1. WILLIAM A.1 WOODWARD was born October 24, 1815 in Jefferson County, Tennessee1, and died June 27, 18872. He married RUTH HADLEY July 21, 1836 in Hendricks County, Indiana3. She was born June 05, 1819 in North Carolina4.

More About WILLIAM A. WOODWARD:
Certificate: May 15, 1844, Pleasant Plain, Iowa from White Lick5
Was paid $3.75 in July 1844 for "working road" by the Keokuk County Commissioners. Brother Charles was a Road Commissioner, brother-in-law Samuel McCracken a surveyer, and brother Nathan drove stakes / provided a wagon and team
Occupation: 1850, Farmer6

Children of WILLIAM WOODWARD and RUTH HADLEY are:
i. MARTHA JANE2 WOODWARD, d. February 1841, Hendricks County, Indiana7.
Burial: February 08, 1841, White Lick MM, Morgan County, Indiana
ii. INFANT WOODWARD, b. July 1836, Hendricks County, Indiana; d. July 1836, Hendricks County, Indiana.

More About INFANT WOODWARD:
Burial: July 28, 1836, White Lick MM, Morgan Co, Ind7

iii. EMMA WOODWARD, b. Abt. 1842, Indiana; d. Bef. 1868.
iv. SIMON BARKER WOODWARD, b. Abt. 1844, Iowa.
v. ELIZA H. WOODWARD, b. September 25, 1846, Pleasant Plain, Iowa.
vi. LEVI WOODWARD, b. May 1850, Iowa8.

In the 1850 census of Keokuk County are:
Wm. A., 34, farmer, born Tenn, with property of $270
Ruth, 31, born NC
Emma, 8, Indiana
Simon H., 6, Iowa
Eliza H., 3, Iowa
and Levi, 3 months, Iowa

2. EMMA2 WOODWARD (WILLIAM A.1) was born Abt. 1842 in Indiana8, and died Bef. 18689. She married JESSE HAMMER April 19, 186310. He was born October 04, 1820 in Near New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee10, and died December 02, 1873 in Richland, Keokuk County, Iowa.

Notes for JESSE HAMMER:
Died at the home of his niece Betsy Ann Hammer Mills in Keokuk County while visiting there and is buried there.

More About JESSE HAMMER:
Burial: Keokuk County, Iowa
Children: Abraham Hammer Genealogy, page 44

Children of EMMA WOODWARD and JESSE HAMMER are:
i. ALTA3 HAMMER, b. May 13, 186411; m. UNKNOWN SLINKER.
ii. ETTIE N. HAMMER, b. August 18, 1865; d. youth.

More About ETTIE N. HAMMER:
Burial: Friends Cemetery.

3. SIMON was born Abt. 1844 in Iowa12.
4. ELIZA H.2 WOODWARD (WILLIAM A.1) was born September 25, 1846 in Pleasant Plain, Iowa14. She married JOHN HENRY HAMMER, son of JESSE HAMMER. He was born June 16, 1845, and died April 07, 1928 in Watsonville, California.

More About JOHN HENRY HAMMER:
Burial: Friends Center Cemetery, Newton, Jasper Co, Ia
Military: Co G 7th Iowa Cavalry, Civil War14

Children of ELIZA WOODWARD and JOHN HAMMER are:
i. CARRIE O.3 HAMMER.
ii. MARTHA R. HAMMER.
iii. ALBERT T. HAMMER.
iv. FERDINAND HAMMER.
v. CARL HAMMER.
vi. WILLIAM A. HAMMER, b. 1866, Jasper County, Iowa15.
vii. EDWARD A. HAMMER, b. January 10, 1869, Jasper County, Iowa; d. August 18, 1869, Jasper County, Iowa.
viii. LUCINDA HAMMER, b. April 12, 1870, Jasper County, Iowa; d. November 21, 1915, Jasper County, Iowa.
ix. CHESTER HAMMER, b. August 02, 1887, Jasper County, Iowa; d. January 03, 1907, Jasper County, Iowa.

1. Private Communication, Marion D. Monk, "Electronic," FGS, page 1, 9/98.
2. Willard Heiss, Editor, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VII, Part 5, (Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1974), White Lick.
3. Indiana State Library Genealogy Division, Marriages Thru 1850, (http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/), "Electronic," William A. Woodward entry.
4. Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I, (1969, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore), 353, Cane Creek MM.
5. Willard Heiss, Editor, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VII, Part 5, (Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1974), 314.
6. 1850 US Census, Keokuk County, Iowa, Household #105, Richland Township.
7. Willard Heiss, Editor, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VII, Part 5, (Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1974), White Lick.
8. 1850 US Census, Keokuk County, Iowa, Household 105, Richland Township.
9. Harriette J. Hammer, Abraham Hammer, Ancestors & Descendants 1683-1983, (N.p., n.d.).
10. Harriette J. Hammer, Abraham Hammer, Ancestors & Descendants 1683-1983, (N.p., n.d.), 21.
11. Harriette J. Hammer, Abraham Hammer, Ancestors & Descendants 1683-1983, (N.p., n.d.), 44.
12. 1850 US Census, Keokuk County, Iowa, Household 105, Richland Township.
13. "Roster of Iowa Soldiers", War of the Rebellion, Vol 1.
14. Harriette J. Hammer, Abraham Hammer, Ancestors & Descendants 1683-1983, (N.p., n.d.), 44.
15. Harriette J. Hammer, Abraham Hammer, Ancestors & Descendants 1683-1983, (N.p., n.d.), 80.