Elizabeth Piles (Drane) Woodward (abt. 1780 - 1861)

Born about 1780 in Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Benjamin Woodward — married 9 Nov 1796 (to about May 1817) in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Wife of John M. Bennett Jr. — married 15 Aug 1823 in Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1861 at about age 81 in Ohio, Kentucky, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Bob Sparanese [send private message] and Chris Flanagan [send private message]

Biography

Names

Elizabeth Drane, Elizabeth Woodward, Elizabeth Bennett; Elizabeth's maiden name is spelled Drane/Drain in various documents.

Abt. 1780 Birth and Parentage

Elizabeth b. 1780 likely Prince George's Co, MD d/o James Drane b. abt. 1715 d. 1787 and Elizabeth Smith Piles b. abt. 1730 d. aft. 1785.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Unsourced family notes have her born in 1766, daughter of James Thomas Drane & Elizabeth Smith Piles (b. 1730) -- but this doesn't tally with her having children over a 20 year span, if she started at age 31. Also, there's no source found for James having a middle name, which wasn't common until the mid-late 1800s.

Elizabeth's death record show b. 1786 MD, which would mean that she was married at 10 yo. which is not likely. Also on that same record her father's name is recorded as I.H.E. [James] Drane. The data was transcribed by Mrs.A. D. Kirk, 1729 McCreary Av, Owensboro, KY in Oct 1971 from old tombstones in the Woodward Cemetery. The cemetery is located on a farm Shannon Acres owned by Mr. and Mrs. Orville Tichenor at that time. It's located about 4 1/2 miles NE of Hartford, KY, a short distance from US Highway N.^[3] It's possible the transcription is in error.

What's clear from the transcription is Elizabeth was the wife of John Woodward and then J. Bennett. According to researcher William H. Hurley, Elizabeth m. FNU Wells^[2] but no source is provided and that information didn't appear on her tombstone.

Marriages

1. On 09 Nov 1796 Upper Marlboro, Prince George's, Maryland, Elizabeth m. John Benjamin Woodward^[4] b. 1766 Prince George's Co., KY d. May 1817 Ohio Co., KY. Researcher Dan Willis reported that John Woodward married Elizabeth's mother after Mr. Drane died but given that Elizabeth had children with John it's this Elizabeth.^[1]
2. On 15 Aug 1823 Elizabeth m. Col. John M. Bennett b. abt. 1776 Ohio Co., KY d. aft. 1840;^[5] migrated first to MO and then to No Creek in Ohio Co KY in 1798. ^{[citation needed]}

1861 Death

Elizabeth d. 30 Jan 1861^[3][6] and was buried in Woodward Cemetery, located on a farm Shannon Acres owned by Mr. and Mrs. Orville Tichenor in Oct 1971. It's located about 4 1/2 miles NE of Hartford, KY, a short distance from US Highway N.^[3]

Children

Elizabeth and John had 11 children; 10 lived past infancy:^[7]

1. Delilah Woodward b. 28 Aug 1797 MD; m. Asa Bennett; had issue
2. Benjamin Woodward b. 11 Dec 1798; m. Mary A. Bennett
3. Thomas B Woodward b. 14 Jan 1801 d. 09 Aug 1843 Heflin, Ohio Co., KY; m. Ann McGill; had issue
4. Ashford Woodward b. 12 Apr 1803; m. 1821 Dolly D. McCrocklin b. 1805; had issue
5. Ann Woodward b. 01 Mar 1805
6. John Milton Woodward b. 22 Dec 1806 KY d. 31 Mar 1877 Ohio Co., KY; m. 04 Oct 1827 Charlotte Ann Simmons; had issue
7. James Harvy Woodward b. 15 Mar 1811 KY; m. abt. 1833 Elizabeth Crow b. 1816; had issue
8. William R Woodward b. 22 Feb 1813; m. 1836 Elizabeth Lucas b. 1814; had issue
9. Stephen Drane Woodward b. 18 Feb 1815; m. 1836 Sarah Ann Crow b. 1817; had issue
10. Matilda Woodward b. 31 May 1817 d. 1888; m. 1835 Joseph T. Benton b. 1814 d. 1891; had issue
11. Elizabeth Drane d. in infancy

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daniel A. Willis, Legends, Half-Truths, and Cherished Myths of The Drane Family, Bygone Era Books, Denver, Colorado, 2012, pp. 65-77.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} William N. Hurley, Jr., Montgomery County Families: A Collection of Genealogies of Early Families of Montgomery County, Maryland, Volume 2, Heritage Books, Inc. (December 15, 2004), pp. 142-146.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWRX-84S : accessed 7 February 2016), John Woodward in entry for Elizabeth Drane Woodward, 30 Jan 1861; citing reference vol I p 18; FHL microfilm 907,997.
4. ↑ "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N6-TM1 : accessed 27 November 2015), John Woodward and Elizabeth Piles Drane, 09 Nov 1796; citing Prince Georges County, Maryland, reference ; FHL microfilm 14,305.
5. ↑ Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/22429073/person/1729278751/facts : accessed 2 January 2018), profile for Col. John M Bennett Jr.
6. ↑ Barnard family history
7. ↑ Woodward family bible

• Woodward pages ^{[citation needed]}