J. W. Voodry who has been a resident of Maywood for the past ten or dozen years passed away yesterday morning at about 3:30 o’clock. Mr. Voodry had been failing for several months but had been apparently as weel as usual until early Wednesday morning. Dr. Mills was called and had only reached the patient’s bedside when he expired. The cause of death was heart failure. Funeral services will be held at the M. E. Church tomorrow (Friday) and the remains will be taken to North Platte for Burial in the family lot there.

The Maywood Eagle-Reporter 25(51):1 Thursday, November 23, 1916

J. W. Voodry was born at Fairfield, Franklin Co., Vermont, April 24th, 1839 and died at Maywood, Nebr., Nov. 22nd, 1916. At the outbreak of war he enlisted in company G, 3rd Vermont. He was wounded in the seven days’ fight when McClellen was driven back from Richmond. Left on the battlefield with a rifle ball buried in his knee, he crawled three quarters of a mile on his hands and knees only to be taken prisoner by the enemy. He suffered from Sunday until Wednesday with the ball in his knee, when a Federal surgeon, who had been taken prisoner, removed the bullet. Three weeks later he was exchanged and came north.

During the war Mr. Voodry participated in these battles: Bull Run, Savage Station, Antitam, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Sponsylvania, Petersburg, Cedar Creek, Fisher’s Hill and Vicksburg.

In 1863 after his return to the north Mr. Voodry drove a stage between Sheridan and Afton, Iowa, for the Great Western Stage Company. Mr. Voodry quarreled with the manager of the stage company because he was not allowed to carry arms to protect himself and passengers from the bushwackers who were quite plentiful in that part of the country, and threw up his job and enlisted in Co. K, 4th V. R. C. The C B & Q railway now traverses practically the same route then used by the stage.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Voodry were married at Davenport, Iowa, August 3rd, 1865 by Rev. Samuel McAnderson. Mrs. Voodry’s maiden name was Mary Jane Moore.

After their marriage at Davenport Mrs. Voodry remained with the army camp and ate of Uncle Sam’s rations the greater part of the time until her husband was mustered out at Springfield, Illinois, July 24, 1866. They came to Plattsmouth, Nebraska in the fall of 1879, remaining there about three years, then came on west and homesteaded in Walker precinct, Lincoln county. In 1891 they moved to North Platte and from there to Maywood in 1903.

Funeral services were held at the M. E. church Friday, Nov. 24th, at 10 o’clock a. m. and the remains taken to North Platte for burial in the family lot there.

The Maywood Eagle-Reporter 25(52):1 Thursday, November 30, 1916