, 1869-03-30
95iTHARY.
Dcuth OF Hon. James n. Woods
worth, formerly Mayor OF
ChlcnEDs

Another prominent md influential citizen hAs
Passed away. We refer TO Hon. James II. Wood
worth, who expired 1t Highland Patt on Sunday
evening after a short Illness. Bilious pneumonia
was the disease which carried hun or The
Er<n.ng E4,st Of yesterday contains the following
obituary Of MI. Woodwork
Nr. Woodwork was born December 10, 1901, ut
Greenwich, Connecticut, and the drHt years Of his
NE were apent on The farm When still quite
t,uug he lost hts father. At his majority heleit
the farm, which was then located In Onondaga
County, New York, and began a teacher He
tnlight o1c season and then entered the Office Of
his ,roiher. Robert in Palms, and began the study
Of medicine, which he cont.nue4 for ytAr, still
having charNr of tie village school Giving up
business on a snlal! Ecale- At this time he was
lnaie Inspector Of the Common schoola. In the
ip1ing Of 1sz7 they removed 10 Sprtn0deld, Ere
camille business lie sc.vc.l four yeazS Of this time
LIS Justice Of the Peace. In tae summer Of lss3 he
came 10 Chicago, then atoWn Of q !nnlltan 3 In
retl on Il dry goosis trade here In 1850 he WAS
elected to vacancy In the S.ase Senate, from the
Chicago district, then comprising i've or six coun
ties. Al this setalou he drew up tile ext sGtet pro
v1son ol thr Canal hill which authortx III the issue
VI "a canal scrip" In 1s<0 he left for LaSalle
County, 10 look Aites hts Touring an saw mills:
VT. uc!s s' cs,royed W % ny ile ~ Whea BE- !,ss W
,he insurance companies do4gtrg pay snent on q
itrhnEhl error IN the foncs 40 ls45ne frptcsented
!asA.!e, Gru.ln3 anu henuall Co0nues u me ssate
Ie.eslature DuflEe ms Term ncfe the h!il was
ttasseA Providing Tor the complexion OF Tue canal
AE haa %orken pafu LOT INA
IN lsts hc mnfF.tt Ais Boothe Of OnondaEa
Gonhtyt y; i. Ahoot tnls time ne bought tue
HsaEnune flour Al!l TO ~u!en tne pumps aau
tesciFplfa OF Tue chicago Hydraulic COMPANY
weie aa1acaeti; anu Iof yen {etts supplied ufeaa
aHu ~, Wa.ss 20 tae ety. fot tnlee years ne setveN
~ tes Soln.nun Gouue.,s ln ie4s yes cnosen mayor
by AEe 1naloIlty, am ~sa se-electel 10 lne Sec
onu !elnLSt'Pa! iol saaty o. 5l,"p as lne
larm HloW!n oi me c1y Mafle me onues nhetous
anu kne o!ucS Ia, uctuts t,een ConslaeIeu enpaRu
nohof ol ltseu. uar1llg nls Puu1c EerVlce great
uhnlofcmenN Wsle lonnue4l, among mem tle
proslslons t ios maAlnR "na1ses alone sontn Ma1e!
street lot the reception OF tne vast Quantities OF
grim %n!cn were pouring into CHICAGO
IN lboz, ~. Woo0*orth gas c1ofen 10 kne
Doa5n OF Matcl COMMISSIONER Enlch place ne
hela lol TWO EtA[s MakinR, "Nh ala coOcaEuea,
many improvements Ii LIZ sJsteIa oi R8+e5 sup
plies
In lsS4, ~ AusoFa, be was nominated BY the then
new Republican party, AZ member Of Congress,
and elected by a large majority. During the se1-
sion Of lo5o be received the additional Appropr1a-
tlon OF 4Ga0oo toward building the Custom lloase
AMI Post Of.lce, which was the most he could HeN
though knowing it too R1nAll. This male the total
hmount f1aa0o9- AT the next Eesson, by his per-
saual enort2 he secured an additional ap1rDpr1a-
tlon Of 4220,00O On his return from Conyre1s he
became President OF the Treasury Hank 8nl serred
accept8hly and efficiently t1erc- II the outbreak
uf the 1clclnon Governor Yates called him to
Springfield, where he served on the i}oarl OF Aud