The Woodard Family of Union County, Iowa

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Nathan B. Woodard b. 1815

parentsIchabod Woodard, Sr.

Nathan B. Woodard ⚭ Sarah M. Nelson

childrenSilas Woodard · Daniel Woodard · Lizzie Woodard · Lydia A. Woodard · Lucy Woodard · Amos F. Woodard · Nathan Webster Woodard · Ephraim R. Woodard

Source: Biographical Record, Ohio

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What the record says

(History of Hocking Valley).
Low confidence.
Born near Lancaster, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1815.
Son of Ichabod Woodard, Sr.
(deceased).
Raised on a farm, educated in a subscription school.
Married Sarah M. Nelson April 21, 1836.
Removed with family to a farm on section 16, Starr Township, in 1887.
Licensed local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church for 18 years, church member 52 years.
Class-leader 7 years, exhorter 7 years.
Justice of the Peace of Starr Township 6 years and township Clerk.
Eight children.
Son Daniel killed at the battle of Chickamauga in the Civil War.
Silas in San Francisco, Cal.
Lizzie supervisor of the female dept. at the Athens insane asylum.
Lydia A. m. Milton Parker of Nelsonville.
Lucy m. a Thompson (deceased).
Amos F. of Union County, Iowa.
Nathan Webster of Starr Township.
Ephraim R. at home.

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