Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 3.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 292.

F. M. WOODSON

     One of the prosperous automobile agencies in Linn county is that of F. M.
Woodson, who owns and operates the Service Motor Company at Harrisburg and
handles the full line of Ford products. Through his indefatigable efforts,
backed by sound business judgment, he has built up a large patronage and is
numbered among Harrisburg's most enterprising business men. Mr. Woodson was born
in Texas, on the 10th of January, 1902, and is a son of C. R. and Annie (Baker)
Woodson. The former engaged in farming for many years but is now running the
Auto Park at Cottage Grove, to which place he moved in 1923.

     F. M. Woodson received his education in the public schools and then went to
work in a garage, gaining a thorough, practical knowledge of automobile
mechanism. He came to Oregon and entered the employ of his brother at Cottage
Grove, with whom he remained until March 5, 1925, when he came to Harrisburg and
established the Service Motor Company, securing the direct agency for the Ford
cars and products, which he is now handling. He has a good one-story brick and
concrete garage, one hundred by one hundred feet in size, with a good display
room, office and parts department, and also has a complete and well equipped
repair shop. He employs five people and in 1926 sold seventy-five new and
second-hand cars. He has been absolutely square in all of his dealings and is
firmly established in the confidence of those who have dealt with him.

     On August 25, 1922, Mr. Woodson was united in marriage to Miss Edith
Scholz, of Eugene, Oregon, and they are the parents of one child, Marlyne.
Politically Mr. Woodson gives his support to the republican party and is serving
as a member of the city council. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. Cordial and friendly in
manner, he has made many warm friends since coining to Harrisburg and is highly
esteemed throughout the community.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2016 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.