A grandson of Wiley Joseph Wooddell has told us that the A stands for Austin.
Children of Wiley Wooddell & Barbara Tabitha Weaver
2. i. Jessie Jasper Wooddell born abt 1841 in Tuscaloosa Co. AL and died before 1910.
3. ii. Joseph H. Wooddell born June 10, 1842 in Tuscaloosa Co. AL and died June 1, 1926 in Blount Co. AL.
4. iii. Permelia A. Wooddell born May 1846 in AL and died May 30, 1919 in Tuscaloosa Co AL.
5. iv. Hiram Thomas Wooddell born July 16, 1848 in AL and died Dec. 24, 1924 Mitchell Co TX
6. v. William A. Wooddell born abt 1854 in Tuscaloosa Co. AL and died bef 1885
Children of Wiley Wooddell & Sarah Magdalene Ray
7. vi. Mary Francis Wooddell born Nov. 20, 1865 Tuscaloosa Co. AL and died Mar. 29, 1944 in Calhoun Co. AL.
vii. Belinda I. Wooddell born Aug. 8. 1867 and died young
viii. Wiley B. Wooddell born Oct. 31, 1869 and died young
Notes about Wiley B. Wooddell
He is found in his father's household in 1870 Tuscaloosa Co. AL census.
8. xi. Maggie Theresa Wooddell abt 1874.
9. x. James Monroe Wooddell born May 19, 1875 and died Jan. 24, 1944 in AL.