Identified as the father of L.E. Woodward in L.E.'s obituary in Osborne County Farmer newspaper 7 Aug 1941
Federal Census of 1870 & 1880 list his wife and children - living in Mill Creek, Washington Co., Kansas at that time.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJB-YW1 : 17 October 2014), W W Woodward in household of Rufus Darby, Kansas, United States; citing p. 11, family 98, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,941.
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