Merrick Bennett WOODARD

Birth:
11 Jun 1851
Hadley, Saratoga, New York
Death:
19 Dec 1934
Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska
Burial:
21 Dec 1934
Tekamah Cemetery, Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska
Marriage:
2 Apr 1873
Hadley, Saratoga, New York
Notes:
                   REFERENCES: WOODARD, 1851-1934; family bible.
REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
Saratoga County History Department, 29 Aug 1996; New York 1875 census data, age 24, occupation teamster.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, No. E12045, State of Nebraska, Bureau of Health, Division of Vital Statistics; carpenter, cause of death sufficative choleuptuts and arterio sclerosis; notes birthplace of mother, Jemmia Crannell, Hadley, New York.
HENNIG, Erwin K., 17 Sep 1996; genealogical compilation.
OBITUARY: Mrs. M.B. Woodard, Burt County Plaindealer, 1940.  Mr. & Mrs. Merrick Woodard and family left Hadley, New York, and came west to Nebraska in 1883.

Gordon Pearl CRANNELL (1919-    ) on 29 May 1997 commented to Kenneth M. REIM (1926-    ) about his Grandfather, Merrick Bennett WOODARD (1851-1934) as follows:  While living in Hadley, New York, he broke oxen, hauled freight, and mentioned you had to know how to lift an 800 pound barrel of salt.  Why did they move to Nebraska - Gordon didn't know, but thought land in Nebraska was opening up, and many were moving west.  In Tekamah, Merrick did carpenter an cabient work, worked in a lumber yard, and did some bookeeping.  Built a number of buildings around Tekamah; wrote his name some place on the buiding he built.  Merrick and Anna WOODARD very active/prominent in the Tekamah Methodist Church.  Merrick once shaved off his beard, and his wife Anna, said she wanted his beard back.
Anna Louise WINSLOW
Birth:
15 Mar 1854
West Fort Ann, Washington, New York
Death:
29 Dec 1940
Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska
Burial:
31 Dec 1940
Tekamah Cemetery, Tekamah, Nebraska
Notes:
                   REFERENCES: Obituary; Mrs. M.B. Woodard, Burt County Plaindealer, 1940 Golden Wedding Aniversary Announcement; 1923.
HENNIG, Erwin K., 17 Sep 1996; genealogical compilation.
REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
Saratoga County History Department, 29 Aug 1996; census data.
WEST, family records, 1767-1996; compiled by Charles R. Willis.
WILLIS, Charles R., 3 Jan 1997; WINSLOW genealogy, lists marriage to Merrick Bennett WOODARD at Stony Creek, Warren County, New York, instead of Hadley, Warren County, New York.
WOODARD, 1851-1934; family bible.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, No. L11319, Nebraska (State) Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics; housewife, Tekamah, Nebraska, cause of death carcinoma of breast, carcinoma of right lung, finding of operation encefheloid carcinoma left breast; notes father John Winslow and mother Eliza Jane Winslow birthplace Saratoga County, New York, in variancce with other records.
Children
Marriage
1
Lena Amelia WOODARD
Birth:
10 Aug 1874
Hadley, Saratoga, New York
Death:
8 May 1964
Blair Community, Blair, Washington, Nebraska
Oscar Morris HENNIG 
Marr:
3 Oct 1893
Golden Springs, Burt, Nebraska 
Notes:
                   REFERENCES: WOODARD, 1851-1934; family bible.
Saratoga County History Department, 29 Aug 1996; census data.
REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
HENNIG, Erwin K., 17 Sep 1996; genealogical compilation.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 3, page 386 (No. 989); Affidavit 30 Sep 1893, place of birth New York, father's name M.B. Woodard and mother's maiden name Anna Winslow; Certificate of marriage 3 Oct 1893. Married at the home of bride's parents at "Golden Springs", Nebraska.
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH, No. 64 06245, State of Nebraska, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Certificates; housewife, usual residence 316 North 13 Street, Tekamah, Nebraska, cause of death bilateral pneumonia, and severe chronic cystitis.
OBITUARY; "Oscar M. Hennig Passed Away Early Wednesday", and "Host of Friends at Services for Oscar M. Hennig", Burt County Plaindealer, July 1943.
Funeral Service Rememberance, Hamel and Peck, Tekamah, Nebraska, May 11, 1964.
OBITUARY; "Mrs. Lena Hennig Funeral Monday" Burt County Plaindealer, Tekamah, Nebr., May 14, 1964.
BURT COUNTY CLERK, Tekamah Cemmetery Records, 1 Oct 1996; buried Block 8, Lot 1.

