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Julia K. Wetherill Baker (18581931), writer and poet, was born in Woodville •
Betty Bentley Beaumont (1828–1892), author, merchant, cotton factor, hotel owner •
Henry Cohen (rabbi), served here from 1885 to 1888 before going to
Galveston, Texas, where he became a nationally known community leader •
Jefferson Davis, President of the
Confederate States of America; lived near here for a couple of years as a youth on
Rosemont, his parents' plantation, and attended Woodville Academy before going to school in Kentucky. •
Ronnie Edwards,
Louisiana politician, born in Woodville •
Henry Herbert Ogden, aviator in 1924 US Army Air Services around the world flight, •
Edward Partin,
Teamsters union official turned government informant •
Will E. Keller, businessman •
Rudolph Matthews, handball player •
Edward Grady Partin (1924–1990), born in Woodville, he became a
Teamsters Union business agent from
Baton Rouge. His testimony sent
Jimmy Hoffa to prison. •
Carnot Posey, Civil War Confederate general •
Peter Randolph, early 19th century Federal judge •
Dan Reneau, President of
Louisiana Tech University •
William Grant Still, African-American classical composer and
Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville on May 11, 1895. •
Matt Tolbert, professional baseball infielder •
W. P. S. Ventress (1854–1911), Mississippi state legislator •
George W. Wheeler, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (1920–30) •
Lester Young, jazz musician and
Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville. •
William Henry Young,
Wisconsin politician, born in Woodville ==References==