Samuel Cunningham Woodside II

Samuel Cunningham Woodside II was born March 31, 1784 in Chester District, South Carolina, to Samuel Cunningham Woodside and Jane/Jennette (Morrow?). His family moved to Kentucky where he is believed to have served for one month with Capt. John Tolley's Co. in the War of 1812.

He married Sarah J. Baugher on June 22, 1813 in Livingston County, Kentucky. In the Spring of 1829 the family moved to the Coulterville area of Randolph County, Illinois, where Samuel continued his farming. According to Portrait and Biographical record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois, the biographical sketch of his son, John J. Woodside, states that he was a member of the Covenanter Presbyterian Church.

Samuel and Sarah had 7 known children:

• Martha - born about 1814 in South Carolina. Believed to have married Isaac Newton Franklin, but I have found no proof of this.
• John J. - born August 11, 1816, in Livingston County, Kentucky; died December 8, 1894, in Randolph County, Illinois. He married Mary Ann Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns of South Carolina, about 1834 in Illinois. Both are buried in the Caledonia Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois.
• Robert H. - born 1818 in Kentucky; died June 25, 1898, in Randolph County, Illinois. He married Sarah Miller about 1845. Sarah was born October 27, 1823 in Pennsylvania, and died July 25, 1902 in Randolph County, Illinois. They had 1 child, Sarah M., born September 11, 1855 and died October 2, 1855, in Illinois. All are buried in the Coulterville Cemetery.
• Samuel - born about 1819 in Kentucky. Married Jane M. (surname unknown) about 1846, place unknown. Both died sometime after the 1900 U.S. Census for Randolph County, Illinois.
• William H. - born about 1822 in Kentucky. Nothing more is known.
• Sarah J. - born about 1826 in Kentucky. Nothing more is known.
• James - born August 1829 in Illinois. Married Margaret (surname unknown) about 1863, place unknown. Margaret died sometime between 1888 and 1900. James died sometime after the June 1900 U.S. Census for Randolph County, Illinois.

Samuel died November 14, 1868 in Coulterville, Randolph County. Sarah died July 5, 1879 in Grand Cote Precinct, Perry County. Both are buried in the Coulterville City Cemetery.

John J. Woodside

John J. Woodside is the 6th child of Samuel Cunningham and Jane (Morrow?) Woodside. He was born June 5, 1782 in South Carolina.

On December 7, 1813, John married Nancy F. Hamilton in Livingston County, Kentucky. Nancy was born April 3, 1796, possibly in Kentucky. Her parents are believed to be William and Elizabeth (Thomas) Hamilton, but I have not verified this.

John and Nancy had 11 children:

• Elizabeth - birth and death unknown.
• Lavinia C. - birth and death unknown.
• Martha Melinda - birth and death unknown.
• Samuel C. - birth and death unknown.
• Sarah Ann - birth and death unknown.
• Nancy F. - born about 1826 in Kentucky. No more is known.
• Esther K. - born about 1829 in Kentucky. No more is known.
• John - born about 1831 in Kentucky. No more is known.
• Patrick Hamilton - born about 1833 in Crittenden County, Kentucky, died before June 1900. Married Sarah C. Prowell July 20, 1854 in Crittenden County, Kentucky.
• Joshua K. - born August 1, 1835 in Kentucky, died May 30, 1898 in Illinois. He is buried in the Coulterville Cemetery, Randolph County, Illinois.
• Robert P. - born September 26, 1838 in Kentucky, died January 31, 1864 in Illinois. He is buried in the Coulterville Cemetery, Randolph County, Illinois.

John J. Woodside died December 29, 1855 and is buried in the Coulterville Cemetery. His wife, Nancy, died in 1869 at 75 years of age. Cause of death according to the 1870 Mortality Schedule was Palsey, and month of death was December of 1869. However, Nancy's gravestone states she died November 29, 1869. She is also buried at the Coulterville Cemetery.

If anyone can provide more information on this family I would very much appreciate hearing from you.

Ephraim Milton Woodside

Ephraim Milton Woodside was the last born of 11 children of Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside. He was born September 14, 1823 in Livingston County, Kentucky.

In March of 1846 Ephraim married Louisa L. Beard in Randolph County, Illinois. Louisa died about 1848 and there were no known children.

On April 16, 1850 Ephraim married Mary Jane Maxwell in Randolph County. Mary Jane was born September 17, 1826 in Randolph County, Illinois.

Ephraim and Mary Jane had 7 children:

• Catherine Ann - born May 1, 1851 in Illinois; died August 3, 1881 in Monegaw Springs, St. Clair County, Missouri (according to The Family of Samuel Woodside by Robin Gadbury)
• Robert Morgan - born February 26, 1853 and died December 19, 1856 in Illinois.
• Harriet Velona - born June 8, 1854 in Illinois, died October 30, 1921 in Moorpark, Ventura County, California.
• Mary Susan - born February 14, 1856 in Illinois; died July 31, 1880 in Illinois. She married Robert S. Minor on April 7, 1877 in Bond County, Illinois.
• John Clark - Born April 4, 1858 in Bond County, Illinois; died April 3, 1896 in Hookdale, Bond County, Illinois. He married Susan Deborah Coburn on April 4, 1879 in Bond County. John is buried at the McKendree Cemetery.
  
• Abraham Lincoln - born October 26, 1860 and died March 6, 1869 in Illinois.
• Albert Lyman - born July 4, 1865 in Bond County, Illinois, died March 4, 1953 in Ventura County, California. He is buried at the Bardsdale Cemetery.
  

Ephraim died on March 19, 1873 in Greenville, Bond County, Illinois. I do not know where he is buried. Mary Jane died on July 20, 1917 in Moorpark, Ventura County, California, and is buried at the Bardsdale Cemetery.

Robert Newton Woodside

The 10th child of Robert H. and Ann (Hill) Woodside, Robert Newton was born February 14, 1821 in Kentucky, according to The Family of Samuel Woodside by Robin Gadbury, 1996 edition.

He married Julina Ann Hill in September 1842 in Crittenden County, Kentucky. Julina was born in 1823, Livingston County, Kentucky, to Andrew and Janet (McCallister) Hill.

Their marriage was short-lived as Robert died August 8, 1844, in Perry County, Illinois. It is unknown where Robert Newton is buried.

Robert died intestate. Administration of the estate by Ephraim R. Kimsey was approved on September 30, 1844, since his widow, Julina, and his father, Robert, relinquished their right to administer.

Robert and Julina had one child:

• Robert N. - born about 1844-1845 in Perry County, Illinois.
  

Julina and son Robert appear in the 1850 Census for Crittenden County, living with her parents. Julina remarried on November 21, 1855 to George Green in Crittenden County, Kentucky, and Robert N. Woodsides, age 15, appears on the 1860 Census with George and Julina A. Green.

Robert N. does not appear in the 1870 Census, or at least I could not find him anywhere. Nothing more is known about Robert. If anyone has additional information, I would very much appreciate hearing from you.