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  William Sallier (Salyer) - pafg35.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Silas Woodson SAYLOR (Solomon C. John SAYLOR, Sarah SALYER, Zachariah Benjamin SALYER, Charles, William) was born on 16 Jul 1837 in, Harlan County, Kentucky.
Silas married (2) Nancy M. daughter of a JOHNSON and Charlotte SAYLOR in 1862 in, Harlan County, Kentucky.
Silas married (3) Calvina HOPKINS in 1865 in, Harlan County, Kentucky.
users.ev1.net /~dhoskins/web/williamsa/pafg35.htm   (1479 words)

  
 Woodson County, Part 1
The wide strip which took in all of Woodson County and a small strip of Coffey was the reserve of the New York Indians.
On May 22, 1858, the Board of Supervisors of Woodson County, consisting of I. Dow, G. Caven and William Phillips with Charles Cameron, Clerk of the board, met at Neosho Falls and passed an order for the conduct of all county business at Neosho Falls.
Great interest is manifested in them by the people of Woodson County, which is doubtless altogether owing to the fact of their mysteriousness.
www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/woodson/woodson-co-p1.html   (3012 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
According to Andreas "History of Kansas" the name came from Governor Silas Woodson of Missouri, while the "Annals of Kansas" claim the county was named in honor of Daniel Woodson who was the first secretary of the Territory of Kansas from 1855 into 1857, the later being accepted as the correct one.
The Woodson County part of the reserve was never occupied by any of these tribes.
DANIEL WOODSON County Namesake: Daniel Woodson was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, on the 24th of May, 1824.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/woodson/InBeg.txt   (550 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: People and Peoples (Si-Sj)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Sikhs are a group of people from Punjab who follow the religion of Baba Nanak.
SILAS A. Silas A Holcomb was an American politician.
SILAS H. Silas H Jennison was an American politician.
probertencyclopaedia.com /CD1.HTM   (1213 words)

  
 Moses E. Lard
At the base of the monument is the name, "Woodson." On the opposite side of the base is the name, "Lard." If you stand looking at the name, "Lard," On the base of the Woodson Monument, the stones for Moses Lard and his wife (which is damaged) will be just to your right.
Note: Lard's daughter, Virginia Juliet was the third wife of Governor Silas Woodson, married Dec. 27, 1866.
Note: The Years When Silas Woodson Was Governor, Was Most Noted As The Period When Jesse James, Notorious Outlaw, With His Gang Robbed Banks And Trains Throughout The Area.
www.therestorationmovement.com /melard.htm   (2115 words)

  
 The Legend
Jesse Woodson James was born 5 September 1847 on the James farm near Centerville, Clay County, Missouri.
Woodson was a James family name in honor of an old family friend, Silas Woodson of Kentucky, who had moved to Missouri around 1840 and would become Governor in 1874.
Uncle Woodson owned the Paso Robles Hot Sulphur Springs spa in San Luis, and Frank had gone to him to recover from his own wounds.
www.theoutlaws.com /outlaws6b.htm   (8343 words)

  
 Warwickshire
John Woodson was a physician and surgeon to the British soldiers on the ship.
John and Sarah Woodson were the ancestors of Dolley Madison, Silas Woodson - a Governor of Missouri, Oliver Perry Morton - a Governor of Indiana, and two outlaws named Frank and Jesse James, plus a large number of Morton descendants.
There were several marriages between the Mortons, Woodsons, and Micheaux, including the marriage of Thomas Morton, son of John and Joanne Wade Morton, and Elizabeth Woodson, great-grand-daughter of John and Sarah Woodson.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Meadows/2940/Warwickshire.html   (5283 words)

  
 John Hodgkinson - pafg32.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Silas Woodson SAYLOR (Solomon C. Mary HOSKINS, John HOSKINS, Thomas HOSKINSON, Thomas HOSKINSON, John, John) was born on 16 Jul 1837 in, Harlan County, Kentucky.
Nancy married Joseph Henry BARNETT son of James Silas BARNETT and Elizabeth M. BENGEY in 1862 in, Harlan County, Kentucky.
Joseph was born on 6 Apr 1840 in Harlan County, Kentucky.
users.ev1.net /~dhoskins/web/johnhodgk/pafg32.htm   (2015 words)

  
 J. Frank Dalton
His claim, based on J. Frank Dalton and his own research, shows it was "Jesse Woodson" who achieved notoriety as the legendary outlaw of western lore, and that this "Jesse Woodson" was the cousin, and "Jesse Dingus" was the brother to Frank James.
Jesse Woodson had an injured index finger on his left hand, not an injured middle finger of his left hand, which was reported to have happened to Jesse Dingus' left hand.
The real Jesse may not have known, either, but since he visited his Uncle Drury Woodson James in California after the Civil War, it seems likely that he would have known he was named in honor of his uncle, who in turn, had been named in honor of Silas Woodson, an old family friend.
www.theoutlaws.com /outlaws6c.htm   (2420 words)

