Mary Hackett

Mary married David Woodman on 4 Nov 1771 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. David (son of Joshua Woodman and Eunice Sawyer) was born on 4 Dec 1747 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; was christened on 28 Feb 1747/48 in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died on 6 Nov 1840 in Norway, Oxford County, Maine; was buried in Rustfield Cemetery , Norway, Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 14 Oct 1799; Betsey Gross. She was born in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine. She and David Woodman filed marriage intentions on 20 September 1799 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. She died on Saturday 12 November 1836 in Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine. Issue: 1. Ammi Woodman (1801-____) 2. Sally Woodman (1802-____) 3. Azel Woodman (1805-____) 4. Jonathan Woodman (1806-before 1808) 5. Jonathan Woodman (1808-1835) 6. David Woodman (1810-1827) 7. Richard M. Woodman (1813-____) 8. Betsey Woodman (1815-1848) 9. Moses Woodman (1818-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1800, Leeds, Androscoggin County, Maine

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Birth:
He was a twin.

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• History: 1796, Norway, Oxford County, Maine; Jonathan Woodman was taxed 28¢.
• Married: 6 Mar 1800; Betsey Smith, the daughter of Josiah and Esther (Pool) Smith. She was born on 17 January 1779 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. She and Jonathan Woodman filed marriage intentions on 6 March 1800 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. She died on Thursday 28 February 1856 in Norway, Oxford County, Maine. They had no children.
• Offices Held: Between 1801 and 1802, Norway, Oxford County, Maine; He was a Selectman. He served again from 1819 to 1821
• History: say1849; Bradbury, in his Norway in the Fourties, says of him: "He was careful and circumspect under all discouraging circumstances and thought of his steps and his appearance in the barn and field with as great care as in his neighbor's house or church. ... He was a pleasant gentleman of medium height, stooping shoulders, a clean-shaved beard, tidy in appearance and spoke in a decided quiet tone, measuring his words and completing his sentences as he measured his grain and fully completed the bushels"

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• Married: 1793; Joshua Smith Esq., the son of Josiah and Esther (Pool) Smith. He was born on 9 June 1770 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. He lived in 1790 in Norway, Oxford County, Maine. He served between 1797 and 1798 as Town Clerk of Norway, Maine. Joshua served between 1799 and 1808 as Selectman of Norway, Maine. He was elected between 1811 and 1812 as Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Norway, Maine. Joshua served between 1811 and 1837 as Town Treasurer of Norway, Maine. He commissioned in 1828 as as a Justice of the Peace by the Governor of Maine. Issue: 1. Solomon Smith (1793-____) 2. Mary Smith (1794-1845) 3. Solomon Smith (1797-1820) 4. David Smith (1799-1830) 5. Elliot Smith (1801-1873)

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• Married: After 27 Sep 1805; Lydia Knight Lydia and Amos filed marriage intentions on 27 September 1805 in New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Maine. She died on Thursday 19 October 1854. Issue: 1. Amos Woodman (1809-____) 2. Thankful Woodman (1813-____) 3. Isaac Woodman (1815-____)
• Census: 1850; He is not listed on the 1850 census in Maine, and may have removed to another state.

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• Census: 1810, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine; Name: Jacob Woodman Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Minot, Cumberland, Maine Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 1 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 3
• Military: 1812, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine; He served during the War of 1812.
• Census: 1820, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine; Name: Jacob Woodman Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Minot, Cumberland, Maine Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 5 Free White Persons - Over 25: 2 Total Free White Persons: 7 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7
• Census: 1830, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine; Name: Jacob Woodman Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Minot, Cumberland, Maine Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 6 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4 Total Free White Persons: 10 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10
• Census: 1840, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine; Name: Jacob Woodman Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Minot, Cumberland, Maine Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2 Free White Persons - Under 20: 2 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 5 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 5
• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 74

Jacob married Hannah Hatch on 21 Feb 1808 in Cumberland, Cumberland County, Maine. Hannah (daughter of Abijah Hatch and Hannah Sawyer) was born on 9 Aug 1782 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine; was christened on 9 Aug 1782 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine; died on 23 Sep 1859 in Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; was buried in Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine U.S.A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
She died as an infant.

