WOODWARD, Edmond O 1843-1878

WOODWARD, BLISS, SMITH, BROWN

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 5/30/2012 at 08:22:43

Edmond O Woodward – September 28, 1843 – March 29, 1878

Edmond Woodward was born Sept 28, 1843, in Orange County, Vermont, the son of Morey Woodward and Mary (Bliss) Woodward. When he was six years of age his parents moved to Rock County, Wisconsin, where he grew to manhood.

He enlisted August, 1864, in the 43d Wisconsin Infantry, company D, serving until the close of the war. He was discharged June, 1860, and returned to Wisconsin, where in 1866 he married Emma Smith, the daughter of Warren and Sarah (Brown) Smith, early settlers of Rock County, Wisconsin, a native of Orange County, Vermont.

In 1871 they removed to Iowa, settling on section 11, Lincoln Township, where he remained until his death, March 29, 1878.

History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, 1883, Research Credit S. Bell
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Edmond and Emma were the parents of 3 children, a daughter Hattie and sons Elmer and Ernest Woodward.
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1870 US Census: Johnston, Rock, Wisconsin
Warren Smith 65, widower born Vermont
Nettie Smith, 18 born Wisconsin
Edmond Woodward 26 born Vermont
Emma Woodward, 25 born Vermont
Hattie Woodward 2 born Wisconsin
Elmer Woodward 6/12 born Wisconsin
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1880 US Census: Lincoln, Mitchell, Iowa
Emma Woodward, widow 35 born Vermont
Hattie 12 born Wisconsin
Elmer 10 born Wisconsin
Ernest 3 born Iowa
Iowa Cemetery Record: Ancestry
Name: Edmond O. Woodward
Death Date: 29 Mar 1878
Page #: 146
Birth Date: 22 Sep 1843
Cemetery: Osage
Town: Osage
Level Info: Mitchell County, Iowa Grave Records