Misc. Notes
the tenth child according to Emma E Riggs-Cairns’ Woodin & Dickerman Families
if Emma Riggs dates are correct, father Wiliam Woodin would have been 56 when Milo born and mother Katherine would have been 47- this seems unlikely
Boston Evening Transcript - Sep 28, 1898, pg 11 of 16 @google news, Genealogy column published every Wednesday
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=sArNgO4T4Mo...=frontpage&hl=en“(*3067) 1. Woodin. WAnted, ancestry of one MIlo Woodin, said to have been captain of a whaling expedition in which he lost his life, between 1700-1800
K. S. McC”
someone was looking for Milo in 1898????
http://connecticuthistory.org/towns-page/oxford/The town of Oxford is in New Haven County, located in southwestern Connecticut. The Pootatuck and Paugussett (the first peoples to inhabit the area), were followed by English settlers around the 1680s. Named for Oxford, England, the town was incorporated from parts of Derby and Southbury in October of 1798. - See more at:
http://connecticuthistory.org/towns-page/oxford/#sthash.s635sKZb.dpuf?1790 United States Federal Census > Connecticut > Litchfield > Southbury; image 4 of 4 @acestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: Southbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M637_1; Image: 0274.
Wooden Millow - 1 free white male >16yrs
also
Wooden Philo:
1 free white male >16yrs
1 free white males <16
4 free white females (including HOH)
Philo appears again on the 1800
1800FCI United States Federal Census; Connecticut Litchfield Southbury; image 3 of 4 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Southbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; Series: M32; Roll: 2; Page: 798; Image: 104; Family History Library Film: 205619
Name: Philo Woodin
Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Southbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 (HOH) b 1756-1774Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 (wife)Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 6
and again on the 1820
1820FCI United States Federal Census; Connecticut New Haven Southbury; image 6 of 11 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut; Page: 33; NARA Roll: M33_3; Image: 44
Name: Philo Woodden
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Southbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 (b before 1775)Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4
*** OTHER Woodins in Conn in the 1790William Wooden of Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 3
Name: William Wooden [William Woodin]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 1
Number of Household Members: 3
William , 2nd Wooden II of Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 9
Name: William , 2nd Wooden II [William Wooden II]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 5
Number of Household Members: 9
Charles Wooden of Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 3
Name: Charles Wooden
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 2
Number of Household Members: 3
Hezekiah Wooden of Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 5
Name: Hezekiah Wooden
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 1
Number of Household Members: 5
Stephen Wooden of Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 1
Name: Stephen Wooden
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Derby, New Haven, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Number of Household Members: 1
Benjamin Wooden of Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 7
Hannah Wooden of Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 4
Isaac Wooden of Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 4
Jaben Wooden of Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 2
Lidia Wooden of Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 4
Nathaniel Wooden of Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 5
Cyrus Wooden of Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 1
Edmond Wooden of Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Elizabeth Wooden of Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 5
John Wooden of Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 9
Elias Wooden in Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut 5
Eri Wooden of Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut 5
Amos Wooden of Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut 6
Asa Wooden of Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut 6
Calvin Wooden of Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut 6
Millow Wooden of Southbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 1
Philo Wooden of Southbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 6*** other Woodins in Conn in the 1800FCIElias Wooden in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut 6
Nez Wooden (Hezekiah) in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 3
Thos Wooden in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 4
Charles Woodin in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Abner Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 4
Benj Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 3
Danll Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 7
Elihu Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 1 3
Hannah Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 1
Hester Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 3
Isaac Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 7
Javin Wooden in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Lydia Wooden; Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Wm Wooden in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut 7
Abigail Wooden in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 3
David Wooden in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 7
Edmond Wooden in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 11
Elijah Wooden in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 8
John Wooden in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 8
Calvin Woodin in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut 7
Leml Woodin in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut 3
Winthrop Woodin in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut 6
Aner Woodin in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut 8
Evi Woodin in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut 6
Philo Woodin in Southbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 6
Isaac Woodin in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut 5
James Woodin in Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut 2
Thantsfiel Wooden in Groton, New London, Connecticut 1
***Other Woodens in Conn in 1810Abner Woodin in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 7
Daniel Woodin in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Isaac Woodin in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Jabrn Woodin in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Lydia Woodin in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 2
Miles Woodin in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 2
Rhoda Woodin in Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut 2
J Wooden in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut 6
W Wooden in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut 6
D Woodin in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 9
E Wooden in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 9
J Wooden in Woodbridge, New Haven, Connecticut 11
Hermon Wooden in Waterbury First Society, New Haven, Connecticut 6
Joseph Woodin in Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut 5
Samuel Wooden in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut 9
Winthrop Wooden in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut 9
Aner Woodin in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut 12
Lydia Wooden in Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut 6
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....”
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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:
Extracted from:
Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
Published by
Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
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