When Henry E Woodward was born in 1841, in Indiana, United States, his father, Bartlett Woodward, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Dever Tate, was 26. He married Mary Elizabeth Cravy on 28 November 1867, in Coryell City, Coryell, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Madison, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 7, Mason, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 2 June 1917, in Streeter, Mason, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Streeter, Mason, Texas, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).
History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
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