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PHOTOS. By Evans 



DEACON Jacob Woodward. 



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DEACON JACOB woodward; 



The ancestors of the subject of this sketch came from England, 

 and settled in Massachusetts. Jacob, son of Jonas and Mary 

 Woodward, was born in Stratton, Windham Co., Vt., Jan. 2, 

 1794. His father was a native of Millbury, Worcester Co., 

 He married Mary Morsman, a native of Massachusetts, 



also. Of this union thirteen children were born, twelve of 

 whom lived to be men and women, and eight are still living. 



Jonas was a farmer by occupation, and followed it through 

 life. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and every one 

 of his family, two of whom have been deacons and two 

 ministers. 



He lefl Vermont in May, 1816, and came to Steuben County, 

 and loca,ted on Mead's Creek, his son Jacob having preceded 

 him some two months. Jonas and Jacob kept bachelors' hall 

 during their stay, and returned to Vermont in July — Jonas to 

 get his family, and Jacob to marry. 



Jacob married Miss Betsey, daughter of Joseph Wilder, of 

 Wardsboro, Windham Co., Vt., Sept. 2, 1816. Of this union 

 four children grew to manhood and womanhood, viz. : Abigail, 

 died at the age of sixteen ; Christiana, married Isaac P. Good- 

 sell, of Painted Post ; Zatter W., married Sarah Powers, and 

 is now on the home farm ; and Dimmis S., married Dr. Samuel 

 N. Everett, who is now a practicing physician at Campbell. 



Deacon Woodward has always been a farmer. He united with 

 the Baptist Church at the early age of twelve, and ever since 

 has been a very active member of the same, and for more than 

 forty years has been a deacon. When a young man he commenced 

 as a teacher of music, and has continued to follow his chosen 

 profession until within a few years. In politics, formerly a Dem- 



ocrat, but when the Republican party was organized he joined 

 it. He has been a staunch temperance man for a great ms^ny 

 years, and was the first man to organize the first temperance 

 society in his community. He has held various official positions 

 to the satisfaction of his constituents. 



His wife died Nov. 23, 1873, while visiting with her daughter, 

 Mrs. I. P. Goodsell, at Painted Post. Her memory is cherished 

 by her husband and children. Deacon Woodward is now an old 

 man of eighty-five, hale and hearty, and retains all his faculties. 

 His only son, Zatter W., is a prominent man of Campbell, and 

 is a farmer by occupation. He has two sons, Gernane P. and 

 Miles J., and a daughter, Mary, who married Geo. Mason, of 

 Campbell. 



Zatter W. was born May 11, 1823; mamed Miss Sarah D. 

 Powers, November, 1862. Mrs. Z. W. Woodward was bom 

 Nov. 10, 1826, in Cortland, Cortland Co., N. Y. Mr. Wood- 

 ward is a farmer by occupation. He has been magistrate, for 

 -nine consecutive years, of Campbell, and at present is one of 

 the assessors of the town. 



In politics he is identified with the Republican party. Like 

 his honored father, he early espoused the temperance cause, and 

 is one of the strong temperance men of the town. He and 

 his wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church of Cooper's 

 Plains. He has been clerk of that society for more than twenty 

 years. Perhaps there is no family in the county that is more 

 highly respected than the Woodward family. The impress of 

 a well-ordered life is plainly seen in this family, and Deacon 

 Woodward, like Deacon St. John, of Hornby, has an untar- 

 nished name. 



