Woodward, Frank R – Wool, John Ellis
Woodward, Frank R
manufacturer, inventor, legislator, was born Feb. 9, 1845, in Salisbury, N. H. He received his education in the district schools and at the Noyes academy. In 1868 he moved to Manchester, and became superintendent of the Forsaith Latch Needle factory, which business he purchased in 1870, and two years later moved it to the town of Hill. The following year he sold out the needle business and engaged in the manufacture of glass cutters and other light hardware, for which a world-wide reputation has been established. He has done much to advance the prosperity of his city; gave them Pleasant Hill cemetery, and built a system of waterworks. In 1884 he was chosen a representative in the New Hampshire state legislature, which he resigned a year later to accept the position of postmaster.
Woodward, Fred A
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1854, in Wilson county, N. C. He was elected from Wilson, N. C., to the fifty-third and reelected to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
Woodward, George Washing- Ton
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 26, 1809, in Bethany, Pa. In 1841 he was appointed president judge of the fourth judicial district, and held the office ten years. In 1852 he was elected judge of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, and held the position for nearly sixteen years. He was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the fortieth and forty-first congresses as a democrat.
He died May 10, 1875, in Rome, Italy.
Woodward, Gilbert M
soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Dec. 25, 1835, in Washington, D. C. He received a common-school education; studied law, and was admitted to the bar, and has since practiced. He served in the union army during the war of the rebellion a little over three years, and in that time was private, first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, adjutant of the second Wisconsin volunteer infantry; and served by detail as acting aide-de-camp on the staff of the first brigade, first division, first army corps, and in the same capacity on the staff of the first division, fifth army corps. He was district attorney of La Crosse county from 1866 to 1873, and was mayor of the city of La Crosse, 1874, 1875.
He was city attorney of the city of La Crosse, 1876-82, and was elected to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.
Woodward, Joseph A
congressman, was born in South Carolina. He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1843 to 1847.
Woodward, Joseph Janvier
surgeon, author, was born Oct. 30, 1833, in Philadelphia, Pa.. He was a United State's army surgeon, and the author of Outlines of the Chief Camp Diseases of the United States Armies, as Observed During the Present War (1864); and Medical and Surgical History of the Rebellion. He died Aug. 17, 1884, near Philadelphia, Pa.
Woodward, Nathan Armsby
lawyer, legislator, poet, was born March 9, 1818, in Fairfax, Vt. His parents moved to Monroe county, N.
Y.. in 1834.
He entered Union college and was graduated therefrom in 1845. He taught school for four or five years, in the meantime reading law, and was admitted to the bar in 1848. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society. In 1851 he opened an office in Batavia, N. Y., to begin the practice of law. In 1862 he was elected county treasurer and held that office two terms issuing over half a million dollars of county war bonds, most of which were paid while he held the office. He served as a delegate to the state constitutional convention for the twenty-ninth senatorial district. He is the author of Pebbles and Boulders, a volume of poems.
Woodward, Robert Simpson
mathematician, educator, author, was born in 1849 in Michigan. He is a mathematician, professor of mechanics at Columbia university from 1893 and the author of Latitudes and Longitudes of Certain Points in Missouri, Kansas and New Mexico, and many scientific papers of value.
Woodward, Samuel Bayard
physician, philanthropist, was born June 10, 1787, in Torringford, Conn. He was one of the founders of the Hartford Retreat for the Insane, and assisted to establish other philanthropic institutions. He died Jan. 3, 1850, in Northampton, Mass.
Woodward, William
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1815 to 1817.
Woodworth, Chauncey B
banker, was born Feb. 25, 1819, in Coventry, Conn. In 1857 he bought the perfumery factory of Campbell, Bunnell and Company, in Rochester, N. Y., and is still its proprietor, the firm name being C.
B. Woodworth and Sons. He is vicepresident of the Flour City National bank, also of the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit company, trustee of the Mechanics' Savings bank for ten years, and a trustee of the Rochester Theological seminary. He is a prominent member of the Second Baptist church of Rochester, and in politics a republican.
Woodworth, Francis C
author, clergyman, was born in 1812 in Colchester, Conn. His numerous publications include, Our Own Fields: Youth's Book of Gems; Uncle Frank's Home Stories, in six volumes; Uncle Frank's Picture Gallery; Wonders of the Insect World; The World as It Is, or a Miniature Sketch of the Earth and Its Inhabitants; Theodore Tinker's Stories for Little Folks, in twelve volumes; Young American's Life of Fremont; and Uncle Frank's Pleasant Pages for the Fireside. He also edited Woodworth's American Miscellany; and Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet. He died June 5, 1859, at sea.
Woodworth, James H
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 4, 1804, in Greenwich, N. Y. He moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1833; in 1839 was elected to the state senate, and in 1842 was a member of the lower house.
From 1845 to 1850 he was connected with the city government of Chicago, being. two years mayor, and was a representative from Illinois to the thirty-fourth congress.
Woodworth, John
lawyer, jurist, author, was born Nov. 12, 1768, in Schodack, N. Y. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1803, and of the state senate in 1804-07; attorney-general of New Yorkin 1804-08, and a judge of the state supreme court in 1819-28. He published Reminiscences of Troy from Its. Settlement in 1790 till 1807. He died June 1, 1858, in Albany, N. Y.
Woodworth, John Maynard
physician, surgeon, author, was born Aug. 15, 1837, in Big Flats, N. Y. He was a surgeon in the civil war, and in 1865 received the brevet of lieutenant-colonel of volunteers. In 1866 he was professor of anatomy in the Chicago Medical college; surgeon of the Soldiers' home; and sanitary inspector of the city board of health. in 1868. In 1871-79 he was supervising surgeon-general of the Marine hospital of Washington, D. C. He was the author of several medical works. He died March 14, 1879, in Washington, D. C.
Woodworth, Laurin D
soldier, state senator, congressman, was born Sept. 10, 1837, in Windham, Ohio. He was educated at Hiram college; was admitted to the bar in 1859, and practiced law at Ravenna, Ohio. He was a major in the army in the war for the union. and was elected to the senate of Ohio in 1867 and 1869. He was elected to the forty-third congress, serving on the committees on the interior department and manufactures, and was re-elected to the forty-fourth congress as a republican.
Woodworth, Samuel
journalist, poet, was born Jan. 13, 1785, in Scituate, Mass. He was a journalist and poet of New York city who wrote, The Champions of Freedom, an historical romance; Melodies, Duets, Trios, Songs, and Ballads, but who will be longest remembered as the author of the famous lyric, The Old Oaken Bucket. He died Dec. 9, 1842, in New York city. con-
Woodworth, William W
gressman, was born in Connecticut. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1845 to 1847.
Wool, John Ellis
soldier, was born Feb. 20, 1784, in Newburg, N. Y. He served in the war of 1812; in 1841 was appointed a brigadiergeneral in the United States army, and for services in the Mexican war he was, brevetted major-general. He was retired in 1863, being long past the age for active service. He was, especially eminent in the organizing and discipline of troops. A ment seventy-five feet high has been erected to his memory in Troy, N. Y. He died Nov. 10, 1869, in Troy, N. Y. monu-