James Woodward

            JAMES WOODWARD one of the prominent men and influential citizens of Harrison county, was born in Marion county, Ky., on the 20^th of September, 1834, and is a son of William and Julia (Dyer) Woodward, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Maryland. The elder Woodward came to Harrison county in 1845, and settled in Washington township; he was a shoemaker by trade. James, the subject, was brought up on the farm, and received a common-school education. At the age of 19 he commenced flat boating to New Orleans, carrying produce and trading all through the South. For thirty-five years he followed this trade, doing $50,000 of business in the South. Since the war he has followed trading and farming. In 1855 he was married to Miss Rebecca Cunningham, a native of Harrison county, and a daughter of James Cunningham, who was born in Kentucky. She died in 1881, leaving two children surviving her –James and Nannie, wife of Geo. W. Windell, Jr. In 1883 Mr. Woodward was married to Mrs. Mollie Bennett, of this county.

            He was elected auditor of Harrison county in 1886, over Charles W. Cole, by 196 majority. He is a member of the K. of P. and of the Knights of Honor. He owns an excellent farm of 300 acres of land, also owns another tract of 70 acres.

            Mr. Woodward is well known among Southern merchants, with whom for many years he had been brought in frequent contact, and some of his most substantial friends are among that class of people. As a man and citizen at home, where he is still better known, he is well liked. Unselfish to a fault, liberal in his opinions, affable and courteous in manner, and is one of the few men in politics who is popular with Republicans and Democrat alike.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana by John M. Gresham & Company, 1889. Part 2, page 194, 195.