Family Life
During his naval stint he met Ann Eden Crowell, an actress who also danced as a showgirl in upscale New York nightclubs. There were rumors that Woodward, Sr. had Ann as his mistress first and passed her along to his son. His family was shocked when they married on March 14, 1943. They had two sons.
He eventually became one of America's finest horse breeders. On the senior Woodward's death in 1953, Woodward inherited Belair Mansion and stud farm in Collington, Maryland, the oldest in America, along with the thoroughbred horse Nashua.
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