The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-12-06
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1877, Rev. George Henry Woodward, of
Bronchial Consumption.
He was the son of Bezaleel and Lucy
tFarrar) Woodward, born April gath, 1907.
lie was graduate of Dartmouth College
in the class of 1884, of which institution
E'eazer Wheelock, his Great. Grand Faith
er was founder, and Bezalecl Woodward
his Grand Father was First Professor.
Hc. studied Divinity at Princeton, New
Jersey, Theological Seminary from 1881 TO
1888, and graduated from tho East Wind
sor Connecticut Seminary in 1887, and was
ordained a Presbyterian Evangelist at
Trenton. New Jersey, Oct, 4th, 1887. At
ter preaching two years at East Stafford,
Connecticut, he was installed pastor of
the First Cor gregational Church there on
January 29th 1910. He was dismissed from
the. First Congregational Church at Ora
ton, Connecticut, August 10th, 1851. Soon
after shis time the call Of duty seemed to
Indicate that his future labor should be in
in the west, and in the spring OF 1855 he
arranged for an exchange with Rev. II.
w. Cobb, OF Upton, Iowa, during the
summer. Ills interest In the Great West
increased, and on his return cast he COM
menccd 10 arrange to move west to con-
tinueihis labors. He was dismissed from
the First Congregational Church at Ora
ton, Connecticut, January 10th, 1856 By
the aid of Rev. j. A. Reed, agent of the
American Home Missionary Society. he
selected Toledo, lama County. Iowa, for
his home in the West, and commenced his
labors as a Missionary, of that Society
with the Church at Toledo, consisting of
only three members, and was installed
In tile year 1866. At that time the Coun-
ty was sparsely settled, and six
years before contained but eight inhabi-
tants. There was NO Westinghouse with
in fifty miles Of Toledo at that time. He
commenced his labols with the church at
Toledo, preaching portion of the time,
and riding miles in different directions
over the prairies, preaching at various
points where churches have since been Or
ganized and homes of worship built. He
assisted in organizing Congregational
churches At Butler',ille, Green Mountain,
Buckingham, Waterloo. West Irving and
Dover in Iowa. In December 1862 he had
an urgent invitation from his old church
in Grafton, Connecticut, to return and set
tie with them, which q unanimous rcmon-
STRANGE from the church ID Toledo pre-
vented him from atcpting. In 1855 be-
ing admonishcd by the state Of his health
to seek rest from active labor, he rendered
his resignation, which the church declined
to accept and persuaded him to continue
his work with the church as pastor until
January eth, 1867, when be resigned his
charge. His labors were crowned with
success, and his reward will be
great in heaven. Near the close Of his
labor VAA the church at Toledo in writing
to a fribd he says-"I am on my elev
enth VI Il with the church, and can hum
bly, rel ice in having been placed in this
new fie, 10 help law these important foun.
dationss Soc not how could have done
as much cwhcre, and / think other pas
tors mightduit New ENGLAND for the South
and West with equal advantage"
At the close Of his labors with the
church the following notice appeared in
the Homo Missionary which indicates in
some degree the success that had crowned
his work.
.sRcv. g. H.Woodwerd for eleven years
the laborious, successful and honored pas
tor Of the Congregational church at Tole-
do. has resigned his charge He found
that church with but three members, and
the field in many respects far from hope
full, but his faithful labors, with tie bless
Ing Of Heaven have been instrumental in
gathering good congregation, and the
church now numbers seventy two Of whom
fourteen are sbsentees. Fortunate indeed
viii the church be, II the next ten Of its
history shall show reooed relatively Is
good - the last"
For the past few years he has been
suffering from the effects Of Bronchial
which was greatly aggravated
by exposure in his Frontier labors. He
has labored upon his farm and around
his homestead which was situated where
be first located in Toledo. till within Tho