| |  WOODCOCK:
See also
Wilson
Messer —
Luther
S. Pitkin |
| |
Woodcock, Albert —
U.S. Consul in Catania, 1884.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodcock, Amos Walter Wright
(1883-1964) —
also known as Amos W. W. Woodcock —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., 1883.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1920;
U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1927-31; director, U.S. Bureau of
Prohibition, 1930-33; president,
St. John's College, Annapolis, 1934-37.
Died in 1964
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
|
| |
Woodcock, David
(1785-1835) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., 1785.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly, 1814-15, 1826 (Seneca County 1814-15, Tompkins
County 1826); president, Cayuga Steamboat
Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1821-23, 1827-29 (20th District
1821-23, 25th District 1827-29).
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., September
18, 1835 (age about 50
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Ithaca, N.Y.
|
| |
Woodcock, E. C. —
of Niles, Berrien
County, Mich.
Mayor
of Niles, Mich., 1894-95.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodcock, George W. —
of Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
|
| |
Woodcock, James A. —
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1980.
Still living as of 1980.
|
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Woodcock, Mrs. John —
of Fort Benton, Chouteau
County, Mont.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1940,
1944.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodcock, John, Sr. —
of Fort Benton, Chouteau
County, Mont.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1948.
Still living as of 1948.
|
| |
Woodcock, Joseph —
of Cliffside Park, Bergen
County, N.J.
Republican. Mayor
of Cliffside Park, N.J., 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodcock, Leonard Freel
(1911-2001) —
also known as Leonard Woodcock —
of Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., February
15, 1911.
Son of Ernest Woodcock and Margaret (Freel) Woodcock.
Democrat. Automobile
worker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1952,
1956,
1960;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 1959; president,
United Auto
Workers, 1970-77; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1976;
U.S. Ambassador to China, 1979-81.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, of pulmonary
complications, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., January
16, 2001 (age 89 years, 336
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodcock, M. P. —
of Belfast, Waldo
County, Maine.
Republican. Mayor of
Belfast, Maine, 1881.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodcock, W. L. —
of Tennessee.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1868.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodcock, William C., Jr. —
of Ellicott City, Howard
County, Md.
Democrat. Candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates District 14-B, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
|
| |
Woodcock, William M. —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Tennessee.
U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 5th Tennessee District, 1879.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | WOODEN:
See also
Nathan
Edward Kendall |
| |
Wooden, Charles H. —
of Lamar, Prowers
County, Colo.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado,
1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Wooden, F. M. —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Democrat. Mayor of
Tulsa, Okla., 1912-16.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Wooden, Herman —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Wooden, Jerry —
of Gosport, Owen
County, Ind.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1912.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Wooden, Michael W. —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 36th District; elected 1975.
Still living as of 1975.
|
| |
Wooden, Shawn —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
|
| |
Wooden, William R. —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Member of Michigan National
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Michigan, 1908.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | WOODFORD:
See also
Woodford
F. Axton —
Mrs.
Woodford H. Dulaney, Jr. —
Woodford
F. May —
Woodford
Maybry —
Woodford
Allen Yerxa |
| |
Woodford, (need first
name) —
of Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state senate 7th District; elected 1928.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, A. D. —
of near Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Chair of
Barbour County Democratic Party, 1929.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, Archer —
U.S. Vice Consul in Sao Paulo, 1924; Rio de Janeiro, 1927; Puerto Cortes, 1929; Berlin, 1932; Maracaibo, 1938.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, C. Frederic —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1937-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, Charles —
of DuPage
County, Ill.
Illinois
state treasurer, 1970-71.
Still living as of 1971.
|
| |
Woodford, Ernest (born
c.1857) —
of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Avon, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1857.
Republican. Lumber
dealer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1923-28.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, Francis —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1834; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1838.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Woodford,
Frederic See C. Frederic
Woodford |
| |
Woodford, George F. —
of Bloomfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bloomfield; elected 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, George R. —
of Mansfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.
Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1917-20 (33rd District
1917-18, 31st District 1919-20).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, H. G. —
of Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va.
Democrat. Chair of
Gilmer County Democratic Party, 1940-42.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, Harry A. —
of East Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Windsor; elected 1910.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, Joseph M. —
of Randolph
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Randolph County, 1933;
appointed 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, Marjorie M. —
of Marlborough, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Marlborough, 1939-40.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodford, P. H. —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Progressive. Candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1914.