Lena Amelia (WOODARD) HENNIG was born in Hadley, Saratoga County, New York.  She came with her parents to Nebraska in 1883 and lived in Burt County, Nebraska the rest of her life.  Her education was recieved in Tekamah.  She passed her teacher's examination and taught in the Pleasant Home District and Golden Springs District.  She served as organist in the Luthern Church for several years befor her marriage.  She was active in the Riverside Church Mission Circle and served as treasurer of the organization for many years.  She joined the First Baptist Church in Tekamah March 5, 1944, and was a faithful worker until her health failed.  See the notes for her husband, Oscar MorrisHENNIG, for further information.
2
Bessie WOODARD
Birth:
30 Aug 1877
Hadley, Saratoga Co., New York
Death:
31 Aug 1973
Oakland Nursing, Oakland, Burt Co., Nebraska
George Pearly CRANNELL 
Marr:
4 Mar 1897
Tekamah, Burt Co., Nebraska 
Notes:
                   REFERENCES: WOODARD, 1851-1934; family bible.
REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
CRANNELL, Ellen, 28 Apr 1997; CRANNELL and WOODARD family group records, Bessie died at the age of 96.
MARRAIGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 4, page 26 (No. 1260), residence Washington County, Nebraska.

Bessie WOODARD was six years old when she came to Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska, and has lived in this area since then (Burt County Plaindealer, September 7, 1967).
3
Ella WOODARD
Birth:
21 Aug 1880
Hadley, Saratoga Co., New York
Death:
Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado
Clarence KEARNES 
Marr:
Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., 
Notes:
                   REFERENCES: WOODARD, 1851-1934, copy of family bible; notes married to Floyd B. Woodyard, divoriced; married to Henry Lohnes, Kansas City, Missouri, deceased; married to Clarence Kearnes, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
CRANNELL, Ellen, 28 Apr 1997; CRANNELL and WOODARD family group records.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 4, page 357 (No. 1591), shows Ella WOODARD marriage record to Floyd B. WOODYARD, age 22, place of birth West Virginia, married 25 Dec 1900.

Ella (WOODARD) WOODYARD and first husband Floyd WOODYARD reportedly did not live in the Tekamah, Nebraska area (by Gordon WOODARD, 3 May 2000).  Ella had no children by any of her three marriages; likely died and was buried in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
4
Daisy WOODARD
Birth:
7 Feb 1894
Tekamah, Burt Co., Nebraska
Death:
1 Oct 1980
Tekamah, Burt Co., Nebraska
Clarence William KJELDGAARD 
Marr:
18 Dec 1917
Tekamah, Burt Co., Nebraska 
Notes:
                   REFERENCES: WOODARD, 1851-1934; family bible.
REIM, Herman A., 1954-1972; genealogical file.
CRANNELL, Ellen, 28 Apr 1997; CRANNELL and WOODARD family group records.
MARRIAGE RECORD, Burt County Clerk, Tekamah, Nebraska; Book 6, page 571 (No. 3056); Gertrude Hennig and J.A. Dye were witnesses.
OBITUARY; Daisy Kjeldgaard was a member of the VFW and Legion auxilaries and a past volunteer worker at the VA Hospital with 1,000 hours of service.
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Merrick Bennett Woodard - Anna Louise Winslow

Merrick Bennett Woodard was born at Hadley, Saratoga, New York 11 Jun 1851. His parents were Seymour Woodard and Jamimah Crannell.

He married Anna Louise Winslow 2 Apr 1873 at Hadley, Saratoga, New York . Anna Louise Winslow was born at West Fort Ann, Washington, New York 15 Mar 1854 daughter of John J. Winslow and Eliza Jane West .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Lena Amelia Woodard born 10 Aug 1874.
Bessie Woodard born 30 Aug 1877.
Ella Woodard born 21 Aug 1880.
Daisy Woodard born 7 Feb 1894.

Merrick Bennett Woodard died 19 Dec 1934 at Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska .

Anna Louise Winslow died 29 Dec 1940 at Tekamah, Burt, Nebraska .