The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-12
Tia 5I1 II 17os and vas made ma 1or { q.

Z tia iii 17gs and was made major q T !; q
later day. 8 S. II u q sijS ,...S
5fE 1Ic was on the bench Of 8lnag istrates In
1909, and was for a long numberso years
ITS. presiding JUS ticc He was for a UNI
Der &c years the. sheriff OF the county
He restored the fortunes Of the family
to what they had b zen II the ley day,
OF his IA tier, and extended them beyond
his acquisitions. Al {. 5 3
I1c pulled down. the old home teads IN
the field in the rear. where his era nd-
father lived II, where he. and his father le
and our mother. were born. sf : andy! !
&buut2thls house in 1907 as the bricks IS
on the north chimney tell us. IA n IA
31f M. brother j a1nes5 F.Sf Grocer, born
n 1s2S and, now the head Of the sllousee-Tl
informs mo- ,.thnt it was Andrew Wood
ley who laid out the yards, built the
SPA ciors VI barns. N smoke houses, II ca pins
for the servants and the ma ny othcf
out-hotlscs.}It was he who s@ buiit 35i ms
store and warehouse and shops OF y g. g.
#rious industries that extended on the e
road from the forks OF the road g ny y.
gate that led ito the barn-yards; when i!
our mother said. looked In her day, IKE IKE
4 busy Village All OF our Voodley
ance stors were brainy and entorprisinG
Speople-unitng culture with buslnle' So ~.
Sinfl1entlfl and useful in their days, but
81 think our grandfather, q ndre w " ooa-
ley, excelled them all We have no ide ICY
Of how great a man he was III inc pus-
iness and public affairs o1.ln = .Goah.55'
81 thc writer have often heard the late
N. "a. Young give many instances q q.
Tof4 this dominating influence. 4.
8,e1Ja' had eleven children, Of whom my
mother vas the fourth, and her hrothe 81
Thomas was the seventh. ne =,
and youngest, was Richaruls -, ov ~
.1yoodley. after whom was HaMea (. :, !,
The original four square 5lr1lcs = ~. ~
4 cres IL 1858 was greatly enlarged ~ r. 2
Ei,,licioms mana cement of John and OF Ar-
11re - and mn mother has often told tme
INA ',anfled estate Of her father extended
/ froi, where Turner s. REYNOLDS now lives
~ both sides of the road 70 y - J!
$r,hurch, a distance Of two ana q ha nal :
niles No one Of the eleven chill rcl = OF
4 he9 Andrew Of 1899 could own tho W it:llt
tract n i1IIcyen hundred and sixty acres q
that tract passed into tho ownership q .
Dr. Thomas Jyoodley, the sllnc le e q =
Thomas, ana the brother OF our mo- l.el.
AS q young practitioner q ll.s pto.e
~ North Carolina, and in 1853 or 81, no
contracted to sell this ] 100 acres 10 y, y;
irhomns. Tho first deed Of bargain ana
On IA 3hears date on the Goth day of June,
1874. and 1T recltes that there was an
Z oreomcnt and contract heretofore made;
that the said j, o. Thomas was @ minor;
that lie was to take possession OF the
property OH tho lst of January, 3iso4; ailel
that Sla 'wll not attain MS malority or
the age Of twenty-one years ny Wy Wy
day OF FEBRUARY, 1855 ,
Thus, then this -Four SQUARE pTopertS o.
100 ores was bought by J,5 @. ThomaS
az his uncle Dir. Thomas Woodlcy,g wheH
no was probably eighteen years Of age;
ho had a deed forgit twenty months ana
six DAYS before he reached his 3ma1o
and ho WIS fin9t the actual possession or
Il thirteen months and SIX days before
ho was twenty one years Old.
His Love of Land,
He inherited his love of land from both
tba n,ntcrn,,l and paternal sides of mis-
house, and now, Notwithstanding AL inc
sdirn disasters Of our lntc war tho ] ,l6O
acres Of 1854 have grown Into q compact
body Of 5000 econ thuous h4lu cQhtls up = -
acres in 1906 Through those acres ~ |lla
large and Small pocosins Fnenl.onedis ~ ny
John NYnodley in his VIII q Fepru'lps =,
numerous rtr,o,, paths and put up (SD thirty
seven finger boards for our convenience
and pleasure 50 that we may easily follow
the startled deer, or the skulklng ION,
from Ills place OF fancied rest, ISIS .3l
That 5000 acres added 70 tie very large
and valuable property of our host IN the
town of smlthfield and in the city OF
N SnyIs News, shows that no has been
no laggard III the race Of life, and that
le has ,lot been cxctlled in useful activi-
ties by any ancestor on eitlleN side OF
his house. q, 49, ~
On, the Gtll5Sof February, 1922, 4, q.
r,bnn,ns pnvcf y, fox hunt at -Four Square
~ celebrate his twentS-first birthday.
From d paper read by John ~. Gray
al mo 9Th Of February, 1904 we ara In