
Address	1867	Amity, Yamhill, OR [3]
Religious denomination	Amity, Yamhill, OR [2]
	She was a member of the Amity Christian Church.
Died	26 Oct 1913	Amity, Yamhill, OR [3]
Buried	Amity Cemetery, Amity, Yamhill, OR [3]
Notes	"She is a woman of unusual strength of mind and body. At the advanced age of ninety years she is still living (1909) near Amity, Oregon....." [2]
Person ID	I58	Allison \| Allison
Last Modified	10 Apr 2019

Father	Benjamin Woodson, b. 15 Apr 1782, , Goochland, VA , d. 25 Oct 1848, , Monroe, MO (Age 66 years)
Mother	Martha "Patsey" LeSueur, b. 18 Feb 1787, , Henry, VA , d. 26 Feb 1867, , Monroe, MO (Age 80 years)
Married	20 Jan 1806	, Henry, VA [1, 4]
	Marriage date also listed as 23 Jan 1806. [2]
Family ID	F7	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		Caroline Chastain Woodson's obituary Published Nov 2, 1913. Newspaper source unknown at present.
		1820 US Census, Franklin County, Virginia Benjamin Woodson listed as head of a household of 8; his wife Patsey LeSueur, and his 6 oldest children. Census shows he did not own slaves.
		1830 US Census, Franklin County, Virginia Benjamin Woodson listed as head of a household of 12; his wife Patsey LeSueur, and his 10 children. Census shows he did not own slaves.
		1840 US Census, Jackson, Monroe County, Missouri Benjamin Woodson listed as head of a household of 9; his wife Patsey LeSueur, and 7 of his 10 children. Census shows he did not own slaves.

Headstones

[S2] Pierre Chastain and His Descendants, The Pierre Chastain Family Association, (Southern Heritage Press, St. Petersburg, FL, 1995), 929.273 C388.
[S18] Hist. Genea. of Woodsons & connections, Compiled by Henry Morton Woodson, (H.M. Woodson, Tennessee, c1915), 929.273 W868.
[S5] Find A Grave.
[S112] Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers. , (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

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