John Thomas Woodside

John Thomas Woodside, son of William Steward Woodside and Rose Ann Lyons Smith, was born in Swanwick, Perry County, Illinois on June 15, 1877. He enlisted in the Army on July 21, 1899 at Evansville, Indiana, with Company F, 3rd Regiment, U.S. Infantry. He was honorably discharged July 20, 1902 at Presidio, San Francisco, California, with the rank of Sergeant.

He married Ida May Williams on October 5, 1905 in San Francisco where they remained until shortly after the 1906 earthquake. They moved to Poinsett County, Arkansas, near his father, where he returned to farming. In 1908 they had a daughter, Ida Blanche. Some time between 1910 and 1920 John moved his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he lived out the rest of his life.

John Thomas died on May 14, 1948, and is buried at the Beverly National Cemetery in New Jersey. His wife, Ida May died on February 15, 1959, and is buried alongside her husband.