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- San Antonio Light
May 30, 1908
J. S. Woodward, well known over southwest Texas, died at Woodward, Texas, a small town on the International & Great Northern railway, near Cotulla, at 1 o'clock this morning. Deceased was the father of D. J. Woodward and Mrs. G. W. Hagy of this city. The remains will arrive in San Antonio this afternoon.
Mr. Woodward had been in poor health for the last seven months. His home prior to his death was in Eagle Lake, Tex., where he resided during the last four years. His trip to Woodward was in the hope that the climate might be beneficial to his health. Heart trouble is attributed as the cause of death. He was a native of Alabama, where he was born in the year of 1839. Mr. Woodward was an old Confederate soldier, having served in the civil war throughout the strife. He was a member of the Albert Sidney Johnston camp, U. C. V., of San Antonio, having resided in this city prior to his taking up his residence at Eagle Lake. Following the civil war Mr. Woodward located in Texas and in which state he lived until his death.
Deceased is survived by his wife. In addition to D. J. Woodward and Mrs. G. W. Hagy of this city, other children survive him - Mrs. Clem Jacobs of Secul, Tex.; Mrs. B. M. Anderson, Palestine, Tex.; Charles Woodward, Eagle Lake, Tex., and S. H. Woodward of St. Louis, Mo.
The funeral will take place from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Hagy, 1001 Main avenue, at 4 o'clock tomorrow, interment being in the Confederate cemetery.
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