Jonah Collins Woodbury (abt. 1781 - bef. 1856)

Born about 1781 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died before 11 Dec 1856 before about age 75 in Quincy, Gadsden, Florida, United States

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Biography

Reverend Collins Woodbury was born about 1781 in South Carolina, United States.^[1] He was the son of Jonah Woodbury and Elizabeth Dunham. He was the only child listed on the will of his mother. ^[2] He was a Methodist minister in Quincy, Florida. His son, Samuel Woodbury, followed in his footsteps as a minister for the Methodist Church, Florida Conference. He died some time during 1856 of "dropsy of the chest". ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Rev. Collins Woodbury," obituary, Southern Christian Advocate, 11 December 1856, p. 4, col. 5; image copy, Library of Congress (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87065702/1856-12-11/ed-1/seq-4/ : accessed 14 April 2024), Chronicling America.
2. ↑ Marion County, South Carolina, Wills, No. 1, 1800–1840: 219–220, will of Elizabeth Woodbury (recorded 12 Apr 1817, probated 1 Mar 1827); Court of Ordinary, Marion County, South Carolina; consulted as "Wills, 1800-1888," browsable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PT-29ZZ-R?i=134 : accessed 14 April 2024), path: Wills > images 135–136 of 573; FHL Film 24127, IGN 7649025.