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 43, living in Auburn, Maine. He was a farmer, whose land was valued at $1,500 .
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 51, living in Auburn, Maine. He was a farmer.
• Census: 1870, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1870 US Census he was recorded, age 61, living in Auburn, Maine. He was as a farmer whose real estate was valued at $4,000 and his personal estate at $1,000.
• History: 15 Mar 1880; The following comes from his funeral sermon: "On Friday, having taken his bed, he thought he could get up, though he was only able to sit up a little while. I [the Rev. Edward Ufford] called on him Saturday, and found him very ill; but I was not aware of his condition, and we all thought the evil day was afar off. He seemed so patient, I felt I was not in a sick room; he was ready to go or stay, 'Just as it pleases the Lord.' After a season of prayer, I returned to the parsonage; it was the last time I saw him alive. Sunday the doctor called, and left some encouragement, but brother Woodman knew apparently that his time was near. At about four o'clock he sank into a dormant state, and did not speak again. At nine in the evening of the Lord's day, he fell asleep in Jesus."
• History: 18 Mar 1880; The following was written by the Rev. A. A. Ford, former pastor of the East Auburn Baptist Church, four days after Deacon Greenleaf Woodman's death, "The Church at East Auburn has sustained a terrible loss. I would extend to its pastor, and all its members, my heartfelt sympathy. Dea. Woodman was a devotedly pious man. His piety was warm, free, and spontaneous as the flowing of a brook. He walked with God. I have never been led to cherish deeper affection for any man whom I have come in contact, in my pastoral relations. True charity shone in him resplendently. How he longed for the prosperity of the church in E. Auburn. This lay nearer his heart than anything else in the world. The chapel is a monument to his zeal and activity." The following was also said at his funeral, "Many are the neighbors and friends who shared its [his farm] fruits, for he was always giving something to us. Well do I recollect one morning when he came to the parsonage with a good piece of meat, and said he thought the minister needed this as well as the deacon."

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Buried:
His gravestone gives his age at death as 71 years, 6 months and 18 days.

Greenleaf married Dorothy E. Dunham on 8 Feb 1831 in Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine. Dorothy (daughter of Johnson Dunham and Hannah Moss) was born on 27 Mar 1810 in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine; died on 27 Aug 1902 in Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried on 29 Aug 1902 in Davis Cemetery, East Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine U.S.A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 17 Jan 1834, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Ichabod Reynolds, the son of Captain Ichabod and Mary (Brett) Reynolds. He was born 7 August 1804 in Minot, Maine, and died 26 June 1867 in Bethel, Maine. Issue: 1. Franklin Otis Reynolds (1832-1913) 2. Roscoe Clinton Reynolds (1838-____) 3. Julia Ellen Reynolds (1842-____)
• Census: 1850, Danville, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 40
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 49

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 36
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; She was living with her father.; : 45

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Died:
Woodman (1856) and Woodman (1995) list her death as 17 September 1839 in Auburn, Maine. This is clearly incorrect according to her gravestone.

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• Married: 20 Dec 1838, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Lovisa Dillingham Whitman, the daughter of Amos and Wealthy (Dillingham) Whitman. She was born 3 Feburary 1817 in Minot, Maine, and died 12 June 1843 in Auburn, Maine. No issue.
• Census: 1900, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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• Married: 30 Dec 1838, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Daniel Briggs Jr., the son of Daniel and Rhoda Briggs. He was born in East Auburn, Maine. Issue: 1. Augustus E. Briggs (c1842-____) 2. Amelia W. Briggs (c1846-____) 3.
• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; She and her family were living with her husband's parents.; : 32

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• Married: 20 Jun 1849, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Hiram Fairbanks, the son of Joel and Judith (Bradford) Fairbanks. He was born 2 October 1815 in Turner, Maine and died 18 March 1886 in Auburn, Maine. He was previously married to Nancy Jones. According to Lorenzo Fairbanks (1897), "When a young man he removed to North Monmouth with his father, and became a skillful worker in wood. Later he settled in Auburn, where he pursued the trade of carpenter and builder. He was for a time engaged in the manufacture of doors, sashes and blinds, in Lewiston, with his brother. He was a zealous member of the Court Street Baptist Church." Issue: 1. Frederick Clinton Fairbanks (1850-1915) 2. Nelle Marie Fairbanks (1855-1897) 3. Fidelia Woodman Fairbanks (1858-1897)
• Census: 1850, Danville, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 29
• Census: 1880, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 59

