1850FCI WmHWooden&fam; Pennsylvania > Columbia > Berwick; image 8 of 12 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll M432_769; Page: 162B; Image: 40.
Household Members:
Wm H Wooden 28
Elizabeth Wooden 29
Joseh B Wooden 8
Clemuel R Wooden 5
Eudora Roden 3
Mary W Wooden 2
John F Wooden 0
Andrew R Brown 21
Catharine Johnson 18
Ellen Foster 50 (mother in law)
Catharine Rux 10

1860FCI WmHartmanWoodin&fam; Pennsylvania > Columbia > Briar Creek; post office Berwick; page 125; image 17 of 44 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Briar Creek, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1098; Page: 590; Image: 134.
Household Members:
W H Woodin 39
E F Woodin 39
C R Woodin 16
Dora Woodin 14
Foster Woodin 11
also in house Amelia Langing age 17, not listed as servant

CWDR WmWoodin; U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Pennsylvania 13th Vol 3 of 3; image 245 of 254 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 3 of 3
Name: William H Woodin
Birth Year: abt 1821; Place of Birth: Pennsylvania
Age on 1 July 1863: 42
Race: White
Residence: Brunswick, Pennsylvania
Congressional District: 13th
Class: 2
OCC foundryman
“consolidated list of all persons of CLASS II subject to military duty in the 13th Congressional district, consisting of the counties of Bedford, Columbia, Montour, sullivan and Wyoming, state of PA, enumerated during the moth of June and July 1863…”

1870FCI CR and WH Woodin and Families &MIL, 2 pgs; PA, Columbia, Berwick, pg 1-2 of 24 @ancestry.com; Name: J F Woodin; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850; Age in 1870: 20; Birthplace: Pennsylvania; Home: Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Race: White; Gender: Male; Post Office: Berwick; Roll: M593_1329; Page: 86; Image: 173
Household Members:
C R Woodin 25
Mary Woodin 23
Wm H Woodin 2
S A Dickerman 55 MIL
M Mcgregory 17 servant
NDN:
W H Woodin 48
Elisebeth Woodin 48
Harry Grazier 27 servant
Susan Grazier 25 servant
J F Woodin 20 b PA
Jennie Woodin 17 B ALabama

1880FCI W H Wooden & family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Berwick > District 164; image 17 of 42 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1118; Family History Film: 1255118; Page: 37.1000; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 0348.
Household Members:
W. H. Worden 59
Elizabeth W. Worden 48
Annie Gibbins 20
Fame Harris 12

Pine Grove Cemetary records; Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985; PA - Columbia Berwick Cemetery or Funeral Pine Grove Cemetery; image 165 of 184 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Collection Name: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 207
Denomination: Cemetery or Funeral
Organization Name: Pine Grove Cemetery
listed on the same page
Joseph B Woodin 1841-1856
Elizabeth Wooding 1854-1855
Mary H Woodin 1848-1858
Ellen Foster 1794-1858
Eudora Woodin Hanly 1846-1922
Elizabeth Foster Woodin 1821-1902
William H Woodin 1821-1886

