Woodbury, Daniel Phineas – Woods, Almond Le Roy
Woodbury, Daniel Phineas
soldier, author, was born Dec. 16, 1812, in New London, N. H. He was a general in the federal army during the civil war, and the author of Sustaining Walls; and Theory of the Arch. He died Aug. 15, 1864, in Key West, Fla.
Woodbury, Isaac Baker
journalist, author, was born Oct. 18, 1819, in Beverly, Mass. In 1845 he removed to New York, where he edited the Musical Review and the Musical Pioneer. He compiled several collections of church music and glee-books, among which were the Anthem Dulcimer; Liber Musicus (1851); Million's Glee-Book; Cultivation of the Voice Without a Master; Self-Instructor in Musical Composition and Thorough Bass; Singing-School and Music-Teacher's Companion; and the Melodeon and Seraphine Instruction-Book. He died Oct. 26, 1858, in Columbia, S. C.
Woodbury, Levi
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Dec. 22, 1789, in Francestown, N. H. In 1816 he was appointed judge of the superior court of New Hampshire, and in 1819 settled in Portsmouth. In 1823 he was elected governor of New Hampshire.
He was speaker of the state house of representatives in 1825, and was a senator in congress from 1825 to 1831. He was appointed secretary of the navy in 1831, and was transferred to the treasury department as secretary, in 1834, by President Van Buren, and served until 1841. He was again a senator in congress from 1841 to 1845, when he was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the United States. He died Sept. 7, 1851, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Woodcock, David
state legislator, congressman, was born in Berkshire county, Mass. He was a member of the New York assembly from Seneca county in 1814 and 1815, and from Tompkins county in 1826. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1821 to 1823, and again from 1827 to 1829.
Woodford, M. De Witt
railroad president, was born Oct. 27, 1838, at Fredonia, N. Y. Since 1893 he has been president of the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling railroad, and also of numerous other corporations at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Woodford, Stewart Lyndon
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 3, 1835, in New York city. He was appointed assistant attorney for the United States at New York in 1861. He enlisted in the one hundred and twenty-seventh regiment New York volunteers in 1862; was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of that regiment, and subsequently colonel and brigadier-general. He was elected lieutenant-governor of the state of New York in 1866; and was elected presidential elector at large, and was president of the electoral college in 1872. He was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican.
Woodford, William
soldier, was born in 1735 in Caroline county, Va. He was appointed brigadier-general in 1777, and given command of the first Virginia brigade. He died Nov. 13, 1780, in New York city.
Woodhouse, James
surgeon, chemist, author, was born Nov. 17, 1770, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1791 he served as a surgeon in St. Clair's army. From 1795 until his death he filled the chair of chemistry in the university of Pennsylvania. He was the author of The Young Chemist's Pocket Companion; Experiments and Observations on the Vegetation of Plants; and other works. He died June 4, 1809, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Woodhouse, Lorenzo Guernsey
merchant, was born July 16, 1839, in Westmoreland, N. H. In 1861 he enlisted in the seventh regiment, New York national guard, and followed the fortunes of this regiment in its campaigns of 1861 and 1862, and saw subsequent service in riot duty. In 1863 he associated himself with the dry goods firm of Cooley. Farwell and Company of Chicago, as their New York representative. He continued with their successors, Farwell, Field and Company, Field, Palmer and Leiter, Field, Leiter and Company, and Marshall Field and Company, covering a period of twenty-seven years, retiring from the latter firm in 1890.
During all this time, he was their representative and for many years the manager and resident New York partner.
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers
lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 17, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1897 he was elected a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. He has been prominent in educational and reform work, and in 1894 was secretary of the Philadelphia conference for good city government.
Woodruff, George
lawyer, jurist, was born July 4, 1807, in Binghamton, N. Y.
He became county judge in 1846, and served two terms in Marshall, Mich.
He was circuit commissioner three terms; and a judge of the circuit court in 1866-75.
He died May 13, 1887, in Marshall, Mich.
Woodruff, George C
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 1, 1805, in Litchfield, Conn. He was a judge of probate in Connecticut for several years. In 1861 he was elected a representative from Connecticut to the thirty-seventh congress.
Woodruff, Hiram
author, was born Feb. 22, 1817, in Flemington, N. J. He was a noted horse-trainer who wrote The Trotting Horse of America. He died March 13, 1867, in New York.
Woodruff, John
state legislator, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1826, in Hartford, Conn. He was a member of the Connecticut legislature in 1854. In 1855 he was elected a representative from Connecticut to the thirty-fourth congress, and was also elected to the thirty-sixth congress. He subsequently held the position of collector of internal revenue for the district of New Haven. He died May 20, 1868, in New Haven, Conn. He is a United
Woodhull, Alfred Alexander
physician, surgeon, author, was born in 1837 in New Jersey. He is a United States army surgeon, and the author of Notes on Military Hygiene; and Studies in the Non-Emetic Use of Ipecacuanha.
Woodhull, William
clergyman, was born Dec. 3, 1741, in Miller's Place, L. I., N. Y. He was a member of the provincial congress of New Jersey which met at Burlington in 1776; deposed Gov.
William Franklin, the last royal governor, and framed the first constitution of New Jersey, and of the convention that met at Trenton in 1787, and adopted the United States constitution. He died Oct. 24, 1824, in Chester, N. J.
Woodman, Charles W
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 11, 1844, in Denmark. He was appointed prosecuting attorney of the lower courts in Chicago, Ill., in 1877, and in 1881 was appointed justice of the peace by the judges of Cook county. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Woodman, J. F
railroad president, was born in England. Since 1893 he has been president of the Great Salt Lake and Hot Springs railway at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Woodmansee, Emily Hill
poet, was born in England. In 1856 she emigrated to America and has since resided in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the author of a number of meritorious poem and contributes extensively to the periodical press. Mrs Woodmansee is woman possessed of business ability, and deals extensively in real estate. Her poems have been incorporated in Poets a of America, and several other standard collections.
Woodruff, Mrs. Julia Louisa
MATILDA (CURTISS), author, was born in 1832 in Connecticut. She is an author and compiler of New York city, and the author of My Winter in Cuba; Shiloh; Holden with the Cords; Bellevue; and Daisy Seekers.
Woodruff, Lewis E
lawyer, jurist, was born June 19, 1809, in Litchfield, Conn. In 1849 he was elected to the bench of common pleas, and in 1855 was transferred to that of the superior court.
In 1868 he was appointed judge of the court of appeals, and in 1869 was appointed circuit judge of the United States for the second circuit. He died Sept. 10, 1875, in Litchfield, Conn.
Woodruff, Thomas M
merchant, congressman. He was a resident of New York city, and was a member of congress from 1845 to 1847. He died about 1870.
Woodruff, Wilford
apostle president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was born March 1, 1807, in Avon, Conn. For many years he was a member of the legislature of Utah; president of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing association, and president of several mercantile institutions. He has been priest and elder in his church, and is still its active president; vigorous at the age of ninety years, attending daily to official duties, preaches frequently, and presides over church affairs in all the world.
Woods, Almond Le Roy
educator, journalist, was born June 21, 1856, in Troy, Maine. He received his education at the Maine Central institute and at Bates college, and has received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. He is a successful educator; was president of the North Dakota State Educational association in 1890, and is now superintendent of county schools of Walsh county, N. D. In 1889 he established Common School, a state educational journal, of which he is still the editor-in-chief.