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• Married: 20 Nov 1845, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; Julia A. Morrill, the daughter of Jedidiah Jr. and Lydia (Briggs) Morrill. She was born 2 January 1829 in Lewiston, Maine and died 29 April 1913 in Minot, Maine. Issue: 1. Herman M. Woodman (1849-1917)
• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; He and his wife and son with living with his father.; : 27
• Residence: 1850, Danville, Androscoggin County, Maine
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 37
• Draft Reg: 1863, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; He registered for the Civil War draft

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 18, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents. He was a farmer.
• History: 27 Jul 1854; The following is a letter written by Osborn to his mother: No 36 Ash St. Boston July 27th /54 To Mother- I have several times attempted to write, but there being nothing of interest transpiring, I thought it best to wait until I could get time to narrate something pleasing; but now, after some delay, I am determined to commence and conclude a letter. We are getting on finely in our musical class, and it will be closed on the 15th of Aug. next. The Boston Musical Convention, commences the next day, and continues one week longer; the day time for practice and the evenings for public concerts, of which, our class givs two, one of them will be the "Song of the Belle" by Schiller, contained in a double singing book of seventy pages, and the other "Mozart's Twelfth Mass", in Italian of about the name No of pages. The committee of arrangements hve engaged "Tremont Temple" for two nights with the big organ for $200, in which one of our concerts will be given. The next Tuesday after, the "Maine State Musical Convention" commences its session in Bath Me, Aug 29th and continues four days, under the instruction of Mr B. F. Baker. I went over to South East Boston Tues to see a ship of 3200 tons launched from Mr McCays yard. Today at recss one of the members of our class whilst standing in the gymnation room, where two ladys were swinging was struck by them and knoct over her head hitting the floor and stunding her st tha she did not recove for som time, her name was Miss Harrington. Mrs Millikin and her two daughters hav gon to cherryfield. It is quite warn here now! The cholery is rather still! I am well! I think some of going to West Bath this fall to teach a town school, and singing school too. L.D. White of Lewiston told me that he could get me a school where I could have from 25 to 28 dollars per month and a wrighting school too, but I don't know how that will be. Write to me It is getting dark and I must close. So good by Truly yours O.G. The ship he saw launched was the extreme clipper ship, James Baines, launched 25 July 1854 in Boston for the Black Ball Line of Liverpool.

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Buried:
His gravestone lists his age as 22 years, 9 months, and 7 days.

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 15, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents.
• Occupation: 1856; He was a teacher
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 25, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents. He was a shoemaker.
• Married: 24 Jul 1860; Julia Franklin Stevens. She was born 3 Jun 1838. After Jacob's death, she remarried Augustine Young in 1877. No Issue.
• Draft Reg: 1863, Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He registered for the draft; : 27
• Military: 1864; Jacob was a Civil War veteran of the 29th Maine having enlisted on 6 October 1864. He was later a member of the GAR.
• Census: 1870, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts; : 34

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 10, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents.
• Census: 1860, Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; : 20
• Military: 14 Jul 1862; He enlisted in the 33rd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Alvin was wounded 29 October 1863 at the battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee, He was discharged 12 May 1864.
• Married: 5 Dec 1867, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine; Elizabeth Mary Lowell, the daughter of James Jr. and Jane G. (Baker) Lowell. She was born 8 July 1840 in Lewiston, Maine.
• Married: After 1868; Phebe Adelaid Briggs, the daughter of Susan Briggs. She was born 13 January 1842 and died 9 January 1904 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He is buried with Alvin. Before she married Alvin, she had been married to Loring Allen Copeland. Issue: 1. Ralph Woodman 2. Addie L. Woodman (1866-____) 3. Elizabeth "Lizzie" A. Woodman (1875-____)
• Census: 1880, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine; : 40
• Moved To: 1889, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Occupation: Abt 1890, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine; Alvin W. Woodman was employed by the Bates Manufacturing Co. as a master mechanic.
• Moved To: 1893, Connecticut
• Moved To: 1896, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1900, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; His mother was living with him and his family.; : 60
• Census: 1910, Brockton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was listed as a widower.; : 70; Address:
  28 Prospect Street

