- CHARLES H. WOODBURY, section 6, Porter Township, was born
in Windsor County, Vt.,
- Sept. 11, 1834, and is a son of Earl and Abigail (FROST)
WOODBURY, who were also natives of that State. Earl WOODBURY
was a farmer by occupation, and remained in his native State
until 1849, when he came to Wisconsin and purchased 160 acres
of land in Porter Township, which he improved , and on which
he remained until 1862, when he sold out, and in the village
of Cooksville engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed
for about three years, and then lived a retired life. Politically,
he was a Republican, and was a firm believer in the principles
of that party. By the union of Earl Woodbury and Abigail FROST
there were seven children, namely: George, who resides in California,
Ellen, now the wife of Benjamin HOXIE, who resides in Evansville;
Ryland, now residing in Evansville; Henry, deceased; Charles,
the subject of our sketch; Mary Jane, deceased; Josephine, the
wife of Hosea DOW, now residing in Duluth, Minn. The father of
these children passed to his final rest in June, 1880, at the
age of eighty, and was interred in Waucoma Cemetery. The mother's
death occurred Sept. 27, 1871, at the age of seventy-three.
- Charles WOODBURY, the subject of this sketch, received a
common-school education in his
- native State, and came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1849.
He remained at home, assisting his father in the cultivation
of his farm, until the age of twenty-one years, when he engaged
as a clerk in a store at Cooksville, where he has since continued
to reside. After a four year's clerkship he purchased a half-interest
in a store at that place, where he remained for about two years.
He then sold out and engaged in farming which occupation he continued
until 1864, when he enlisted in Company K, 2d Wisconsin Cavalry,
and served until Aug. 20, 1865, when he received his discharge
and returned to Cooksville. On his return to the village he purchased
a stock of general merchandise, and with the exception of about
six months, he has since engaged in the mercantile business.
On the 31st day of December, 1857, Mr. WOODBURY and Sarah Elizabeth
BROOKS, a native of New York, were united in marriage. One daughter
came to bless their union, Mabel, born March 19, 1869, yet residing
at home with her parents.
- Mr. WOODBURY is now doing a thriving business in the mercantile
line, and carries a complete
- stock of merchandise. For eleven years he was Postmaster
of Cooksville, and is at present Clerk of the town of Porter,
an office which he has held for six terms. He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and politically, he is a Republican.
His first Presidential vote was cast for John C. Fremont, in
1856. He has always been an active worker in the ranks of his
party, and has always been very liberal with his means for its
support, and for the advancement of all public enterprises. Few
men enjoy the confidence of the community in which they live
in a greater degree than Charles H. WOODBURY.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, p. 788.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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