The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-02
6eneszl Woodward Writes Of His
Family and the Strain Of Indian
Blood 50 Remote, Bot Which
Influenced Him So Strongly.

The accompanying portion of the
Remfniscences of General woodward
are parts OF long letter to the editor
q The Montgomery Mail answering
questions asked as TO the family OF
General woodward and adventures
through which he haj passed The let
ter f. disappointing in that he makes
which he participated and OF his SER
vice IN the war OF 1912.
He deals extensively with his family.
and II - seen from this letter that
there are today q number OF we'll
known people in Middle and East Ala
Nara who are descended from colIat-
arnl brAnchss OF the family AMI VINO
are related to General Woodward. Not
The least Interesting feature Of the
lettsr 10 the family reference which
traces back the slight strain of In
dian bfbod which had 30 large an in
nuencs on the life Of General Wood
ward. and which made him an hon.
Ored and welcomed guest among all
the Alabama Indians. As remote as
this strain was. II showed In his per-
eonal appearance and once during a
quarrel, General Andrew jackson twit-
ted him with 1t, when Woodward re-
piled that he certainly was not ssham-
"a or It.
F4Ft ok tne adveuturee ne descr1DeB,
notably the fight ut Caieebe creek and
the journeys to Line Creek and Miiiy.s
Creek took place In Alabama And
when he says he went "the nation" he
vent among the Indians OF middle
Alabama
THE COLONIAL ANCESTORS
OF GEN. WOODWARD.
wheeling. VIM Parish. La,
December 70. 1858.
y. !. Hooper, ESQ.
Dear STA few days back wrote
you o letter. in which promised as
early as possible to give you a sketch
81 my family my age. and also the
little wars that I was engaged In in
my younger days. Ny name 10 not as
common as Smith. but IL Is to be met
with In all the States OF the Union. a.
we'll a. In many parts OF Europe.
Whether the name 10 Norman. Saxon
Or German originally. I do not know.
hnf the name seems TO have been ,ie-
rived from the occupation followed nv
those who bore It. at an early day
est Ae'-
MY ancestors OF the name came fronn
England, and settled In Maryland. un-
Ger George Ca1verton, Earl of Hs1ti-
more. And near Annapolis my great
sr1no iaener, Thomas Woodward. WAS
porn, ana raised In Maryland. he
raised family OF children bv a ar~t
wife-she died. and he went intsT rsirs
TAX county, Virginia, and married nnv
great grandmother. Elizabeth slmnaor
the descendant of Scotch family,
simpson fs my middle name.
Thomas Woodward and EIizaha.h
simpson had one son. and called h,r,
Thomas, who was my. grandfather. Tha
old man returned to Maryland to uovs
his other children into Virginia rrs
died while on his visit TO MarvianS
and never returned. nor did his Msry.
land children ever get to Fairfax. Int
some years after their fathers dsath
some OF them went to Dfnwiddy coun.
ty, Va. and some to North Carolina
(fhe North Carolina branch OF the fam,
ny has lost one letter In the name
they spell It with one w instead OF
two.)
I could name many OF the older ones
OF most OF the branches OF the family.
but II would take UP too much time.
as well as room. for a paper Of this
sort MY great grandmother remained
q widow for several years, when she
married man by the name of Robin