WOODIE C. CONSTABLE,
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, is a son of Andrew T. Constable, now deceased,
and a grandson of Jacob Constable. His mother, who is of the
Armistead family, is now living in Williamsburg. His wife, whom he
married in Norfolk, on January 8, 1888, is Rosa P., daughter of John
R. and Fannie C. Powell, now of Norfolk. She was born in Bertie
county, North Carolina. Mr. Powell was in service in the Confederate
States Army, rank of lieutenant, and was wounded and made prisoner,
and held at Governors Island, New York Harbor.
Mr. Constable attended school at the Hampton Military Academy,
then took a collegiate course at the William and Mary College. After
finishing his education he engaged for a time in farming, then in mercantile
pursuits. He has a commission business now in Williamsburg,
and is superintendent of the public schools of that city. He has also
served in the city council, and filled the office of justice of the peace.
He is a member of the Heptosophs society; of the Knights of the
Golden Rule; and a Good Templar.
