Born 14 Feb. 1823 in Petersham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.1 Son of David Woodward and Diadama Hare.2 Brother of EBW.3 Married Mary Jane Bean, 2 Sept. 1851, at Battleboro, Windham Co., Vermont.4 Moved to West Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, by 1860.5 Worked as a painter.6 Died 3 Dec. 1880 in West Springfield.7 EBW visited his graveside, 12 Mar. 1891.8
1 EBW, Diary, 14 Feb. 1903. 1855 Massachusetts State Census, West Springfield, Hampden Co., p. 34, James Woodward. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Sept. 2019), James David Woodward (KCM6-9M7).
2 Carol Cornwall Madsen, Emmeline B. Wells: An Intimate History (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2017), 503.
3 Carol Cornwall Madsen, Emmeline B. Wells: An Intimate History (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2017), 503.
4 Brattleboro, VT, Town Clerk, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1787–2002, vol. 3, p. 85, no. 100, James Woodward and Mary J. Bean, 2 Sept. 1851, microfilm 2317132, DGS 5489898, image 293/1268, FHL.
5 1860 U.S. Census, West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, p. 460, James Woodward.
6 1855 Massachusetts State Census, West Springfield, Hampden Co., p. 34, James Woodward. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863–1865, NM-65, entry 172, Massachusetts 10th, vol. 3, no. 287, West Springfield, James Woodward, Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110, National Archives, Washington DC.
7 Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Births, Marriages (1841–1895), and Deaths (1841–1899), Deaths, vol. 319, p. 397, no. 67, James D. Woodward, 3 Dec. 1880, microfilm 960218, DGS 4221433, image 422/755, FHL. “James D. Woodward,” Meeting House Hill Cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA; Find a Grave, posted 22 Sept. 2010, memorial no. 59039085 (http://findagrave.com, accessed 6 Sept. 2019).
8 EBW, Diary, 12 Mar. 1891.