Clearfield-Luzerne County PA Archives Obituaries.....Woodward, William Dogue April 2, 1907
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Penfield PRess, 12 Apr 1907
William Dogue Woodward was born at White Haven, Luzerne Co., Pa., March 2, 
1829, and died at Penfield, Pa., April 2, 1907.  

The Woodwards were of substantial English ancestry and came to Connecticut 
in the early 1700's.  Later on one of them emigrated to Wayne county, Pa.  
Of this line came Daniel Woodward, who was a lumberman in Luzerne county, 
Pa., and who married Nancy Eicke.  The children were Mary (Mrs. Jacob 
Trout), Sarah (Mrs. William Roberts), Hiram, William D., Susan and George 
died in infancy, Martha (Mrs. Farrel), Minnie (Mrs. Campbell), Frances (Mrs. 
Sutton), and Dennis, who died young.

ON reaching young manhood, William became a lumber contractor in Luzerne 
county and, in 1850, was married at White Haven, Pa., to Angelina Tomson, 
sister of Peter C. Tomson, a prominent and successful businessman of 
Philadelphia, Pa.  Angelina had come to White Haven to visit another 
brother, Nathan, when the young people became acquainted.  The children of 
the union were Amoryin G., Stanley E. and Walter H. of Penfield, Augusta A. 
(Mrs. T.B. Buoy), of Lewistown, Pa., Americus II, of Clearfield, former 
District Attorney, Mattie M. (Mrs. George Marsden), of Johnstown, Pa., and 
Ida (Mrs. G.R. Campbell) of Penfield.  All of these survive the deceased.

In 1854 Hiram Woodward came from the Lehigh river region to Bennet's Branch 
to engage in lumbering.  In 1856 he came from what is now Weedville, to 
Penfield.  Two years later William sought his future home and fortune in the 
then wilderness about Penfield, and in 1860 the family came to join him.  
Afterwards this place was their home excepting a few years spent elsewhere.  
Here the deceased at once took a prominent and active part in the affairs of 
the upper valley and continued to do so until retiring from the infirmities 
of old age.  He lumbered extensively and at different times had large realty 
holdings, finally settling down to the ownership of the fine Oakmont 
homestead, which some years since he apportioned among the children.  He 
frequently held public office, but was not connected with organizations to 
any extent.

On October 3, 1884, Angelina, the wife, died after suffering much but with 
cheerful patience, with the dread malady, cancer.  She was a woman of great 
industry, energy and geniality of character, enjoying and worthy of the 
great respect and abiding love which her dear ones ever had for her and will 
ever have.

In February, 1889, at Olean, N.Y., by the Rev. J.V. Givler, Methodist 
pastor, Mr. Woodward was married to Clementina Iddings, who survives him.

The deceased was a man of rugged and positive strength in all respects.  
Intelligent of mind, strong of convictions, independent in ideas he could 
not be a meek follower of any cult or man, but went his own way through 
life.  It was a dread of his latter days that he would become a burden 
because of physical weakness, which, to his determined, independent will, 
was a source of sorrow.  Some time ago he yielded to the claims of the 
Christian Gospel and was admitted to the church militant by the Methodist 
pastor at Penfield, Rev. F.C. Buyers.

The funeral was from the Penfield Methodist church on Friday, April 5, at 2 
p.m., Rev's F.C. Buyers and Robert Morrison, Presbyterian pastor, and W.L. 
Joyce, director, having charge.  The interment was in the Bundy cemetery.

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