OBIT WmHWoodin1886 and OBIT WmHWoodin1886zoom
The Wilkes-Barre News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
11 Nov 1886, Thu
Page 1
DEATH OF WM H WOODIN
one of Berwick’s Oldest and Most Prominent Citizens Passes Away
AT 3 am yesterday William H Woodin of Berwick died after a long illness at his palatial residence on 2nd street in that borough. The deceased was aged about 64 years
He leaves a wife and 3 grown up children viz:
CR Woodin of Montrose, one of the members of the Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company of Berwick;
Mrs Dora Hanly of Berwick wife of Major SP Hanley and
John Woodin of Arkansas
The deceased has resided at Berwick for about 30 years past, and was one of the most prominent and respected citizens. He was at one time one of Berwicks leading business men and amassed a fortune through good management and as soon as his son CR was old enough to take charge of the business he retired and has not been engaged in active business since then. MW Jackson and rhe deceased organized the Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company some years ago. They formed the company and managed it until their sons were able to take charge and then the former stepped aside leaving the management to the sons. The deceased however did not entirely sever his connection with the company and was a director up to the time of his death.
He had been a leading member of the Mwthodist Episcopal church for many years and whenever subscriptions were needed he was always a generous giver.
He was in poor health for the past few years. The disease with which he was afflicted was of such a nature that it was impossible for him to remain seated long at a time. Often times while attending church he would be compelledto get up before the services were half over, leave the church and walk about for a time. He would near;y always be found standing up in the rear portion of the church. On account of his poor health he has taken many trips to the South, East and West in the last few years, and he was always accompanied by his faithful wife. For the past week he has been very ill and sank rapidly.
His death casts a gloom over he entire borough. The funeral will occur on Saturday.



WILL of William Hartman, “set by my hand and seal this 24th day of April in the year of our lord 1827.”; 23 July 1833 “was proved and approved”;
“.... six following names children that is to say my sons John Hartman, Thomas Hartman, William Hartman and Samuel Hartman and my daughters Nancy Brobst, wife of Joseph Brobst and Mary Hartman single and of the two children of my daughter Sarah Wooden deceased late wife of David C Woodin now also deceased or the survivor of them.
... I hereby direct to be paid and appropriated in the following manner $100 thereof I direct to be paid to my son Caspar Hartman. $300 thereof I direct to be paid to my said daughter Mary if she remain single and continues to live with and way upon myself and wife during our natural lives and the life of the survivor of us but if she at any time marry before our deaths or forsake us or the survivor of us I then direct that only the sum of $100 thereof be paid to her or her heir.... And after the payment of said sums to the said Caspar and Mary i direct the residue of the money arising from the sale of the said property to be equally divided amongst my said 6 children, John, Thomas, William, Samuel, Nancy and Mary and the children of my said daughter Sarah deceased each of my said 6 children taking 1/7 part thereof, and the children of my said daughter Sarah or the survivor of them taking the remaining seventh part.... the reason why I have not mentioned my Daughter Elizabeth Shultz wife of John Shultz now in the state of Ohio is that I have already procured to be conveyed to the said John Schultz and Elizabeth his wife a half quarter of a section oh lands in the said state of Ohio valued at $800 which was considered an recieved by them as their full share and proportion of my estate as may appear by a certain quit claim by them to me executed dated the first day of November Anno Domini 1821 and recorded at Danville in the county of Columbia in the deed book C page 433.....”



The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company had its origins in 1840 at Berwick, PA, when Mordecai W. Jackson (1815-1880+) and George Mack established a foundry there to produce plows and plow castings, kettles and almost everything that farmers would want. Their works were housed in a 25' x 40' building with an attached shed in which agricultural implements were manufactured. They employed about 15 men.
In 1843, Jackson bought out Mack's interest and took in Robert McCurdy as his new partner. In 1846, he bought out McCurdy's interest. At this point, one source says he continued alone for three years, while another says he associated with Louis Euke. However that may be, during this time the firm began to build heavy wagons in addition to farm implements.
In 1849, Jackson took in William Hartman Woodin (1821-1886) as partner. Woodin had been operating his own furnace and foundry at Foundryville on the north side of Berwick.
Among other things, Jackson & Woodin made the iron pipes laid by the Berwick Water Company in 1850 and bridge castings for the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad in 1858. In 1861, they entered the railway car building business, producing 20 simple four-wheeled cars. (39)
Additional shops were erected, and in 1865 the firm employed 150. On the morning of 17 March 1866 the shops burned to the ground. But they were soon rebuilt to an even larger size, and by 1869 the firm employed 250. In 1872, the shops were directly connected to the Lackawanna & Bloomsburg railroad.
On 1 March 1872, the Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company was organized as a Pennsylvania corporation, with Clement R. Woodin, president; Clarence G. Jackson, vice president; Garrick Mallery, treasurer. Mordecai W. Jackson and William H. Woodin, retired from active business, named themselves the executive committee. Both continued to pursue other business interests.

