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William W. Woodward (Montgomery County, Ohio, fruit tree producer; 2nd lieut & capt 2nd OH Cav USA; col 116th USCT Inf )

b. 1834?

Montgomery County, Ohio, soldier. Ohio native. Married to Jane M. Zinn Woodward in Shelby County, Ohio, on September 10, 1856. Father of Anna H. Woodward and Charles P. Woodward. Fruit tree producer in Montgomery County in 1860. Employed Margaret Deitzer and Lydia Hintzel as servants in Montgomery County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant and captain from October 6, 1862, to July 15, 1864. Served in the 116th U.S.C. Infantry (U.S.A.) as colonel from July 15, 1864, to December 15, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton Ward 3, p. 201.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton Ward 2, p. 125B.

Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Ohio, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000562859, p. 28.

_Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 11, 1861-1866 (Akron: Werner Printing, 1891), 99.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Belonging to the 56th through 138th Infantry Units, United States Colored Troops, (USCT), 1864-1866, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series 300398, Roll RG94-USCT-116-Bx60.

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Woodward, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199773 (November 12, 2026).

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