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Obituary and Community Notices From Rockdale 1914
The piece chronicles the life of Dr. W. M. William Madison Woodson born 1840 in Wilcox Alabama and his Confederate service at Chickamauga Corinth Lookout Mountain Missionary Ridge Shiloh and Vicksburg. It notes his marriage to Martha Hawthorn, teaching at Oak Hill, medical training at Tulane, his church leadership and death June 14 1914, with details of funeral at Grace Presbyterian Church and his devoted wife’s strength. It also includes local council notes on postponing the July fair due to road and crop conditions and a political announcements section listing candidates and offices under the Democratic party.
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William Madison Woodson
Oak Hill
Wilcox County
Alabama
Martha Jane Hawthorn
Erskine College
Due West
S.C
Chickamauga
Corinth
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Woodson
Tulane Univer
Israel
Dr. Woodson
Grace Presbyterian Church
B. A. Hodges
H. W. Knickerbocker