Woody, Ezra

WOODY, SEAY, DAY

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Date: 11/29/2008 at 18:15:21

WOODY, Ezra
Farmer; Sec. 34; P. O. Monroe; born in Lawrence Co., Ind. in 1826; came to Dallas Co., this State, in 1849; thence to this county in the Fall of the same year. He married Miss Anna E. SEAY in this county Dec. 26, 1852; she was born in Virginia May 24, 1828; moved to this county with her parents in 1849. They have had nine children - Mary Ellen (now Mrs. H. DAY), born Nov. 26, 1853; James W., March 24, 1855; John H., Dec. 22, 1856, died June 4, 1871; Rebecca J., Sept. 22, 1858; William S., born in 1860, died May 11, 1861; Oscar N., Feb. 5, 1862; Lydia Maria, Nov. 12, 1863, died Aug. 28, 1864; Eliza Viola, June 14, 1865; George M., June 19, 1867. Mr. WOODY owns 240 acres of land. Has held various local offices; the principal ones being Justice of the Peace and School Treasurer. Himself and family are members of the Regular Baptist Church; he is a firm supporter of the Greenback party. ~ Fairview Township Biographies "The History of Jasper County" (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)