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• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 15, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents.
• Military: 15 Jul 1864; He enlisted in the 4th Regiment and the 62ed Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Milton reenlisted 7 April 1865 and was discharged 5 May 1865.
• Married: 2 Jul 1866; Sarah Osgood. She was born in September 1846 in Massachusetts and died in Bradford, Massachusetts. Milton and Sarah were separated sometime after 1873. Issue: 1. Milton Frances Woodman (1870-1955) 2. Lillie Maybelle Woodman (1872-1952) 3. Jennie E. Woodman (1873-1963)
• Moved To: Abt 1874, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
• Occupation: After 1874, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; He was employed by the United Shoe Machinery Corporation

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1850 US Census she was recorded, age 5, living in Auburn, Maine with her parents.

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• Census: 1850, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 2, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents.
• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 12, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents.
• Census: 1870, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1870 US Census he was recorded, age 22, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents. He was a carpenter.
• Census: 1880, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1880 US Census he was recorded, age 32, living on 45 Bartlette Street, Lewiston, Maine. His mother was living with him. Herbert was a carpenter.
• Moved To: About 1884, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; About 1884, Herbert and Mary moved to Lowell, Massachusetts.
• Tax: 12 Oct 1888, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was taxed $2.00 in poll tax and $3.77 in real estate tax 12 October 1888 in Lowell, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: 27 Jun 1889, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; On 27 June 1889 he was promoted to the superintendent of the Massachusetts Cotton Mills.
• Miscellaneous: About 1890; About 1890, he invented, patented, and marketed a device for spinning machines.

Notes:

Died:
He died from typhoid fever.

Herbert married Mary E. Flanders on 18 Sep 1875 in Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Frederick Moses Flanders and Sarah A. Berry) was born on 14 Sep 1854 in Palmyra, Somerset County, Maine; died on 5 Feb 1941 in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried on 8 Feb 1941 in Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1860, Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine; In the 1860 US Census she was recorded, age 7, living in Auburn, Maine with his parents.; : 7