Clement R. Woodin (1844-1898) was the son of W.H. Woodin. He was one of the founders of the Car Trust Company of New York, founded about 1878 with capital of $3 million, to finance car purchases. The function of a car trust was to pay the car builder cash for its production, and then let the railroads pay for the cars in installments. Before such trusts were established, many rail car builders were forced to take railroad bonds in payment for their production -- bonds that could easily become worthless due to the financial machinations of the railroads. By 1886 this firm had issued over $34 million in car trusts. (46)
Clarence G. Jackson (1842-1880) was the son of M.W. Jackson. He went to war at the age of 20 as a 2nd Lieutenant and then pursued a military career, becoming a colonel in the 1870s, and eventually quartermaster-general, a position he held at his death in 1880. During his later years he was also involved in several businesses, including Jackson & Woodin.  (37)
By 1880, the Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company was reportedly one of the largest freight car manufacturers in the country.
An 1887 County history  (37) says -
“now they do about $1,500,000 per year, and give employment too about 1,200 men when running at full capacity. The firm also own and operate a large store and do a business from $100,000 to $125,000 per annum. The capacity of the rolling-mill is forty to fifty tons per day of finished iron or merchant bar iron. The car wheel factory manufactures from 150 to 200 wheels per day, and in connection with the wheel foundry they manufacture all kinds of castings. The pipe factory runs twenty-five to thirty tons per day, from three to twelve inches in diameter, used for water and gas. When the works are run under full capacity, 140 to 150 tons of pig iron per day are used. This gives some idea of the work done by them. The car shops have a capacity of twenty cars per day.”
In 1892, William H. Woodin (1868-1934), son of the founder and later Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt,  became General Superintendent of the firm, and in 1895 he became its President.
In 1899, Jackson & Woodin was consolidated into the American Car & Foundry Company. It was one of the largest of the 13 companies involved. By then the Berwick plant had become the largest manufacturer of railroad cars in the eastern United States. It would continue to be one of the largest units of the vast American Car & Foundry Company.

American Car & Foundry — Berwick Plant
-American Car & Foundry invested heavily in the Berwick plant. About three million dollars were spent on the purchase of additional land, erection of additional buildings and installation of machinery. By 1902 the Berwick plant had 2,600 employees, with a payroll of $140,000 a month, and a prospect of adding 2,400 more employees when the new facilities then being erected were completed.
-In 1916, William F. Woodin, President of Jackson & Woodin and grandson of the firm’s founder became President of American Car & Foundry.
-By 1940, the Berwick plant—begun in a building only 25' x 40'—encompassed well over 400 acres. (39)
-The Berwick plant was sold by AC&F in 1962.

