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Alexander Fletcher Woodward

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Alexander Fletcher Woodward

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20 Apr 1902 (aged 62)
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Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Alexander Fletcher Woodward was a Seargeant with the Confederate Army. He enlisted 1 Feb 1863 in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia with the 64th Virginia Mounted Infantry, Co. 2, Slemp's Regime. He was captured at Cumberland Gap, Clairborne, Tennessee on 9 September 1863. He was held as a POW at Camp Dodge, Chicago until 20 February 1865. Camp Dodge was known as "The North's Andersonville."
Before and after his involvement in the US Civil War, he worked as a farmer, first on his father's farm in the east valley of Sugar Run, Lee County, Virginia, then near Ellijoy, Blount County, Tennessee.

Alexander Fletcher Woodward was the son of Henry Hyden Woodward and his wife Elizabeth A. Ely. On 19 January 1860, he married Sarah Jain Campbell, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Stubblefield Campbell. They were the parents of 11 children: Elizabeth Eleanor, 1860-1884; Elizabeth E., 1862-1944; Amelia Henrietta (Etta), 1862-1937; Caledona "Dona", 1866-1942; David Morgan Woodward, 1868-1940; Henry Hyden Woodward, 1870-1924; Robert Lee Woodward, 1873-1962; Lydia Moriah, 1874-1913; William Calhoon Woodward, 1875-1943; Myrtle Annie, 1875-1898; and James Franklin Woodward, 1880-1891.

On 20 April 1902, Alexander Fletcher Woodward was killed by a neighbor, J.N. Ogle over a land dispute. He was found dying and unable to speak by another neighbor, James Cummins who heard the shot. He was close to 63 years old.
Alexander Fletcher Woodward was a Seargeant with the Confederate Army. He enlisted 1 Feb 1863 in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia with the 64th Virginia Mounted Infantry, Co. 2, Slemp's Regime. He was captured at Cumberland Gap, Clairborne, Tennessee on 9 September 1863. He was held as a POW at Camp Dodge, Chicago until 20 February 1865. Camp Dodge was known as "The North's Andersonville."
Before and after his involvement in the US Civil War, he worked as a farmer, first on his father's farm in the east valley of Sugar Run, Lee County, Virginia, then near Ellijoy, Blount County, Tennessee.

Alexander Fletcher Woodward was the son of Henry Hyden Woodward and his wife Elizabeth A. Ely. On 19 January 1860, he married Sarah Jain Campbell, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Stubblefield Campbell. They were the parents of 11 children: Elizabeth Eleanor, 1860-1884; Elizabeth E., 1862-1944; Amelia Henrietta (Etta), 1862-1937; Caledona "Dona", 1866-1942; David Morgan Woodward, 1868-1940; Henry Hyden Woodward, 1870-1924; Robert Lee Woodward, 1873-1962; Lydia Moriah, 1874-1913; William Calhoon Woodward, 1875-1943; Myrtle Annie, 1875-1898; and James Franklin Woodward, 1880-1891.

On 20 April 1902, Alexander Fletcher Woodward was killed by a neighbor, J.N. Ogle over a land dispute. He was found dying and unable to speak by another neighbor, James Cummins who heard the shot. He was close to 63 years old.

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