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| Born | August 16, 1859 |
| Died | August 7, 1939 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor |
Urey Woodson (August 16, 1859 - August 7, 1939) was a Kentucky Democrat and a newspaper editor and publisher. [1]
Urey Woodson | |
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| Born | August 16, 1859 |
| Died | August 7, 1939 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor |
Urey Woodson (August 16, 1859 - August 7, 1939) was a Kentucky Democrat and a newspaper editor and publisher. [1]
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Outside of Kentucky more people know Urey Woodson as a great chieftain of the democratic party than as a newspaper publisher and editor. ...
Urey Woodson, former Owensboro newspaper publisher, who resigned on July 24 as Federal Alien Property Custodian, died today at his home here of a heart ailment. He would have been 80 years old on Aug. 16. Mr. Woodson had returned from Washington to vote in the State Democratic primary last Saturday.
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