Jabez S. Woodward was born April 4, 1831, in the town of Phelps, Ontario county, N.Y., and came to Lockport in the spring of 1832. Mr. Woodward is a dealer in hardware in the city of Lockport, and owns a fine fruit farm of 192 acres in Newfane, 75 acres of which is in fruit. He has always been engaged in the fruit interest of Niagara county and western New York. He has been and is now vice-president of the Western New York Horticultural Society. (Year?)
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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBV-RDR : 12 April 2016), J S Woodard in household of Milton Woodard, Newfane, Niagara, New York, United States; citing family 280, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K67T-QSC : 7 September 2016), Jabey S Woodard in household of Milton Woodard, E.D. 1, Newfane, Niagara, New York, United States; citing p. , line #23, family #31, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,577,674.
"New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-GY62 : accessed 23 December 2017), Jabez S Woodard in household of Milton Woodard, District 01, Newfane, Niagara, New York, United States; citing source p. 34, line 24, household ID 237, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 1,577,676.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8V3-PC5 : 12 April 2016), Jabez Woodward, New York, United States; citing p. 14, family 108, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,554.
"New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ3W-99R : 6 November 2014), J S Woodward, 1892; citing Lockport City, Ward 04, E.D. 01, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 878,329.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS2X-NMC : accessed 23 December 2017), Jabez S Woodward, Election District 1 Lockport city Ward 4, Niagara, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58, sheet 15B, family 371, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,128.
New York State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK93-44R : 20 December 2017), Jabes S Woodward, Lockport, Ward 04, E.D. 01, Niagara, New York; citing p. , line 23, county offices, New York.; FHL microfilm 878,331.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5HN-NSS : accessed 23 December 2017), Jabez Woodward in household of Etta S Mccomb, Lockport Ward 5, Niagara, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 9B, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1049; FHL microfilm 1,375,062.
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