CHIEF:  Dr Robin Boyd, MA (Oxon); MB BS; LRCP, MRCS; DCH; AFOM, 8th Baron Kilmarnock

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Phebe Boyd ~ Ebenezer Finley Woodward 

Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

EBENEZER FINLEY WOODWARD, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser, was born in Dunbar township, Fayette county, Penna, September 11, 1840, and is a son of David Woodward and MARY BOYD Woodward.  His grandfather, Caleb Woodward, came from Chester county, Penna, to near New Salem early in the present century.  He was born in 1799 and died October 18, 1856, and was married to Phebe McCarty and had six children, five daughters and one son.  Mrs Woodward was born in 1780 and died December 4, 1856.  His father, Davis Woodward, was born in Menallen township, June 11,1806, and died April 6,1882.  He was a farmer and stock dealer, a truthful man and a consistent member of the Presbyterian church. On November 2,1828, he was married to PHEBE BOYD, a daughter of JUDGE ROBERT BOYD and REBECCA (WORK) BOYD.  They had thirteen children.  One of their daughters, Rebecca Woodward, married Hon Charles S Beatty, member of the Pennsylvania legislature.  Mrs. Woodward was born April 13, 1810. Her grandfather, WILLIAM BOYD, was a native of Ireland and settled in Tyrone township.  His father was killed by the Indians on the Potomac River, April 13, 1757. Ebenezer F. Woodward was reared on a farm and received his education in the common schools and has since been engaged in farming and stock raising.  On March 25, 1869, he was married to Elma Cox, daughter of George Cox. They have had ten children born and named as follows: Elizabeth Woodward, born January 15, 1870; Dempsey Woodward, born March 5, 1871; George Woodward, born June 28, 1873; Mary Woodward, born March 2, 1875; Jessie Woodward, born November 12, 1876; Jennie Woodward, born November 1, 1878; Finley Woodward, born November 8, 1880; Belle, dead; Joseph Woodward, July 29, 1884; and Elma Woodward, May 10, 1887.  Mr Woodward is road commissioner of Dunbar township and is a member of the K of P, and the J O of U A M at Leisenring.  He is a member of the Presbyterian church and is a prudent, careful and reliable businessman.

Source:  p484, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, editorially managed by John M. Gresham, assisted in the
compilation by Samuel T. Wiley, A Citizen of the County, Compiled and
Published by John M. Gresham & Co. Chicago: 1889

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