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Mortimer Woodson - Walters, Cotton Co., Oklahoma

Birth Name: John Mortimer Woodson

Army Rank: 2^nd Lieutenant (1918)

Assigned Unit: 165^th Depot Brigade, Camp Travis Detachment #1

35^th Field Artillery (1918)

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Army Discharge: 1919

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919

   Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

   Features: Medium height, Slender build, gray eyes, brown hair.

   Member of the Tuscania Survivors Association (1938)

   Address: Newkirk, Kay Co., Oklahoma (1900)

   Address: Navajo Twp., Jackson Co., Oklahoma (1910)

   Address: Walter, Oklahoma (1917) (1920)

   Address: 3505 Potomac Ave., Dallas, Texas (1930) (1938)

Wife’s Name: Sarah Anita Price

(b. Sept. 25, 1899 Bell Buckle, Bedford Co., Tennessee)

(d. May 5, 1980 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas)

Married: Dec. 31, 1921 Centerview, Johnson Co., Missouri

Fathers Name:  Benjamin Nelson Woodson

(b. Feb. 25, 1850 Hustonville, Lincoln Co., Kentucky)

(d. Nov. 14, 1920 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma)

(Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery, Honey Grove, Fannin Co., Texas)

1910 Census Recorder – Jackson County, Oklahoma

County Judge - Jackson County, Oklahoma

Mothers Name: Nellie Bly Cockerill 

(Jan. 16, 1858 Platte City, Platte Co., Missouri)

(d. Oct. 14, 1937 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma)

(Cemetery: Washington Cemetery, Glasgow Co., Oklahoma)

Married: May 31, 1880 Glasgow, Howard Co., Missouri

Brothers: Marvin, Benjamin, James

Sisters: Geneva & Sally

Civilian Occupation: Publisher (1920); U.S. Veterans Bureau (1930)

Born: Oct. 22, 1894 Newkirk, Kay Co., Oklahoma

Died: Dec. 17, 1987 Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas

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