No Will, but there is a bond for Caspar Hartman to be responsible for the Estate of David C Woodin

Came after 1800 to Colombia Co. Pa. and was a builder. Several houses are still standing showing his superior constructive skill. (secondary sourses)

POSS Mail at Post Office; Date: 1818-04-04; Location: Connecticut; Paper: Columbian Register and True Republican; No Headline (Advertisement)

1820FCI David C Woodin and Family; United States Federal Census > Pennsylvania > Columbia > Mahoning; image 7 of 8 @ancestry.com; Name: C David Wooden; Township: Mahoning; County: Columbia; State: Pennsylvania; Year: 1820; Roll: M33_101; Page: 36; Image Number: 43; Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Mahoning, Columbia, Pennsylvania; Roll M33_101; Page: 36; Image: 47.
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Males 1 age 26-45 (b abt 1775-1794)
Females 1 under age 10; 1 age 16-26



Columbia-Luzerne County PA Archives Biographies.....WOODIN, Clemuel Ricketts 1844 - living in 1899
“...Mr. Woodin was born in Cambria, Luzerne County, Pa., December 26, 1844, and is
a son of the late William Hartman Woodin, a grandson of David Charles Woodin,
and a great-grandson of Milo Woodin, a native of Connecticut. Our subject's
grandfather was an architect by profession who settled in Pennsylvania; he died
October 21, 1825, a young man in years. He was married in 1819 to Sarah Hartman,
who was born in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pa., in 1792, and who died the same
year as her husband. Their children numbered three, as follows: William Hartman;
Joseph B.; and a daughter....”
-http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/columbia/bios/woodin-clemuel-r.txt

Historical and Biographical Annals OF Columbia and Montour Counties PENNSYLVANIA
Containing A Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families
IN Two Volumes, Illustrated
Chicago: J H Beers & Co, 1915
Volume 1 p 488 begins a long section about William Hartman Woodin (b1821) (including pictures of Wm Woodin, CR Woodin and Wm H Woodin)
“WILLIAM HARTMAN WOODIN was born in Salem, Luzerne Co Pa Nov 4, 1821. His father Daivd CHarles Woodin (from Connecticut) an architect by profession, settled in Pennsylvania where he died Oct 21, 1825. In 1819 he married Sarah Hartman who was born in Catawissa Columbia Co PA in 1792 and died in 1825 the same year as her husband. They had 2 sons and one daughter, the sons being William Hartmon and Joseph B.
“One of William Hartman Woodin’s early business ventures was the building of a foundry at Foundryville in Briarcreek township Columbia county, where he engaged in the manufacture of pig iron, later turning out stoves and plows. In 1849 he joined interests with Mordecai W Jackson, who in partnership with George Mack had established the foundry at Brewick in 1840. Later Mr Jackson was associated with Robert McCurdy whise interest was taken up by Mr Woodin, the firm becoming Jackson & Wooodin. They started business at Berwick in a building 25x40 ft in dimensions, on the corner of Market and Third streets, producing the Robb stove with open grate, and a round stove with a bakeoven on top, also turning out plows and making a specialty of the old Bull plow which ranked with the best of its kind at the time.......... the busines enlarged and great progress had been made by the time the Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company was organized on Mach 1, 1872. At that time both Mr Jackson and Mr Woodin retired as
cont p489
“the actual heads of the business and their sons, Clarence G Jackson and CR Woodin took active executve positions.
“WH Woodin was a man of remarkably fine character. He married Elizabeth Foster, duaghter of John and Ellen Foster, and she survived him, passing away Jan 1, 1901. They had the following children:
Joseph B deceased
Sarah A deceased
Clemuel R
Eudora W who married SP HAnley of Berwick
Harry deceased
John Foster of Arkansas,
and Elizabeth deceased
(it continues...)

