Family History of
William and Mary Jane Wooldridge


William Melton Wooldridge, b. Sept 13, 1813, Danbury, Stokes County, North Carolina s/o Josiah Wooldridge and Martha Cantrell. He d. February 10, 1885 in Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee

Married, bet. 1840-1844 Mary Jane ? (poss. Heald or Heal) b. February 1, 1896, Tennessee, d. October 18, 1891, Collinsville, Grayson County, Texas

Children:

(1) Martha Evans Wooldridge
(2) Saran Givens Wooldridge
(3) John Harrison Wooldridge


(1)
Martha Evans Wooldridge

b. abt 1845, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. 1880, DeKalb County, Tennessee. Married Dec. 27, 1865, Dekalb County, Tennessee W. S. Johnson, b. November 2, 1844, Tennessee, d. August 11, 1926, Dekalb County, Tennessee, s/o John Johnson, and Tabitha Campbell

Children:

(a) Andrew Johnson, November 25, 1876, Dekalb County, Tennessee
(b) Isaac Johnson, b. 1879, DeKalb County, Tennessee


(2)
Sarah Givens Wooldridge, b. December 16, 1846, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee, d. April 16, 1908, Collinsville, Grayson County, Texas. Married November 7, 1870, DeKalb County, Tennessee Woodson Douglas Petty b. April 29, 1841, DeKalb County, Tennessee, d. January 29, 1924, Collinsville, Grayson County, Texas.

Children:

(a) Charles Riley Petty, b. Sept. 19, 1871, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennesse, d. February 7, 1930 Colllinsville, Grayson County, Texas

(b) William Harrison Petty, b. January 26, 1873, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. June 32, 1963, Collinsville , Grayson County, Texas

(c) Thomas W. Petty, b. 1874, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee. No other information

(d) Jesse Tennessee Petty, b. September, 1876, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. after 1901

(e) Robert Lee Petty, b. November, 1878, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. 1955, Collinsville, Grayson County, Texas

(f) George W. Petty, b. May 3, 1881, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. October 28, 1881, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee.

(g) John Stevens Petty, b. August 1884 Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee. No other information

(h) Mary Maggie Petty, b. October, 1887, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee d. April, 1967

(i) Julie Frances Petty, b. August 7, 1890, Smithville, Dekalb County , Tennesse d. after 1914


(3)
John Harrison Wooldridge, b. March 3, 1849, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. August 6, 1907, Leon, Love County, Oklahoma. Married February 5, 1878, Dekalb County, Tennessee, Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson, b. October 1858, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. aft. 1920, Oklahoma

Children:

(a) Mary Etta Wooldridge, b. November 6 1878, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee, d. April 3, 1965, Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma

(b) William Hall Wooldridge, b. Sept. 6. 1881, Denton, Denton County, Texas d. October 6, 1959, Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma

(c) Maude Wooldridge, b. Janruary, 1884, Denton, Denton County, Texas. No other information

(d) John E. Wooldridge, b. Oct. 8, 1885, Denton, Denton County, Texas d. Leon, Love County, Oklahoma

(e) Robert Stanton Wooldridge, b. February 4, 1888, Denton, Denton County, Texas d. May 19, 1970, Graham, Carter County, Oklalhoma

(f) Julia Wooldridge, b. April, 1892, Indian Territory, (as of 1906, Leon, Love County, Oklahoma)

(g) Shufford Wooldridge, b. December 1893, Indian Territory, (Leon, Love County, Oklahoma)

(h) Gladys Wooldridge, b. January, 1896, Indian Territory, (Leon, Love County , Oklahoma)

(i) Ammaca Wooldridge, b. abt. 1901, Indian Territory, (Leon, Love County, Oklahoma) d. January 1905, Indian Territory, (Leon, Love County, Oklahoma)

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