Earnest A. Woodyard (1894 - 1962)

Born 11 Jul 1894 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary M. (Immoos) Woodyard — married 3 May 1919 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States

Died 4 Aug 1962 at age 68 in Veteran's Hospital, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, United States

Biography

Earnest was the son of James Woodyard and Mattie Rogers. He was born in Jul 1894.^[1]

Was a veteran.

Occupation: farmer.

1900 lived with parents and 2 younger siblings on rented farm in Atlas Township, Pike County, Illinois.

About 1920 married Mary M.

1930 lived with wife, Mary M., and 3 children, at 1209 Patterson St., Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, next to brother, Everett's family. 1930 owned home worth $900. 1930 had a radio set. 1930 was a finisher at a furniture factory.

Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Iowa; PLOT: H-28.

Obituary: August 6, 1962 Evening Journal EARNEST A. WOODYARD, 68 of Route two Washington died Saturday, August 4,1962 at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. He became seriously ill in January. Funeral services will be held Wed. at 2 p.m. in the Sherman-Eden Funeral Home with burial in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. Mr. Woodyard was born July 11, 1894 in Canton, Illinois,. a son of Baldwin T. and Martha Rodgers Woodyard. He was reared in Burlington and married May 3, 1919 in St. Paul, Minn. to Mary M. Immoos. He was a retired farmer. Mrs. Woodyard died October 6, 1960. Survivors are a son, Floyd of Cherokee, three daughters, Mrs. Frieda Hesseltine of Washington, Mrs. Frances Russell of Burlington, Mrs. Fern Burns of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 11 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren; his stepfather, Grover Smith of Canton Ill., two brothers, John and Ralph of Burlington and two sisters, Mrs. Lilah Johns and Mrs. Gertrude Wey, both of Hayward, Calif.

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 US census, Atlas, Pike, Illinois

• 1900 US Federal census, Illinois, Pike County, population schedule, Atlas Township, page 14(penned) A(stamped), dwelling 304, family 308, James Woodyard household, line 30-34; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7602/4113796_00031?pid=12605591&treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xnN1&_phstart=successSource : accessed 20 Mar 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 337.

1900 U.S. Census, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Atlas, Pike, Illinois; Page: 14; Family: #308: Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1240337; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

1930 census, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2340388; Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002; Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

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