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• Graduation: 1899, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1899 he graduated from Lowell High School, Lowell, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1900, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1880 US Census, he was recorded, age 19, living in Lowell, Massachusetts with his widowed mother. He was a student at a textile school.
• Residence: 1908, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine; In 1908 he was listed as a traveling salesman.
• Census: 1910, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 29, living on 43 South Loring Street, Lowell, Massachusetts with his widowed mother. He was a traveling salesman.
• Organization: 1911, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1911 he joined Kilwinning Lodge of the Masons.
• Residence: 1913, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; At the time of his wedding in 1913, he lived on 43 South Loring Street, Lowell, Massachusetts.
• Draft Reg: 12 Sep 1918, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He registered for the draft giving his age as 37, his address as422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, and his occupation as a draftsman for the Saco-Lowell Company.
• Census: 1920, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census he was recorded, age 39, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. He is listed as a draftsman in a machine shop.
• Census: 1930, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census he was recorded, age 49, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. He is listed as an assistant superintendent at a construction works.
• Census: 1940, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census he was recorded, age 59, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. His occupation was a foreman.
• Draft Reg: 1942, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1942 he registered for the draft giving his age as 61, his address as 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts, and his employer as Monsanto Chemical Company.
• Moved To: 1945, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1945 he and Ruth moved to North Orange, Massachusetts.
• Miscellaneous: 1953; In 1953, he broke his right leg getting into a boat in Richmond, New Hampshire.
• Miscellaneous: 1963; The following autobiography was written by Harry L. Woodman in 1963 to provide information for a news article: "Born November 24, 1880 at Lewiston, Maine in a Bates Corporation Tenement opposite the entrance to Bates Cotton Mill where my father was employed as a Carpenter. My Folks moved to West Warren, Mass. And from there to Mill Town, Maine. I was three years old when they came to Lowell. My father died when I was eleven years old and my Mother moved to South Loring St. in the Highlands. I was married in 1912 to Ruth Esther Ward of North Orange and we moved to Pine St. corner of Georgia Ave. My Mother died in 1943 and I moved to Chelmsford. I retired in 1945 and moved to North Orange, Mass where I now reside. I started my schooling in a primary school on High St., from there to the grammar school on the South East corner of the junction of High and East Merrimack St. (I forget the name of the school). When I moved to the Highlands I transferred to the Morey Grammar School. Mr. Morey was principal. I went to the High School in 1896 and graduated in 1899. John Jacob Rogers was President of the class. I went to the Old Lowell Textile School on Middle St. and graduated in 1902. I graduated from the Lowell Evening Drawing School on Broadway, finishing the three year course in two years. As a boy I worked as a runner boy in the Massachusetts Mills counting room. In Textile School I worked vacations in the Lowell Machine Shop. After graduating from Textile, I went back into the Lowell Machine Shop first on the Fly France erection floor then outside as a helper setting up machines in the mills. From there I went to the Massachusetts Mills as a Draftsman. During that time a new machine was invented to tie the last of an old wrap in the loom to a new beam of yarn. One of these machines was purchased by the Massachusetts Mill and I went into the mill as its first operator. The machine was built by the Barber Colman Co. Of Rockford, Ill. and sold for 5,000. It did the work of 50 girls in a day. I again went back to the drafting board. At the end of 3 ¼ years I went to work for the Barber Colman Co. Setting up machines in all the New England States except Vermont and also New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I went out to the Company Plant in Rockford, Ill. where I found out how to turn out machine parts in some cases with only ½ a thousandth clearance. A depression caused a lay-off and I worked for F. W. Bird and Son of Walpole as a draftsman. After a little over a month I was back with Barber Colman again for two years. I then went to work for Lamson Consolidated Store Service Co. making elevators and conveyors and finally as Inspector of all finished products. When the company moved to Syracuse, New York, I left and returned to the Lowell Machine Shop as a draftsman. I advanced the checker and took many trips both North and South to mills to check and report on results. I ended up finally in charge of erection of spool and warpers. Then I stepped on someones toes higher up, and while I was right and could prove it, I had to go. I next went to the Russell Co. Who ran the Merrimack Chemical Co. in North Woburn, again as a draftsman. At the end of five years I was Assistant to the Superintendent of Construction. Then the Monsanto Chemical Co. bought the concern and I was transferred to Everett again as a draftsman. I worked there for 16 years and retired in 1945. During that time I worked in the machine shop, had charge of the salvage department and during the Second World War, I traveled to all the junk yards in and around Boston anywhere I heard that I could purchase repair material. I spent one summer toward the end of my time as the Engineer in charge of directing the building of a parking lot, laying out railroad track, and giving grade, grading operations, and building roads. I started my elective offices early in life. At about 14 I was Treasurer of the Y.P.S.C.E. in the First Baptist Church. I was President of the Men's Class, called the Baraca Class. I was President of the Men's Round Table, also Scout Master for a year. When our girls got old enough to go to church, My Wife thought the Baptist Church was too far to go, so we all joined the Highland Congregational Church. I applied and was accepted as a member of Kilwinning Lodge in 1911. I was raised by Wor. Charles E. Bartlett. I worked the lights until Wor. Harry L. Parkhurst appointed me Inside Sentinel. I taught the lecture to the incoming classes during my two years as Inside Sentinel. I went from Senior Steward to Junior Deacon. At some time during these four years, I, at special meetings, did the floor work of the office ahead of me. One meeting stands out in my memory when at a special meeting, the M. Wor. Aurthur D. Prince was Senior Warden and I was acting Senior Deacon. When elections came around again I skipped the Senior Deacon and was elected Junior Warden. I think I was the first man to be elected Junior Warden who had not given the Senior Deacon Second Degree lecture. I afterward gave it twice. I was the first Master of Kilwinning Lodge to hold a meeting in the new Temple. Since I became a Past Master, I have raised 8 candidates using the short form in 8 different Lodges North and South of Boston and in Athol and Orange. In all the elapsed time up to 1953 I have not had to refer to a ritual. I received my Veterans Medal in 1962. I am a charter member of the 3-5-7 club at Monsanto Chemical Co. in Everett. This club was formed about a year before I retired and I was the First Vice President. In 1939 because the group we went around with was broken up by the death of several members, my Wife and I joined the Chelmsford Grange. I was elected Lecturer before I had been in a year and the next year I became Master and served two years and was on the Executive Committee 3 years. I got a demit and joined North Orange Grange when I retired and a year later they elected my Master for two years. I served on the Executive Committee for several years also 3 years as Treasurer. My attendance to any kind of a meeting has been reduced to nil since I broke my leg in 1954. Speaking of Hobbies, I want to say that a man in good health who is looking forward to retiring must have a hobby. He won't last long if he has nothing to do. From the time I was eleven years old up to this year I have had a back yard garden. I started playing cribbage around 1900 and still play. Down through the years I have enjoyed many sports, Ice Skating, Tennis, Bowling, Pool, Billiards, Bridge Whist, Fishing and Hunting. I play cribbage right along now and collect stamps and small coins. I am a member of the Athol Rod and Gun Club, a past President and now on the Executive Committee. I am also a member of the Chesham Sportsman Club of Chesham, New Hampshire. Out of this mass of data, I hope you will be able to make the story you want. I thought this sort of thing was only used at the feast after the member had passed on. I will be 83 years old this month on the 24th. My Doctor says I am a tough old guy in very good health."
• Last Full Review: 20 Dec 2021

