Carter Godwin Woodson (1875 - 1950)

Born 19 Dec 1875 in New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Apr 1950 at age 74 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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https://www.npr.org/2023/02/19/1154563737/woodsons-slaves-black-history-month-family-heal

According to the above listed NPR article, The white Woodson family shares dna with the black Woodson family. Those several dna tests mentioned in the article should be identified and listed here.

The white Woodson family originates with this ancestor: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woodson-13

Biography

Carter Woodson is Notable.

Carter Godwin Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History as one of the first scholars to study African-American history. In February 1926 he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week," which is the precursor of Black History Month.^[1]

Carter Woodson was born in 1875 in Virginia.^[2][3] His parents were James Woodson and Anne Riddle, Both of his parents were once enslaved in Buckingham County, his father and grandfather by a man named John W. Toney. ^[4]

Woodson had to put off schooling while he worked in the coal mines of West Virginia. He graduated from Berea College, and became a teacher and school administrator. He gained graduate degrees at the University of Chicago and in 1912 was the second African American, after W. E. B. DuBois, to obtain a PhD degree from Harvard University, where he later served as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

He died in 1950 and is buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Suitland, Maryland.^[5]

Notable Quote: "Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history."

Wikidata: Item Q5047158

Research Notes

The 1880 Census listed below for "Charley Woodson" does appear to be Carter based on his biographical information, but this should be verified.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPL-TTW : 15 July 2017), Charley Woodson in household of James Woodson, Marshall, Buckingham, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 501D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1357; FHL microfilm 1,255,357.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson
2. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5VT-6TY : 5 December 2014), Carter Woodson, 19 Dec 1875; citing Buckingham, Virginia, reference p 207; FHL microfilm 2,046,921.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFW-99R : 12 December 2014), Carter Godwin Woodson, 1917-1918; citing District of Columbia no 8, District of Columbia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,556,844.
4. ↑ Biography of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Black Historian, [[1]]
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #19748