  
 Kansas Counties
Most likely named for Daniel Woodson (1824-1894), who served as secretary of Kansas Territory, 1854-1857, including four stints as acting governor.
Some other sources suggest it was named for Silas Woodson (1819-1896), a lawyer and politician in St. Joseph, Missouri, who served as governor of that state in the 1870s.
Yates Center became the seat after the election of 12 Sept 1876.
www.kshs.org /genealogists/places/counties.php?county=WO   (83 words)

  
 Historical Perspectives
Silas Woodson was Governor of Missouri in 1874.
Woodson was the first Democrat to win the governor
Woodson Road in St. Louis County is named after him.
www.bamsl.org /archived/stlawyer/archive/99/may99/Dunne.htm   (1642 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Railroads Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The next railroad built at this point was the St. Joseph & Western Railroad, chartered by the Territorial legislature of Kansas.
The incorporators met in St., Joseph, February 26, 1857, and appointed five directors, to-wit: Bela M Hughes, A. Mitchell, R. Rose, W. Smith, and Silas Woodson, On March 9th the board met and elected A. Mitchell president.
Stock to the amount of $100,000 was reported as subscribed.
tacnet.missouri.org /~mgood/history/encycmorr.html   (4377 words)

  
 KNOX COUNTY KENTUCKY HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The said Silas, a slave afs'd was led to the bar in custody of the jailer for burglary and thereupon arrained and on his arraignment pleated not guilty, and for his trial put himself upon God and his country, whereupon came a jury.
Therefore it is the further opinion of the said Court that the said Negro man Silas is worth one hundred pounds.
Courts of Oyer and Terminer were held for the trial of slaves, arrested for criminal acts and their offenses.
www.tcnet.net /ky/knox/decker.html   (13575 words)

  
 The Jesse James Gang: What Happen to Them, Old West Kansas
Hite, Clarence Bowler ---------------------- Hite, Robert Woodson "Wood" Robert Grimes ---------------------------- Son of Major George Hite of Adairville, Kentucky.
Was a cousin of Jesse and Frank James.
Woods B. Woodson Alias used was for Silas Woodson, a Governor of MO, and kinsman.
www.ku.edu /heritage/research/james.txt   (2099 words)

  
 When the James Gang Ruled the Rails
In response, on December 20, 1873, Jesse James wrote the St. Louis Dispatch from Deer Lodge, Montana Territory, denying the brothers' complicity in that and other crimes.
If Missouri Governor Silas Woodson would promise them protection, Jesse wrote, "we can prove before any fair jury in the state that we have been accused falsely and unjustly." The protection would be from "a mob, or from a requisition from the Governor of Iowa, which is the same thing."
Just over a month after that letter was written, the James-Younger Gang targeted a train at Gad's Hill, Mo., a flag stop 120 miles south of St. Louis on the Iron Mountain Railroad line.
www.historynet.com /we/bljamesgang   (1409 words)

  
 Sizemores in The Dickey Diaries
Jesse who lives at Hazard; Silas lives at Troublesome, a Baptist preacher; Elizabeth (Huff) who lives on the head of the Ball in Knott Co; Susanna who married Wm.
She had one child, a daughter who married Silas Woodson, his first wife.
She had one chld, a son, who died when a young man. I was elected to the Senate in 1860 to fill the unexpired term of --- [blank].
www.globalgraffiti.com /family/sizemore/dickey.htm   (8078 words)

  
 Records of the Squatter Assn - Doniphan Co, Kansas
On motion of John H. Whitehead-Thomas Wildbahn was called to the chair and Silas Woodson appointed Secretary.
Capt J. Whitehead in a few brief remarks explained the object of the meeting whereupon on motion of S Woodson the chair apointed a committee of (5) five to draft resolution's expressive of the sense of the meeting
The committee consisted of the following gentlemen Silas Woodson D. Welden John H. Whitehead
bransoncook.systemaxonline.com /document/doniphan.htm   (5925 words)

  
 Roy G. Creech Guest Book
Roy perhaps this will help: B-I-N-G-O!, my Grandfather confirms that his Grandmother Creech was nicknamed "Ellen/Lou Ellen." So, Silas Creech who was born on 1830 in Harlan County, Kentucky, and married Sarah Dale in 1848 in Lee County, Virginia, and who then settle in Wise County, Virginia; were my G-G-G-Grandparents!
My husband, Roger is the son of Clark Ray Creech & Emma Lue Hatton of Sand Gap,KY, Jackson Co. Roger is the youngest of 7 children.
His grandfather was Silas Woodson Creech & Martha Peters (2nd wife)[Sally Rader was his first wife they had 2 children]).
www2.msstate.edu /~rgcreech/guestbook.html   (14366 words)

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