The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-02
Be Describes. Too, Adventures
Which Befell Him When He
Served as = Boy IN the War Of
1872 Other Service on Frontier.

took the service--his two brothers be.
ing too young.
As many OF the children and grand
children OF these men are now living
and know hut little of the old stock.
will give list OF the names OF m,
fathers family that served In the Rev
olution. and to a man. ! believe. were
in the Battle of Eutaw, except m,
grandfather and two grand uncles
dead.
Ny two haif-uncies. John and VII.
liam Woodward: my half uncle, Ber
May, (my half-uncle, Tom May, was q
cripple and never served.) Now fol
the sons-in-iaw, or those who married
my aunts. The Oldest first. James Mel
son. Philip Raiford. Robert Rabh
James Andrews. Philip Riley. William
McMorris, william J. Augustin. Reeves
Freeman and Thomas woodward. who
was the youngest OF the crowd and my
father. have seen many OF my Crane.
fathers old company. They were saio
to be good fighters. But have heard
the old ones say that my uncle. Boz
May, and my uncle William Woodward
were looked upon as the most daring
men OF that day.
THE wOODwARDs WHO
WE'RE IN PUBLIC LIFE.
scented Fairfield district In Congress
for several years, and the same dis
trict has been represented by his son.
Joseph, since, and II is his son VIII
liam that representa- Sumter county
in the Alabama Legislature. Ny moth
err was q Howard. her father was
Nehemiah Howard, a virginian by
birth, and OF an English family. MY
grandmother Howard was Edith Smith,
and the descendant OF a WEIGH family,
II il said that her father settled Smith
field, on Neuse river In Johnson county,
North Carolina. My grandmother How
ard died at MfIledgeviIle. Ca, very near
one hundred years OF age. / remem-
Der to have seen my mother when 1
was q small boys she was over hum
dred years old, It was said; she was
then the widow Edmohdson. There
were nine brothers OF the Howard fam
lily, and ave sisters; they all lived to
be grown, and raise a family of chill
dren. except three-two uncles. one
OF whom was killed by horse, and the
other drowned. NY youngest aunt OF
that family was accidentally burned
to death. My mother was the ninth
child. and the first OF the family that
died a natural death. Major James
Howard. late OF Macon county, Ala
bama. was the next child TO my moth
err, and was the last of the fourteen
children to die. which was some two
or three wears back.
HIS FATHER FAIRLY
BECAME A TEACHER.
/ think have written enough to sat
isfy you that I have had, and yet have,
some relations. though seldom see
any OF them: the balance write now
win be little things pertaining pref
ty much to myself.
Not long after the close OF the Revo-
luton. my father left Fairfield district.
8 c.. and went into Union district,
and taught school: several Of the How
ard family went to the school; among
them was my mother, and the chill
dren younger than herself The school
continued for ten years, and at the
close of the school, my father gave my
grandfather Howard to understand that
he wished to marry his daughter Mary.
It was objected to by the Howard fam
iiy, except John and Bon Howard. My
grandfather returned to Fairfield and
my grandfather Howard moved to
Georgia. My grandfather Woodward
had a large property In land and me-
groes for the time in which he lived,
and after his death and the close of