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 Benjamin Woodward, last surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic of Redwood City (and possibly of San Mateo county), died just preceding dawn this morning at his home, 1344 Jefferson avenue. He was 86 years of age on July 15.
Mr. Woodward was a native of Missouri, and was a resident of this city for the past 10 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jane Woodward, and a sister, Mrs. Florence Mulmix of Fort Dodge, Kas.
The Civil War veteran came of a long line of army and navy ancestry. His father was Maj. Benjamin Woodward, an army doctor; his grandfather, Henry Thomas Woodward, was with Nelson in the British navy at Trafalgar; his great-grandfather was a commander with the British forces in the siege of Boston during the revolution.
Mr. Woodward first saw service at Belmont, Mo., where with the 22nd Illinois Infantry, he helped capture the troublesome confederate cannons, "Lady Davis" and "Jeff Davis." He served under Generals Grant, Bragg and Sherman. While on Sherman's march to the sea, Mr. Woodward was wounded at Bentonville, N. C.
Interment in the G. A. R. plot in Union Cemetery here.

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