Stephen Martel Woodson, son of Benjamin and Martha "Patsey" LeSueur-Woodson was a Judge in Monroe County Missouri. Stephen Martel Woodson married Miranda Foulks on November 24, 1850. Upon her death he married Martha Ellen Spillman on February 9, 1863.

From the book "Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons & Their Connections."

"Stephen Martel Woodson was reared on the farm, receiving a good education under his father, Benjamin Woodson, who was a prominent teacher in southwestern Virginia. Stephen went with the family in 1840 to Monroe County, Missouri where he engaged in farming until 1849 when he embarked in the manufacture of wheat fans. He married Miranda Foulks on November 24, 1850. Miranda died in 1855 leaving two children.

Stephen Martel Woodson then married Martha Ellen Spillman on February 9, 1863. About this time he sold out his wheat fan factory and resumed farming and raising stock.

In 1869 he was elected judge of the county court of Monroe county, Missouri, which office he held six years. He had served many years as justice of the peace. He was a democrat and a consistent member of the Primitive Baptist Church, a citizen highly esteemed by the entire community in which he lived. His home was known far and wide for its generous hospitality and wide open doors to welcome all who had the good fortune to be there.

His second wife, Martha Ellen Spillman Woodson, died in 1887 but Stephen Martel Woodson continued to reside at his home in Monroe county, Missouri until his death in 1901."

OBIT: April 2, 1901 Mercury

"The death of Stephen Woodson, full of years and honor, removes from Monroe county one of its strongest characters. In private life or as a public servant, however he be considered, Stephen Woodson was eminently a just and a good man. He was of that old fashioned type of man that considered every obligation as sacred and who put good citizenship above all other considerations. As father, husband, citizen and neighbor, he lived up to every requirement, and even his advanced age can not console us for his loss."