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Woodward Cemetery, 88-2 Summary Report, page 5

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Since the Woodward family was burying members in the cemetery (that is now on Redstone Arsenal) long before 1905, it is appears that they lived there before they actually owned the land. Perhaps they were sharecroppers, farming the land for others until they could afford to purchase it. The census records show their presence in the area among known landowners in that section, township, and range in 1860, when Susan Woodward appeared as head of a household that contained as children the Woodwards who appear in the records later for the area. Susan's children who controlled the land and are known to have lived in the area later were Charles C., John W., and Clinton C. Woodward. Their neighbors in the 1860 census included Nancy T. Graham, Margaret L. Fynch / Finch, and William H. Timmons - all of whom were known to reside in the area near the cemetery. (View the inserted images at 200% zoom when they are too small to read clearly.) 5 - (2921)    

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