POSS WHY did David Woodin move to Penn???
RG1 Vol# 51, Connecticut Records of Deeds, 1705-1846. This volume contains mostly surveys of roads, but there are some items pertaining to Pennsylvania and the Western Reserve lands. The volume is partially indexed.
“Conflicting Grants
Although Penn’s family was not aware of it, the Wyoming Valley, clearly in the area contained in Penn’s grant, was also claimed by Connecticut by right of the charter given to Governor John Winthrop Jr. in 1662. Connecticut’s charter stated that lands from sea-to-sea were all part of Connecticut...” History of Luzerne County, -http://www.luzernecounty.org/living/history_of_luzerne_county










Columbia-Luzerne County PA Archives Biographies.....WOODIN, Clemuel Ricketts 1844 - living in 1899
“...Mr. Woodin was born in Cambria, Luzerne County, Pa., December 26, 1844, and is
a son of the late William Hartman Woodin, a grandson of David Charles Woodin,
and a great-grandson of Milo Woodin, a native of Connecticut. Our subject's
grandfather was an architect by profession who settled in Pennsylvania; he died
October 21, 1825, a young man in years. He was married in 1819 to Sarah Hartman,
who was born in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pa., in 1792, and who died the same
year as her husband. Their children numbered three, as follows: William Hartman;
Joseph B.; and a daughter....”
-http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/columbia/bios/woodin-clemuel-r.txt
bad URL - now http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/columbia/bios/woodin-clemuel-r.txt


Columbia-Luzerne County PA Archives Biographies.....WOODIN, Clemuel Ricketts 1844 - living in 1899
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CLEMUEL RICKETTS WOODIN is too well-known throughout the Seventeenth
Congressional District to need an extended introduction to the readers of this
volume. His name is known and respected throughout the United States wherever
any attention is paid to the rolling-stock of railroads. His present and past
connection with car-manufacturing places him among the most prominent men of the
Keystone State. For twenty-two years, until 1894, he served as president of The
Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, of which his father was one of the
founders, and of which his son, William H. Woodin, is now vice-president. He is
now living a retired life, because of failing health brought on by business
cares, and resides in his palatial residence on Berwick Heights, than which
there is no finer nor more completely-appointed home in Central Pennsylvania.

Mr. Woodin was born in Cambria, Luzerne County, Pa., December 26, 1844, and is
a son of the late William Hartman Woodin, a grandson of David Charles Woodin,
and a great-grandson of Milo Woodin, a native of Connecticut. Our subject's
grandfather was an architect by profession who settled in Pennsylvania; he died
October 21, 1825, a young man in years. He was married in 1819 to Sarah Hartman,
who was born in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pa., in 1792, and who died the same
year as her husband. Their children numbered three, as follows: William Hartman;
Joseph B.; and a daughter.

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.

C. R. Woodin, at the age of sixteen years, left Kingston Seminary on account
of his eyes, and began work under his father. In 1863 he served one year in the
Pennsylvania Emergency Reserves, Company C, 28th Regiment. Upon his return to
Berwick he applied himself to learning and becoming familiar with every detail
and development of the business. He was made president of the company upon its
organization, March 1, 1872, and filled that office until 1894, when, his health
having been overtaxed by business, he resigned. The company is now officered by
the following men: Fred'k H. Eaton, a nephew of the subject of this sketch,
president; William H. Woodin, vice-president; W. F. Lowery, secretary; W. M.
Hager, treasurer; and H. F. Glenn, general manager. It has a capital of
$1,100,000. The business has increased yearly until now the Jackson & Woodin
cars are seen on nearly all railroads of the United States and Canada.
Employment is given to 1,500 workmen, most of them skilled in their department
of work. Descriptions of the various departments, such as the car-wheel foundry,
pipe foundry, rolling mills, and car, casting, paint, car-building, and forging
departments, are on. other pages of this work in the biographical sketches of
the different foremen and superintendents.