Burial
location unknown.
|
 |
Woodford, Stewart Lyndon
(1835-1913) —
also known as Stewart L. Woodford —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
3, 1835.
Son of Josiah Curtis Woodford and Susan (Terry) Woodford.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1870; Presidential Elector for New York, 1872;
U.S.
Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880
(alternate), 1908;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1897-98.
Member, Delta
Psi; Loyal
Legion.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
14, 1913 (age 77 years, 164
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
|
| |
Woodford, William —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for Kentucky
state house of representatives 72nd District, 1975.
Still living as of 1975.
|
| |
Woodford, Zerah —
of Avon, Hartford
County, Conn.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Avon, 1837.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | WOODHOUSE:
See also
Daniel
L. Crossman |
| |
Woodhouse, Chase Going
(1890-1984) —
also known as Chase Going; Mrs. E. J.
Woodhouse —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.; Baltic, Sprague, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Victoria, British
Columbia, of American parents, March 3,
1890.
Daughter of Seymour Going and Harriet (Jackson) Going.
Democrat. Economist;
college
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1940,
1944;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1941-43; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1945-47, 1949-51;
defeated, 1946, 1950; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters; American
Association of University Women; Altrusa;
Pi
Lambda Theta; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died in New Canaan, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
12, 1984 (age 94 years, 284
days).
Cremated.
|
| |
Woodhouse, David R. —
of Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Wethersfield; elected 1930,
1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Woodhouse, Mrs.
E. J. See Chase Going
Woodhouse |
| |
Woodhouse, Edward J. —
of Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. Mayor
of Northampton, Mass., 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1924.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodhouse, Joyce —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
North Carolina, 1964.
Female.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| |
Woodhouse, Louise E. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1932.
Female.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodhouse, William —
Socialist Labor candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1932.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | WOODHULL:
See also
Nathaniel
Woodhull Howell |
| |
Woodhull, Caleb Smith
(1792-1866) —
also known as Caleb S. Woodhull —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in 1792.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1849-51.
Died in 1866
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Port Jefferson, Long Island, N.Y.
|
| |
Woodhull, Jesse
(1735-1795) —
of Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Setauket, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., February
10, 1735.
Member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1779-81; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Orange
County, 1788; Presidential Elector for New York, 1792.
Died in Orange
County, N.Y., February
4, 1795 (age 59 years, 359
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Orange County, N.Y.; reinterment at
Cemetery
of the Highlands, Highland Mills, N.Y.
| |  |
Relatives:
Married to Hester Dubois. |
|
| |
Woodhull, Robert B. —
of Dover, Morris
County, N.J.
Mayor
of Dover, N.J., 1961-62.
Still living as of 1962.
|
| |
Woodhull, Victoria —
Candidate for President
of the United States, 1872, 1888.
Female.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodhull, William —
of Morris
County, N.J.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Morris County, 1776-77.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | WOODIN:
See also
Lee
Monroe |
| |
Woodin, Glenn —
of Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Dunkirk, N.Y., 1922-23.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Woodin,
Will See William Hartman
Woodin |
| |
Woodin, William B. —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Cayuga County 3rd District, 1855; member of
New
York state senate, 1870-77, 1880-81 (25th District 1870-77, 26th
District 1880-81).
Burial
location unknown.
|
| |
Woodin, William Hartman
(1868-1934) —
also known as William H. Woodin; Will
Woodin —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Berwick, Columbia
County, Pa., May 27,
1868.
Son of Clement Woodin.
President, American Car and Foundry Company, manufacturer of railroad
freight cars; music
composer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Union
League.
Died, from a throat
infection and nephritis,
in the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1934 (age 65 years, 341
days).
Entombed at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Berwick, Pa.
|
| |
Woodley, Edmund E. —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
|
| | Woodley,
Fred See T. Fred Woodley |
| |
Woodley, Gerald (born
c.1947) —
of New Ulm, Brown
County, Minn.
Born about 1947.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
|
| |
Woodley, T. Fred —
of Pennsylvania.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 21st District, 1940.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
|
| | Woodley, W.
T. See William Thomas
Woodley |
| |
Woodley, William Thomas (b.
1873) —
also known as W. T. Woodley —
of Tyner, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in Chowan
County, N.C., 1873.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1903; member of North
Carolina state senate 1st District, 1913.
Episcopalian.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America.
Burial
location unknown.
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