The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-01-12
Woodman GenealOgy.

Editor Reporter: Believing that q
| lilies of this community a- have the requis
tie statistics would interest many of yotIl
patrons. ! venture to start a project OF
this kind leaving others to follow
The ancestor of the Woodman family
in New England was Mr.. Edward Wood.
man who came from a county in the
south part of England and settled il
Newbury. MISS. in 1885 aud WAS living
as late as 1861 With him am able to
| speak Of nine gen .ratons.
The son of the first Woodman bore thl
name of hi father and also lived in New.
bury, where he died at the age of &c
years. The next in order Was Mr.. Arch
clous Woodman who also lived and
died in NeWb,Iry at the advanced AZ,
of % years and . months. The next
was my great grandfather, Joshua
Woodman Of Kingston. y. H.. and is
said to have been a man of sterling in
| tegrity. \ blacksmith by trade. he had
for an apprentice young man under the
peculiar restrictions spoken of by me il
your paper some time past. His age
was So years months His son my
grandfath Y Lieut. Samuel Woodmar
also lived in Kingston and died At tn,
age of so years months.
My father Joshua Woodman, Esq.
was his oldest son who came to Corn.
Vile in las and cleared for himself
farm where the Revere T. o. i now
kept. His opening together with on,
joining made by his brother Daniel con.
| stitutcd what was called the Woodmal
opening" by the first settlers of The
town. He died at ~ years I months anC
had in all four brothers and three sisters
] was born 1905 and have one brothe
John Woodman who has two sons. on,
a ply stefan. the other a merchant Of
Russell. Iowa, where he aud his father
now reside. | have two sons, one witt
me on the old homestead of my father
the other resident of 30 ton in bu-i
ness connected with dentistry. Ny
older son, :. 5. Woodman was born il
1911 and hi. older On. Geo. H., tho
ninth generation was born Jan. 1872.
OF the descendants of my name from
Joshua Woodman my grandfather) aside
from near relatives have but limitcc
| acquaintance. 4 partial one. with Il few
such as Geo W. Woodman of Portland
of the firm of Woodman. True & Co.
ana MS nroliltf y DpI T., an tillclcDt
scholar and LAWYER of that city as re
ported. Besides a son of my sister (wif'
OF the late Capt Rcuel Weston who
graduated from Colby, learn of clever
| Others in the line from Joshua of King
, ston. ten of whom graduated from Bow
dom and Dartmouth. Thirty-six year.
ago the descendants in the line from
Joshua Of Kingston was computed IA
more than $40. OF course that number
| must have considerably augmented since
BY way of addition to the above auC
| to be a little more explicit with reference
| to my near relatives will say that my
brother has married daughter whost
-band'- name is Fogg, lumber deal
| cr and u resident Of same place of my
brother. My sister whose residence is
La Crosse. Wis, has two sons and ONT
| daughter besides llr one named above.
all persons of good rcputc. My only
daughter. Mrs.. Sarah l.. Davis. OF
GrccnNillc. has two sons. one Il lumber
man and the other, n portion of the yeal
| is captain of Il Lake steam boat. besides
two married and one unmarried daugh
ter. Ny son at home has one son be-
side Geo. Of the ninth generation anC
sixth from NV great grandfather.
SAMIEL WoopMAN.