Woodward, D. M.

WOODWARD, RANKIN

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 2/8/2013 at 08:31:41

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

WOODWARD, D. M.—Jackson Twp—pg 670. Farmer and stock-raiser, section 13, P.O. Montezuma. Was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1820, and after finishing his education he learned the carpenter’s trade, which he continued until 1841, when he removed to Columbiana county, Ohio. He there continued his trade, and in the spring of 1843 went to Tuscarawas county, same State, and while there built a dam across the Tuscarawas River. In the fall of 1853 he came to this county and has since made it his home, now owning a farm of 200 acres. He has a good location for his residence, being but two miles from Montezuma. His marriage was in Ohio, August 27, 1848, to Miss Matilda Rankin.