The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-26
Was Pioneer In Iron BuSi- ness and One of City'S
 Wea|thieSt Men
NO DECISION IS MADE | AS 10 PLACE OF BURIAL
Son Harvey Woodward Is Motoring From Maine to Birmin gham and Could Not Be Located
 Last Night

William H. Woodward died yesterday
 afternoon. He was at his summer home
 in Weld Me, when death came. News | of his demise was received by Brown
 Bros his local representatives, through
 a telegram sent by Mrs. Woodward. It
 simply said MT. Woodward died this
 afternoon" Other messages were re-
 ceived by his brother, J. H. Woodward,
 and his nephew, A. H. Woodward.
 w. H. Woodward was one of the most
 progressive citizens in this city and was
 among the wealthiest men in the south. | MT. Woodward, it is stated. was suffer- l ing from heart trouble, and that Is be- 1 lieved to have been the cause of his
 death. However, no information detail- | ing the circumstances of his taking away l has been received here.
 | MT. Woodward was accustomed to spend l the greater part of each summer at his | summer place in Weld. However, bus
 mess affairs detained him in Birming~ | ham this past summer, and he did not | leave here until about three weeks ago. At that time he was in f1rst-rate health, | apparently, and told friends here short | time before he left that he never passed l a more pleasant summer in Birmingham | than this last one
 Survived By Widow and Son | He is survived by a widow and one | son. Harvey G. Woodward. The latter | was en route to Birmingham, motoring,
 when his fathers death occurred. Eff | forts were made all during the after- noon to locate young MT. Woodward without avail. The only information | known here as to his whereabouts is | that he is somewhere between Harris | burg Pa, and Lexington, Ky, coming | south.
 The Associated Press was last night | requested to ascertain, if possible, the
 whereabouts of the young man and tell | him to communicate either with Birmlng- | han; or his fathers late home in Weld. | The Queen and Crescent railroad off | cals are also trying to locate him. Pend | ing the location of MT. Woodward there | will not be any funeral arrangements made. While it is possible the remains
 will be inferred here, they may be sent | to Wheeling, w. Va, where MT Wood | ward was reared.
 The news of the death of one of Bir-
 minghams real pioneer citizens spread
 over the city yesterday like wild fire and the intelligence caused the deepest | gloom among the business men and oth- | CTS of this city. He was known most
 intimately by the older men of the city,
 although of late Mr. Woodward has min 1 gled with the younger business men | somewhat. All and all, he was widely l known through personal contact or | through his wide business transactions. l Tn addition to his immediate family MT. | Woodward is survived by two brothers. | One of them, J. H. Woodward, resides in | Birmingham and the other, Sol Wood ward resides in Providence. R. I. He
 was an uncle of Mrs. o. w.. Underwood and A. H. Rick" Woodward
 Was Very Wealthy Man | He was one of the largest real estate
 owners In Birmingham, and with his holdings was accounted one of the | wealthest men in the Birmingham dis trict and the south. He recently sold to
 the First National bank it's 10-story home | building. situated on the corner of Twen- tieth street and Second avenue, >for | $1, ,OO0, GOO
 He owned personally the Brown-Marx 16-story building. corner Twentieth street and First avenue, and the Woodward building, on the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street. In addition he was the owner of the Metropolitan hotel
 building, besides 5000 or TOGO acres of coal and ore lands in Alabama. He possessed the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Twentieth street, upon which he was as- sisting in locating a new hotel. Around
 the corner from this site the late MT Woodward owned 50 feet facing Fifth avenue. He also owned one-eghth of the First National bank, which made him the largest stockholder.
 | His properties have been recently looked after by Harvey Woodward, his only child, and Brown Brothers, his agents here.
 | His fortune is estimated at $6,o00,000. Pioneer in Iron Business | Mir Woodward was a real pioneer in the ,er1,. 1ietri iof mi
 the first time in 1873, with, his father, William H. Woodward, and his brother, who resides here, J. H. Woodward. Two years previous to that time his father had purchased the present lands owned | by the Woodward Iron company. The boys spent alternate summers In this town-as it was then-hunting and fisli- ing and incidentally looked after whoever came here. Finally the elder MT. Wood ward conceived the idea of erecting | furnace at Woodward. He was at that time in the iron business at Wheeling, Va. mow West Virgnia), operating the LaBell Iron works. The furnace was erected and first placed in blast in the fall of 1882 The place was called Wood stock at that time. Later 1t was called Wheeling and finally the permanent des- ignation was Woodward. Ever since he placed "Woodward' on the map 1t has remained there The late "BilP' Wood-
 ward was president of the first organized Woodward Iron company. with his younger brother, J. H. Woodward, as secretary and treasurer. Later, after op- erating for some time he retired in favor of his brother, who was elected presi- dent At the present time A. H. Rick Woodward son of J. H. Woodward, is vice president and general manager of that concern, and it's active operating head.
 Erected office Buildings Upon retiring from the furnace bus mess MT. Woodward continued to be | interested in the development of Bir-
 mingham from a real estate viewpoint He was the first man who ever eX- ercised enough courage and exhibited enough faith in Birmingham to erect a skyscraper office building. That was the Woodward building. This was quickly occupied and he erected the First National. Later he started the Brown Marx, named after Eugene Brown and Otto Marx. This proved in- adequate to meet the demands for offices so he constructed the annex, making the Brown Marx building the largest office building in the south. At the time of his death MT. Wood ward was about TO years of age. He had always enjoyed robust health all though he was in physique rather un- | der the average He was slightly over | five feet and weighed about 160 pounds. | Among those who knew him well 1t was known that MT. Woodward was | among the best educated men in the I II. tI41x