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Harry married Ruth Esther Ward on 2 Oct 1912 in North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Everett Daniel Ward and Cora May Harding) was born on 9 Jul 1889 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Dec 1980 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried on 31 Dec 1980 in Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1920, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census she was recorded, age 2, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts with her parents and grandmother, Mary Woodman.
• Census: 1930, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census she was recorded, age 12, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts with her parents and grandmother, Mary Woodman.
• Graduation: 1935, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; She graduated from Lowell High School in 1935 and Lowell Business School in 1937.
• Organization: 26 Mar 1936, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; On 26 March 1936, she was awarded the Golden Eaglet by the Girl Scouts of America, their highest award.
• Census: 1940, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1940 US Census she was recorded, age 22, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts with her parents, and grandmother, Mary Woodman. She was listed as a bank clerk.
• Residence: From Jun 1942 to 1945, Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; From June 1942 to 1945 Bob and Shirley lived on New Estate Road, Littleton, Massachusetts.
• Residence: From 1946 to 1948, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; From 1946 to 1948 Bob and Shirley lived on 34 Deshon Manner, Butler, Pennsylvania.
• Residence: From 1946 to 1948, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; From 1946 to 1948 Shirley and Bob lived at 34 Deshon Manner, Butler, Pennsylvania.
• Residence: 1949, West Alexander, Washington County, Pennsylvania; In 1949, Shirley and Bob lived on Liberty Street, West Alexander, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
• Residence: 1951, Camp Atterbury, Bartholomew County, Indiana; In 1951 Shirley and Bob lived in Camp Atterbury, Indiana, as he was preparing for deployment to Germany.
• Residence: 1952 to 1953, Göeppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; From 1952 to 1953 he lived on 77 Schiller Stß, Göeppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• Residence: 1952 to 1953, Göeppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; From 1952 to 1953, Shirley and Bob lived at 77 Schiller Stß, Göeppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• Passenger List: 4 Mar 1952; On 4 Mar 195 she was listed as a passenger on the SS Washington, sailing from New York City to Bremerhaven, Germany. Shirley and her son, Rob, were sailing to Germany to join her husband, who was already stationed there.
• Residence: From 1953 to 1954, Bad Canstatt, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; From 1953 to 1954 Robert, Shirley and their son, Robert lived on Argonnen Stß, Bad Canstatt, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Residence: 1954 to Oct 1954, Bad Canstatt, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Address:
  Argonnen Stß
• Passenger List: 21 Oct 1954; Lt. Robert and Shirley with their son, Robert A. bordered an aircraft of the Seaboard and Western Airlines and flew from Frankfurt to New York City.
• Residence: 1955 to 1957, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia; Address:
  Kimbro Loop
• Residence: From 1955 to 1957, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia; From 1955 to 1957, Robert, Shirley, and their son Rob lived on Kimbro Loop, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
• Residence: 1957 to 1978, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; From 1957 to 1978, Shirley lived at 33 Blanchard Circle, Athol, Massachusetts.
• Residence: From 1978 to 2007, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; From 1978 until 2007, she lived in Petersham, Massachusetts.
• Residence: From 2007 to 2010, Paw Paw, Hampshire County, West Virginia; From 2007 to 2010, she lived in Paw Paw, Hampshire County, West Virginia with her son, Rob.
• Residence: From 2010 to 2016, Cabot, Butler County, Pennsylvania; From 2010 to her death in 2016, she lived in assisted living at Concordia Lutheran Ministries, in Cabot, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
• Obituary: 26 Apr 2016; Shirley Buell, 98, of Cabot, formerly of Athol, Mass., passed away April 13 at the Concordia Lutheran Ministries Ortal Assisted Living Center. Shirley was born Oct. 29, 1917, in Lowell, Mass., the daughter of Harry L. and Ruth E. (Ward) Woodman. Shirley was active in the Girl Scouts and earned its highest award, the Golden Eaglet, in 1936. She graduated from Lowell High School in 1935 and Lowell Business School in 1937. During World War II, she worked at the Army Hospital on Fort Devens, where she met her first husband, Capt. Robert G. Roy. During his military service, they lived in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Germany and Virginia. Upon his retirement in 1957, they settled in Athol. Robert G. Roy died in 1966, and in 1979, she married Harry C. Buell, and moved to Petersham, Mass. Harry Buell died in 2002. In 2008, she moved to West Virginia with her son and his family. In 2010, she moved to Concordia Lutheran Ministries in Cabot, living next door to her sister, Janice. She worked at military hospitals at Fort Devens, Mass., Stuttgart, Germany, and Butler. After she moved to Athol, she worked at the former Minute Tapioca plant in Orange, Mass., and Athol Memorial Hospital. She was an active member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Athol, where she was a lay eucharistic minister, vestry person, youth leader and newsletter publisher. Mrs. Buell served on the board of directors for the former Peoples Bridge Action and worked on the polls and voter registration in Petersham. An avid reader, she enjoyed sewing, embroidery, quilting, flower gardening and rug braiding. She was predeceased by her husbands, Robert G. Roy and Harry C. Buell; and her sister, Janice Farmer. Mrs. Buell is survived her son, AVCM Robert A. Roy of Paw Paw, W.Va.; her grandson, Robert W. Roy of Wexford; and three stepsons, David Buell of North Sullivan, Maine, Larry Buell of Petersham and Charles Buell of Petersham. She is also survived by three great-grandchildren. BUELL — Calling hours for Shirley Buell, who died Wednesday, April 13, 2016, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Higgins-O'Connor Funeral Home, 146 Main St., Athol, with a Resurrection Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Episcopal Church in Athol. Burial will follow at the Jones Cemetery in Orange. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to St. John's Property Improvement Fund, 15 Park Ave., Athol, MA 01331. Published by the Butler Eagle, 26 April 2016

