empsey was born to Estella Williams. His sister
wrote his birth date on a scrap of paper and gave his name as Dempsey Walter Eggar Woodward.
Estella lived with Dempsey and Orpha Sloan Woodward and was listed as "one of the family" in
the 1890 census. Illigitimate births were not discussed at that time and Dempsey's birth was
not officially recorded until 1954. LDS records and a book about his wife's Adams family report
his parents as Dempsey Woodward and Estella Williams, and give his name as Walter Edward
Woodward. Source: Betty Woodward
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Dempsey Woodward b 1818 and Estella Williams Walter Edward Woodward b 1889 in Iredell County, North Carolina m ? Adams Walter Woodward b 1912 in North Carolina m ? ? in North Carolina
empsey was born to Estella Williams. His sister
wrote his birth date on a scrap of paper and gave his name as Dempsey Walter Eggar Woodward.
Estella lived with Dempsey and Orpha Sloan Woodward and was listed as "one of the family" in
the 1890 census. Illigitimate births were not discussed at that time and Dempsey's birth was
not officially recorded until 1954. LDS records and a book about his wife's Adams family report
his parents as Dempsey Woodward and Estella Williams, and give his name as Walter Edward
Woodward. Source: Betty Woodward