. Sketches of a life of 75 in three parts : biographical, historical, and descriptive. CHAPTER I. N view of the possible domestic com-plications that might result frombringing up a family in a slave state,many Friends emigrated in the earlypart of last century from NorthCarolina, and other Southern States, to Ohio andIndiana. My parents—Cader and Rachel (Outland)Woodard—were among the number, removing fromWayne County, North Carolina, to Wayne County,Indiana, in 1826, settling on a farm in the neighbor-hood of New Garden, where I was born, 3d month 12,1832. They had at that time a family of se
. Sketches of a life of 75 in three parts : biographical, historical, and descriptive. CHAPTER I. N view of the possible domestic com-plications that might result frombringing up a family in a slave state,many Friends emigrated in the earlypart of last century from NorthCarolina, and other Southern States, to Ohio andIndiana. My parents—Cader and Rachel (Outland)Woodard—were among the number, removing fromWayne County, North Carolina, to Wayne County,Indiana, in 1826, settling on a farm in the neighbor-hood of New Garden, where I was born, 3d month 12,1832. They had at that time a family of seven chil-dren, who came with them (one had previously diedin childhood). Three others were born after theirremoval. I was the youngest of our family of eleven.*I was brought up on the homestead where my fathersettled, and, with other members of the family, as-sisted him in ordinary farm work. * For further items of genealogy, the interested reader is referred to anappendix at the close of this Early Life and Conversion 3 My parents were exemplary, pious people, andlike Abraham of old, commanded their householdafter them. As they were members of the FriendsChurch, their children had a birthright membershipin the same. We were trained up in industrious andmoral habits. As the public schools of that earlydate were of an inferior character, Friends maintainedtheir own denominational schools, which were taughtby Friends, and were under the care of a committeeof the church. In these schools I received my educa-tion. As the school house was located near the meet-ing house, both teachers and scholars were requiredto attend the regular midweek meeting held in themiddle of the day. The Scriptures were also readeach day by the teacher in connection with a seasonof devotion. My mother died when I was a little past nineyears of age. I was deeply aflfected by this loss, andfor months after her death I was not heard to speakthe word mother, feeling I could not bear to utterthat m
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