American Car and Foundry Company, Berwick, PA
The origins of the American Car and Foundry Company in Berwick began with Mordecai W. Jackson in 1840 who built a foundry to manufacture agricultural implements on the corner of Third and Market Streets. William Hartman Woodin, who operated a furnace and foundry at Foundryville on the north side of Berwick, agreed to form a partnership with Jackson that became the Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company. The firm soon expanded and by 1860 began to manufacture railroad cars, and with the advent of the Civil War experienced significant growth.
When American Car and Foundry Company acquired the Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company in 1899, the Berwick plant had become the largest manufacturer of railroad cars in the eastern United States, and by 1907 it employed 5,700 workers. It also had the distinction of manufacturing the first all steel passenger cars for standard railroad service. After World War II broke out in Europe on September 1, 1939, the Berwick plants soon began to make tanks for the United States government. By August 2, 1941, the 1000th tank rolled off the assembly line. In the early 1960s the A.C. & F. operation at Berwick closed its doors which had serious adverse economic impact on the community.
-225 Market Street, P.O. Box 360, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-0360 (570)784-1600
Hours: Tuesday and Friday, 9:00-3:00; Thursday 9:00-7:30; Saturday, 9:00 to 11:30
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Columbia-Luzerne County PA Archives Biographies.....WOODIN, Clemuel Ricketts 1844 - living in 1899
“....William Hartman Woodin was born in Salem, Luzerne County, Pa., November 4,
1821, and married Elizabeth Foster, daughter of John and Ellen Foster. Among the
first of his business ventures was the building of a foundry at Foundryville,
Briarcreek township, Columbia County, where he manufactured pig iron, and,
later, stoves and plows. In 1849 he united his interests with those of M. W.
Jackson, who had in 1840 with George Mack established a foundry at Berwick. Mr.
Jackson bought out Mr. Mack and the united strength of the firm of Jackson &
Woodin, under which style they did business from the start, was such as to
assure full and complete success. Both gentlemen possessed extraordinary ability
and shrewd business judgment and each had a practical and thorough knowledge of
the iron industry. They started in business in a building, 40 by 25 feet, at the
corner of Market and Third streets, where they manufactured the Robb stove, with
open grate, and a round stove with a bake-oven on top; also plows, a specialty
in this line being the old Bull plow. The stoves and plows were among the best
of that time, but would be considered crude at the present-day, because of the
many improvements that have been made. In 1850 they began the manufacture of
iron pipes; in 1858 they commenced making bridge castings for the Philadelphia &
Erie Railroad. In 1861 the firm of Jackson & Woodin received a large contract
from Mr. Creveling, a large lime manufacturer of Espy, Columbia County; the
order was for sixteen four-wheeled cars, which they constructed in a shed; when
the cars were finished the sides of the shed were torn down, and the cars drawn
to the railroad by horses. In this work the two partners demonstrated that they
were men of exceptional ability, whom no obstacles could overcome or drive from
their original purpose. The result was that from that time forward they never
lacked orders and their business grew pleasingly, many new departments being
added to the rapidly growing plant. One of the specialties that Messrs. Jackson
and Woodin developed was the manufacture of mine cars and mine castings, and in
this branch of work they have held their own with many competitors to the
present time. The partners were greatly aided in their work by their mutual
friend, A. C. Whitney of Philadelphia, who gave them timely advice and lent them
patterns and chills for the mouldings of car wheels. It may also be said that
the man who mixed the iron for the wheels made at that time is still in the
employ of the company and serves in the same capacity as then. In 1872 the D.,
L. & W. R. R. built a switch in Second street and connected it with all parts of
the Jackson & Woodin plant, and so from that time on the firm's goods were
loaded on cars in its own yards. On March 1, 1872, The Jackson & Woodin
Manufacturing Company was organized, with C. R. Woodin, our subject, president,
his father retiring.
William Hartman Woodin was a man beloved by all. He was strict and exact in
business affairs and had little patience with those who were disposed to shirk
obligations or to slight their work. But, with all his adherence to the sterling
rules of business, he never lost sight of the fact that he had been blessed
abundantly and that it was his duty to make bright and happy the lives of those
whose lot, otherwise, might have been wretchedness and want. He gave liberally
as a friend and not as one dispensing alms. In his life there was nothing
artificial, nothing out of harmony. He was loved and respected by all who knew
him and his death on November 10, 1886, was mourned as a public calamity. The
memory of his nobly spent life is still green in the minds of all with whom he
was associated in varied walks of life. His wife, who is now aged seventy-seven
years, is living in Berwick, Pa. Their children were as follows: Joseph B.,
deceased; Sarah A., deceased; C. R., our subject; Eudora W., widow of the late
S. P. Hanly of Berwick; Mary, deceased; John Foster, of Arkansas; and Elizabeth,
deceased....”
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