Rollin Ray Woodward (1874 - 1927)

Born 19 Jan 1874 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 May 1927 at age 53 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Biography

The son of Benjamin Woodward and Louisa (Mason) Woodward and one of triplets, Rollin was born in Charlotte in 1874.^[1][2] When he registered for the World War I, he was living in Jackson, Michigan and working at Mutual Munitions Corporation. He stated that he was missing his left thumb and that his left eye was very poor. At the age of 44, he was described as being of medium height and build, with gray hair and blue eyes.^[3] In 1920, he, along with a few other boarders, was boarding with divorcée, Louise Brown, in Jackson.^[4] He passed away at Kalamazoo State Hospital at the age of 53^[5][6] and is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Clinton, Michigan.^[7]

Research Notes

His death certificate, which was not found on a search of FamilySearch nor Ancestry but a copy of which is on his FindAGrave memorial page, lists his marital status as "single."

Sources

1. ↑ "Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQVZ-CVW : 12 August 2019), Rollin Roy Woodard, 19 Jan 1874; citing item 3 p 61 rn 182, Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,443.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSG-D8L : 26 August 2017), Rolla Woodward in household of Benj G Woodward, Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 152, sheet 135A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,590.
3. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XD-2DF : 24 August 2019), Rollie Roy or Rallie Ray Woodard, 1917-1918.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ3J-2SZ : accessed 20 October 2020), Rollie Woodward in household of Louise Brown, Jackson Ward 1, Jackson, Michigan, United States; citing ED 9, sheet 12B, line 100, family 328, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 773; FHL microfilm 1,820,773.
5. ↑ "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF34-YCP : 13 March 2018), Rollin R Woodard, 19 May 1927; citing Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,972,763.
6. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7X-JRP : 16 January 2020), Rollin R. Woodard, 1927.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2X-RB2M : 13 September 2020), Rollin Ray Woodard, ; Burial, Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, United States of America, Riverside Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #71515890