Legacy
Woodward died in 1910 having never married. His nephew, wealthy lawyer and banker, William Woodward, Sr. was his sole heir and inherited the estate in 1910. The inheritance tax of $3,200 was the largest ever paid in Prince Georges County at that time.
Woodward Hall houses the library at St. John's College, named in his honor.
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