Iowa Family Group Sheet for the William H. Woodward Family
Submitted by: Verna June Sorlie Rossevelt
HUSBAND: William H. Woodward
Birth date: March 2, 1831
Birthplace: Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
Death date: November 1, 1915
Place of death: Bonair, Howard County, Iowa
Burial date: New Oregon Township Cemetery
Burial place: New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa
Other Spouse:
Father: Walter Woodward
Mother: ? Coffin
Marriage date: January 31, 1855
Marriage place: Howard County, Iowa
WIFE: Mary Ann Siddall
Birth date: Feb 3, 1833
Birthplace: Southwold, Canada West
Death date: August 14, 1901
Place of death: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Burial date:
Burial place:
Other Spouse:
Father: ? Siddall
Mother: Violetta Siddall
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: James W. Woodward
Sex: M
Birth date: November 1855
Birthplace: Howard County, Iowa
Death date: March 16, 1912
Place of death: Cresco, Howard County, Iowa
Burial date: New Oregon Township Cemetery
Burial place: Howard County, Iowa
Spouse's name: 1. Emma Wilson & 2. Addie R. Moore
Marriage date: 1. before 1878 2. before 1884
Marriage place: Howard County, Iowa
Child No. 2: Violetta "Lettie" "Let" R. Woodward Buchanan
Sex: F
Birth date: July 1857
Birthplace: Howard County, Iowa
Death date: May 21, 1936
Place of death: Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, age 79
Burial date:
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Spouse's name: George Buchanan
Marriage date: C. 1880, married 20 years at 1900 census
Marriage place: Howard County, Iowa
Child No. 3: Henry A. Woodward
Sex: M
Birth date: c. 1859
Birthplace: Howard County, Iowa
Death date: after 1882
Place of death: probably killed between Colorado and Texas on a trip to
buy cattle
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Spouse's name: Ada J. Sheward
Marriage date: before 1881
Marriage place:
Child No. 4: William Elmer Woodward
Sex: M
Birth date: May 7, 1861
Birthplace: Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York
Death date: Dec 22, 1942
Place of death: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Burial date:
Burial place: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Spouse's name: Julia Ella Markham (Juliaette)
Marriage date: December 4, 1881
Marriage place: Howard County, Iowa
Child No. 5: Alice "Allie" A. Woodward
Sex: F
Birth date: c. 1868
Birthplace: Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York
Death date: May 3, 1975
Place of death: New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa, age 6 years
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Spouse's name: Never married
Marriage date:
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Child No. 6: Jessie I. Woodward
Sex:
Birth date: c. 1876
Birthplace: Howard County, Iowa
Death date: 1877
Place of death: Howard County, Iowa
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Spouse's name: Never married
Marriage date:
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Child No. 7: Bertha Frances Woodward
Sex: F
Birth date: December 13, 1878
Birthplace: Cresco, Howard County, Iowa
Death date: August 13, 1966
Place of death: Jordan, Custer County, Montana
Burial date:
Burial place: Garfield County, Montana
Spouse's name: Albert Holton
Marriage date: June 4, 1903
Marriage place: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Documentation and Sources:
1870 US Census - New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa for William and
Mary A. Woodward and children James, Violetta, Henry, Elmer, Alice,
1870 US Census - Vernon Springs, Howard County, Iowa for E.B. Wood
and children Fannie, Addie and Emma
1875 - Alice A. Woodward Obituary in the Times (New Oregon, IA) per
Janice Sowers on Iowa Queries Obituaries
1875 - Andreas Atlas, Iowa 1875 - Patron's Directory for New Oregon
Township lists Wm Woodward farming Section 16
1875 - Maps of Howard County, showing William Woodward on the map
just south of New Oregon in New Oregon Township at Section 16
1880 US Census - New Oregon Township, Howard County, Iowa for
William and Mary Woodward and children Elmer, Bertha F.
1882 - 3 letters to William Elmer and Julia Woodward from his
brother Henry Woodward
1883 - Family story that Henry Woodward left the Bassick mine in
Querida, Colorado with money to buy cattle in New Mexico or Texas
before returning home to Iowa and never returned and is thought to
have been killed for the money he was carrying.
Barbara Dey - Colorado Historical Society, Henry Woodward is not on
mining fatalities list
Eric Twitty - mountainstateshistorical, There are no rosters of
employees or folks who lived in Querida, Co.
1885 US Census - Vernon Springs, Howard County, Iowa for Oliver C.
and Emma Elderkin, taking care of Henry's son Earl or Jesse E.
Woodward
1900 US Census - Dell Rapids Township, Minnehaha County, South
Dakota for William and Mary Woodward, daughter Bertha F. and
granddaughter Irene, Henry Woodward's daughter
1900 US Census - Enterprise Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
for James and Addie Woodward, children William and Ethel M.
1900 US Census - Vernon Springs Township, Cresco City, Howard
County, Iowa for George and Viletta Buchanan and children Pearl,
Alta, Stella
1900 US Census - Enterprise Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
for William (Elmer) and Julia Woodward
1904 Obituary Julia Markham Woodward in Plain Dealer newspaper,
Cresco, Iowa
1905 South Dakota State Census - Dell Rapids, Moody County, south
Dakota for Byrl Woodward Schlafer, Mary Woodward, Nettie Woodward
1907 - Obituary for E.B. Moore, Addie Woodward's father
1915 - New Oregon Township Cemetery website - William Woodward
1831-1915
1942 Obituary William Elmer Woodward in Tribune newspaper, Jordan,
Montana
1960 Obituary Nettie Woodward in Star newspaper, Miles City, Montana
1966 - Obituary of Mrs. Bertha Frances (Woodward) Holton from Jordan
Tribune, Jordan, Custer, Montana
Baby Book of Verna June Sorlie Rossevelt (William Elmer and Julia
Ella (Markham) Woodward are my great grandparents)
Some information given to me by my daughter Kimberly Rossevelt
Barnett who has done research in the LDS Genealogical Library in
SLC, UT
Some information given to me by Hazel Stabler and Ruth Seibert from
family stories, photo albums and US Census, etc., Hazel is
descendent of Bertha F. Woodward
Information from Betty Johnson from family stories, obituaries and
US Census, descendent of Addie Woodward
Bible given to Mary Alice Woodward Davis by her sister Oscar and
Byrl (woodward) Schlafer
History of Howard County from Howard County Website
WPA Grave Registry for Howard County, IA - New Oregon Township
Cemetery - Woodwards and Markham
"As We Recall": Custer County Area History (pub. 1989) - Information
on Albert Holton and Bertha Frances Woodward Holton as written by
their daughter, Mrs. Axel Clausen sent to me by Jack McRae, Montana
Rancher and local historian
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