Lemuel Summerwell Woodward (1813 - abt. 1891)

Born 17 May 1813 in Lincoln, Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Wagoner) Woodward — married 1834 in Lincoln County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died about 10 Oct 1891 at about age 78 in Travis, Texas

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Biography

Lemuel Summerwell Woodward was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee. He was the son of Francis Marion and Jane Brandon Woodward. He was a brother to Josiah Brandon Woodward. His maternal grandparents were Josiah and Rachel Brandon. He married Jane Waggoner in 1834. He came to Texas in 1854 by way of New Orleans, Louisiana by steamboat and then on to Travis County by Ox Team.

Lemuel Summerwell Woodward came to Texas in 1854 and scouted out Merrelltown as a future home site. He returned to Tennessee and in February 1855 he came down the Mississippi River on a flat boat to New Orleans and then on to Texas on an ocean-going ship to Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas with his family - his wife, four daughters and two sons. Two daughters - Sarah Margaret and Lucy Eleanor - were married to two brothers - Brice and John Dillingham. Mary Jane and Rachel Elizabeth "Betty" were single. Mary was the oldest and Betty was the youngest. The two sons were named Francis Logan and the youngest was named Josiah Polk. Josiah Polk was about eight years old then. With them came others including sons-in-law Brice Dillingham and John Dillingham along with others.

L.S. Woodward was on the roster of the Austin Light Infantry, Austin, Texas during the Civil War. He was also a Travis County Commissioner for several terms during the 1860's.

L S Woodward was one of the stone masons who built the original Walnut Creek Baptist Church. This building which was built in 1860 is still standing as part of the facility used today and located at 12062 North Lamar Blvd, Austin Texas 78753.

Josiah Brandon Woodward, his wife and children; the Lane Family (no relation). The Wells were already in Texas - they came overland. With them came "Uncle Jim" Daniels, a freed slave, who walked most of the way with a load of whiskey. He had belonged to a family named Daniels and had been freed by them.

They came from Indianola to Merrelltown by wagon train. Lemuel Summerwell Woodward settled in Merrelltown. Merrelltown was established in 1837. Brice and Sarah Dillingham settled near Austin - south of Austin. They later moved to Austin.

Jane Waggoner who married Lemuel Summerwell Woodward was the daughter of Jacob Waggoner and her mother was Barbara Boone Waggoner (1790-1869).

Josiah Brandon (Jane Brandon Woodward's father) was a Methodist preacher and the son of Captain John Brandon who died at the Battle of Kings Mountain, in the American Revolution

(Some of the above information came from the writing of Mrs. Lillie Woodward Dillingham)

From the files of W.W. Waggoner: She states that the Brandons lived in Burke County, North Carolina. They moved to Tennessee, a part of Lincoln County that later became Moore County. Josiah had a son - Lemuel - who was also a Methodist preacher. They built a log cabin on Cellee Creek on the road between Lynchburg and Winchester, near Elk River. Across the road from the log house (still standing) is Brandon's Chapel - a Methodist Church still in use. In the genealogical portion of these data several family members are recorded to be buried near Brandon's Chapel. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21875716/lemuel-summerwell-woodward

Acknowledgements

(Some of the above information came from the writing of Mrs. Lillie Woodward Dillingham)