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Surnames: Woodward / Tewksbury / French
Classification: Query
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Dear C. Mount:
Do you have any Woodwards in your Tewksbury line? I am researching Ezekiel Woodward, born
Merrimack County, NH in 1827, son of Kimball Woodward and Nancy Russell Tewksbury
Woodward. Her father was John Tewksbury and his wife's maiden name was French,
possibly Hannah. Ezekiel left NH about 1875 after divorcing his first wife, and in 1880
census was in Chester Township, Wells County with his second wife, Mary J. (possibly
Chany). He received his Civil War pension in Montpelier, IND and is buried in Grant
County, IOOF Cemetery in Matthews. His third wife was Eliza Worl. Both the second and
third wives are buried with him. We never understood why he chose to leave all his
children in NH and settle in Indiana. Possibly it was because he was related to your
Tewksburys.