Howard Benjamin Woodward

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Howard Benjamin Woodward

Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1845

Born In: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Age: 86

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Marital Status: Married

Died: 18 Sep 1931

Cause of Death: 

Death Location: Redwood City

Burial Plot: GAR

FindaGrave ID: 122300712

Howard Benjamin Woodward

Obituary

Howard B. Woodward
22nd Illinois Infantry
By: John Edmonds

Howard Woodward enlisted in the 22nd Illinois Infantry on January 14th 1862 in Galesburg, Illinois. He was discharged on June 27th 1862 when the 22nd Infantry was consolidated into the 40th Illinois Infantry. Howard then waited a short period and reenlisted on October 17th 1862 and mustered out July 8th 1865 having fought through the entire war. Howard was disabled in the later months of the war.
Howard Woodward was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1845. Following the war he was placed in a home for disabled soldiers. Howard then traveled to Los Angeles, California where he was in a similar home in the City of Sawtelle in 1900.
By 1920 Howard had improved enough that he came to San Mateo County and purchased property and became a farmer in that year. He remained in San Mateo County for the rest of his life. Howard Joined the Grand Army of the Republic chapter in Redwood City and was part of that organization when he died and he was buried in the Grand Army’s plot in Union Cemetery. Howard died in 1930.
Howard Woodward’s father Benjamin was from England and His mother Amanda was from Ireland. The census shows that while he was in Redwood City and 84 years of age he was married.

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