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1920, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census she was recorded, age 4 months, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. with her parents, and grandmother, Mary Woodman.
• Census: 1930, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In the 1930 US Census she was recorded, age 10, living on 422 Pine Street, Lowell, Massachusetts with her parents, and grandmother, Mary Woodman.
• Married: Feb 1939, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Sidney H. Smith. He was born 16 August 1917 and died in 1948. He is buried in Tully Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Jean Ruth Smith (1939-2015) 2. Richard Harry Smith (1942-1973) 3. Jeffery Sidney Smith (1947-____)
• Census: 1940, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; : 20; Address:
  7 Bagley Street
• Married: 3 Sep 1949, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; Granville "Coop" William Cooper Jr., the son of Granville William Sr. and Mary Cooper. He was born 5 March 1923 and died 29 August 2008 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Issue: 1. Granville William Cooper III (1950-2005); : First English Luthern
• Married: 1 Oct 1966; Clarence Edwin Wheeler
• Married: 21 Aug 1975, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania; John Daniel Farmer
• History: 2009; According to her obituary, "Janice grew up in Lowell, graduating from Lowell High School in 1937 and from Bradshaw Business School. She later moved to North Orange in 1941 where she resided for several years and since 1949 she has resided in Pennsylvania. Janice worked at Montgomery Wards for 22 years, was a member of the Portersville Bible Church, enjoyed puzzles, reading and spending time with her family."

Robert married Suzanne Mary Scully [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jody Ann Boudreau [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jennifer D. Myers [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]