Silas Woodson of St. Joseph, Missouri Governor 100 Years Ago, 1974

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Silas Woodson of St. Joseph, Missouri Governor 100 Years Ago, 1974

Entry/Object ID

L9999.999.3788

Description

Silas Woodson of St. Joseph, Missouri Governor 100 Years Ago, St. Joseph News-Press, July 21, 1974 news clipping. Photo of Woodson's home at 801 Hall Street. Mentions 100 year old letter from Silas Woodson, as governor, to Col. John Doniphan in the possession of Woodson's great-grandson, Richard Woodson Thomas, who was then vice president at the American National Bank. Silas Woodson's nephew, C.R. Woodson, became superintendent of the St. Joseph State Hospital No. 2, from 1890-1907. Also reprints a column in the 1974 St. Louis Democrat: "Through the Years" which relates Woodson's rebuke of the legislature for failing to provide funds for hiring detectives to bring in the James and Younger brothers.. It goes on to relate the story of how Woodson was nominated as a gubenatorial candidate from Buchanan County. Woodson was governor during the Panic of 1873. The column profiles Silas Woodson's biography from his roots in Kentucky to his relocation to St. Joseph in 1854. It lists all Woodson's descendants living in or near St. Joseph. and tells the story of how the Woodson family came to the colonies at Jamestown in 1619. The article relates a story of Indian attack on those first settlers. 1/Newspaper page/yellowed

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Object Name

News Clipping

Publication Details

Author

St. Joseph News-Press

Place Published

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

1974

Call No.

StJoArea ST

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 26, 2012

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Woodson, Silas

Person or Organization

Richard Woodson Thomas

Person or Organization

John Doniphan

Person or Organization

Vories, Henry

Person or Organization

Woodson, Virginia

Person or Organization

Emile Thomas

Person or Organization

Virginia Woodson Thomas

Person or Organization

Julia Woodson Edman

Person or Organization

Woodson, Julia

Person or Organization

Woodson, C.R.

Person or Organization

Woodson, Will

Person or Organization

Woodson, Ben

Person or Organization

Mrs. Michael A. Zolg