Brief Life History of Joseph Barnes
When Joseph Barnes Woodward was born on 23 July 1850, in Plum Hollow, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Joseph Hague Woodward, was 39 and his mother, Margaret Barnes, was 34. He married Mary Alice Baugh on 18 December 1876, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1867. He died on 25 March 1933, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Wodward in household of Joseph Wodward, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Barnes Woodward - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Joseph Woodward
- Joseph Barnes Woodward, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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HISTORY OF JOSEPH BARNES WOODWARD The Woodward’s came from the Manchester area of England, and were converts to the church. My father was Joseph Hague Woodward. He was born 14 March 1811 in Sal …
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