Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-04
FIFTY SEVEN YEARS OF
 POST GRADUATE LIFE
Experienced by General Harland of This City-P. H. Woodward, Ma tive of Franklin, a 55-Year Post Graduate.

tive of Franklin, 55Year Post
 Graduate.
 The completion of f1fty-five years of postgraduate life is an occurrence of uncommon satisfaction. The Yale survivors of the class of 1855 will experience this satisfaction in June At the time, when the members of just launched the famous class of 1853, which included a group of men destined to become foremost in lit erary and professional fields. This group contained the names of Isaac H. Bromley. Edward Clarence Sted- Haven, George Washburn Smalley, Henry P. Stearns, Henry c. Robinson. Andrew D White. Wayne MacVeagh, and Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich, the last named last of the Connecticut generals of the civil war. In the class of 1854 were men of the standing of Judge Henry Elias Rowland of New York, who declines reelection as a fellow of the college, Yung Wing of Hartford and the late Gov. Luzon B. Morris. The surviving members of 1855 include P. H. Woodward, a native of Franklin, who reorganized the post office service from the Ohio river to the gulf, and prepared the evidence in the noted Star route cases; Lewis E. Stanton, formerly United States district attorney; Prof. Charles F. J II. Woodward, who was in the postoff1ce department as special agent from 1865 until 1876, being chief special agent from 1874 until 1876, and had the Star route evidence in charge from 1881 until 1885, was born in the town of Franklin. March 19, 1883. being the son of Dr. Ashbel and Emeline Wood ward. His grandfather was Abner Woodward and he is a. descendant of Richard Woodward. The family has been a notable one in New England. Dr. Woodward graduated from the medical department in Bowdofn col lege in May, 1929, settling profession ally in Franklin in September of that year. He was surgeon of the Twenty sixth Connecticut under Col. Thomas c. Kingsley of Franklin and was prominent medical Examiner and di- rector in the gulf department. He Franklin. September 8, 1879. The event was suitably celebrated in the town by a public assenblage and the presentation of gold headed cane to the venera b1e physician. The Rev. F. c. Jones made the presentation Unit ed States Senate Lafayette $. Foster of Norwich, who came within an ace of being president of the United States through the inpea chment trial of An drew Johnson, was present as a na- tive of the town
 At the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Congregational F the historical address was delivered by Dr. Woodward.
 Franklin Furnished Two Commanders
 This old agricultural town in New London county possesses envious dis tinction in having furnished the com manders of two Connecticut regi- ments in the civil war, Col. Thomas H. c. Kingsbury of the Eleventh and Col. Thomas G. Kingsley of the TWen- ,iaI, s7 T the surgeon The Twenty sixth was in the charge at Port Hudson May 27, 1883. and Colonel Kingsley was wound- ed in the attack. Charles P Gran died May 2S; Philip Heinrich was killed on the field. Henry Worthing ton and Horace Worthington of the town were both wounded at Port Hud- son. John P Case of Franklin was also wounded in the charge. Capt. AL bert E. Daniels and First Lieut. John L. Daniels. both of Franklin, were in the Eleventh regiment under Colonel Kingsbury who became member of the general assembly in 1872 and was returned from Franklin in 1873. He was a native of New Orleans. The town has had goodly number of in fluential members Of the Legislature James C. Woodward was a member of the house inf 1888 and Henry w. Kingsley was a state senator in 1889; Rela T. Hastings served in the house in 1871.
 The birthplace of Mir. Woodward has been noted for it's educational prominence The Rev. Samuel Mott, progenitor of missionSSes and repre- sentative of educational work was settled in Franklin in f7S2 In 1794. he established the Franklin library, which was continued for forty years.
 With these illustrations of civic, cd ucational and martia functions. Mir. Woodward began his active public service in 1865. From 1882 until the time of his entering the postoffice de- partn1ent he was an editor on the Hartford Courant. His mental disci- pline and scholarship fitted him for the long period of work in the post office department, which awaited him in 1865 He won his way to the posi- tion of chief special agent in 1874 and gia His identity with the railway mail service from the Ohio river to the gulf gave him ample preparation for dealing with the Star route in quires and evidence from 1881 until 1885.
 Mir. Woodward has been a prolific writer His works have included the Mails, Secret Service Of the Postoff1ce Department; Hartford. It's Institutions and Industries: loo Years of the Hartford Bank. and Ia secretary of the Hartford board or trade al irs inception and was con nected with President J. NJ. Allen in its management for years. He was succeeded by James IT. Taanror. The work of Mir. Woodward as secretary of the board was sound and promotive of the best industrial interests of the