Mr. Woodin has lived the greater part of his life in Berwick, only making his
home at Hazleton for a short time for the benefit of his health, as a high
elevation was required. In 1890 he bought the Van Pelt and other farms located
on an elevation north of the town of Berwick. A few acres having been cleared on
the highest part of an elevation of 1,200 feet above the sea, and 700 feet above
the railroad track at Berwick, Mr. Woodin decided to build residences for
himself and son there. A fine graded road 2 8-10 miles in length leads to the
summit from which a broad, open view of the Susquehanna Valley may be had, with
mountain after mountain piled up for a background and with the fertile valley in
which Berwick is located for an immediate foreground. Besides Berwick, which is
one of the most progressive boroughs in the state, several small villages may be
seen. To the southwest is a magnificent scene of forest-covered peaks and cuts
and ravines, that is scarcely surpassed in beauty and grandeur. To the north on
a clear day can be seen the Glen Summit Hotel, 30 miles distant, and still
farther the Pocono Mountains. In the summer, one escapes the sultry valley air
and enjoys the mountain breezes, receiving health and invigoration the year
around. In 1891 Mr. Woodin built his beautiful home on this charming spot,
constructing it of stone and wood, with spacious verandas. His son also built a
residence near by, and both are of Queen Anne style. The houses are furnished
with all the conveniences that minister to the comfort of its occupants, both in
summer and in winter. Three cottages were erected for his employees, and a water
tower 50 feet high was built of stone and timber, stone being used for the first
story; this tower is supplied with pure spring water which is forced to it by
pumps located at the spring 1,600 feet below at the foot of the hill. Also
attached to the tower, and located on its first floor, is a chemical engine and
hose-cart, for emergency use in case of fire. A large barn was also built for
each house: one of them burning recently, it was rebuilt into a handsome
structure, 33 by 40 feet, finished throughout with Norway pine. The borough of
Berwick supplies the necessary means of illuminating the premises. Sixteen arc
lights disposed about the house and on the walks and drives are lit every night,
and give to one, who may be miles away, the impression that a city is located
there. As many trees of the natural forest growth were left standing, the
grounds do not lack for abundant shade. Beautiful lawns, tennis courts, flower
gardens, fruit orchards and gardens make up the rest of the prospect, which is
truly a delightful one. Mr. Woodin lives quite closely at home throughout the
year, except during the severest weather, when he makes a trip to the South to
avoid the chilling blasts of winter. Mr. Woodin married Mary Dickerman, daughter
of Dr. Charles and Adelia Dickerman of Hartford, Pa., and to them was born one
son, William Hartman, named after his noble grandfather.

William Hartman Woodin, the only child of our subject, was born May 27, 1868,
in Berwick, where he received his early education in the public schools. At the
age of fourteen years he entered the preparatory department of the Woodbridge
School of Mines, New York City, and completed his technical education in the
School of Mines of Columbia College. Returning to Berwick, he made himself
master of the practical workings of the great institution of which his father
was then president and acquainted himself with every detail, so that now he is
the best informed of the stockholders. He was made a member of the executive
committee, and, after two years in that position, became general superintendent
of the plant and a director of the company. In 1896 he was chosen
vice-president, and is most efficiently filling his father's place. He has won
the highest esteem of his employees and the residents of Berwick. On August 25,
1898, Mr. Woodin was made the nominee of the Republicans of the Seventeenth
Congressional District for Congress, Representative Monroe H. Kulp retiring at
his own request. At the ensuing election in November, Mr. Woodin was defeated.
He represents the young element of his party, and also the business interests of
Berwick, in which he figures both modestly and prominently. He was married
October 9, 1889, to Annie Jessup, daughter of Judge William H. Jessup of
Montrose, Pa., and to them two children have come, namely: Mary, Louise, born in
Scranton, Pa., October 31, 1891; and Annie Jessup, born in New York City on
April 10, 1894.

William Hartman Woodin is a director of the Berwick Water Company, is
secretary and director of the Berwick Electric Light Company, and takes an
active interest in every public-spirited movement directed toward the benefit of
Berwick and its commercial development. It has been a pleasure to him to support
liberally all churches, charitable institutions and schools in Berwick, and no
worthy cause need lack in him a friend in need and a friend indeed.

On March 1, 1899, the entire plant of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing
Company was sold to the American Car & Foundry Company, an organization with
$60,000,000 capital, practically embracing all the car manufacturing companies
in the United States. The new company took possession on that date, and is now
operating the business. Fred'k H. Eaton, Esq., nephew of C. R. Woodin, and
former president of The Jackson & Woodin Manufacturing Company, was elected
vice-president of the new company with headquarters at New York City, and
William H. Woodin was elected district manager to operate the plant at Berwick.
Thus the great organization, founded by William Hartman Woodin and M. W. Jackson
in 1842, passes out of existence, and C. R. Woodin, after an active and
successful business career, permanently retires from car manufacturing.

The publishers of this work take pleasure in announcing that a portrait of
William Hartman Woodin, the founder of The Jackson & Woe din Manufacturing
Company, appears on a preceding page, in connection with the above sketch.

Additional Comments:
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