Saxapahwaw, Oct. 20 -At a reunion of the WOODY family at Spring church Wednesday, a monument was unveiled bearing the following inscription: “John W. WOODY and wife, Pioneer Settlers and Parents of the WOODY Family, South.” The monument is of North Carolina and New Hampshire granite and was unveiled by little Thomas Clarkson WOODY, of High Falls. John W. WOODY and wife came from Maryland and took up land in this vicinity during the reign of the Lords Proprietors. They have many and distinguished descendants scattered over the United States, though only a few members of the family remain within the limits of the original settlement.

Source: Kinston Free Press, October 24, 1905