John Butler Woodward, B.A. 1883.
Born April 3, 1861, in Wilkes Barre, Pa
Died September 6, 1925, at Glen Summit, Pa.
Father, Stanley Trott Woodward (B.A. 1855), a lawyer and judge of Luzerne County, Pa.; son of George Washington Woodward, chief justice of Pennsylvania and a member of Congress, and Sarah Elizabeth (Trott) Woodward; descendant of Richard Woodward, who came to America from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and settled at Watertown, Mass.
Mother, Sarah Richards (Butler) Woodward; daughter of Col. John Lord Butler and Cornelia (Richards) Butler; descendant of Zebulon Butler, commander of the American forces at Wyoming, July 3, 1778, and of William Butler, who came to Ipswich, Mass., from Ireland in 1650, also descended from three colonial governors of Connecticut, Thomas Welles, John Haynes, and Gurdon SaltonstalL
Yale relatives include three nephews, H. H. Houston Woodward, ex-'iy, Stanley Woodward, '22, and Charles H. Woodward, '27.
St. Paul's School, Concord, N H. Member Yale Yacht Club Junior and Senior years, College Choir three years, '83 Glee Club, '83 Quartette, Yale Glee Club Junior and Senior years, executive committee of Yale Athletic Association Junior and Senior years, Tale News board Junior year, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Read law in office of A T. McChntock in Wilkes Barre 1883-84; attended University of Pennsylvania Law School and was in law office of E Coppee Mitchell in Philadelphia 1884-85; admitted to Luzerne County Bar September 7,1885, and had since practiced in Wilkes Barre; joined firm of Wheaton, Darling & Woodward in 1892 and continued with that firm and its successor, Woodward, Darling & Woodward, until his election as a judge of Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County in 1913; in 1923 was reelected for a second term of ten years; director of Wilkes Barre Deposit & Savings Bank since 1923; president Yale Alumni Association of Wyoming Valley 1924-25; elder of Wilkes Barre Presbyterian Church.
Married June 6, 1888, in Wilkes Barre, Marion, daughter of Thaddeus Street and Esther (Reynolds) Hillard, and sister of Harry R. and Tuthill R Hillard, both '83. Children: John Butler, ex-11 (died during his Freshman year at Yale); Marion (Mrs Bruce Payne); and Stanley Hillard.
Death due to an apoplectic stroke; had been in ill health for several months Buried in Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes Barre. Survived by wife, daughter, son, and a brother, George Woodward, '87 and '88 S
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Born April 3, 1861, in Wilkes Barre, Pa
Died September 6, 1925, at Glen Summit, Pa.
Father, Stanley Trott Woodward (B.A. 1855), a lawyer and judge of Luzerne County, Pa.; son of George Washington Woodward, chief justice of Pennsylvania and a member of Congress, and Sarah Elizabeth (Trott) Woodward; descendant of Richard Woodward, who came to America from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and settled at Watertown, Mass.
Mother, Sarah Richards (Butler) Woodward; daughter of Col. John Lord Butler and Cornelia (Richards) Butler; descendant of Zebulon Butler, commander of the American forces at Wyoming, July 3, 1778, and of William Butler, who came to Ipswich, Mass., from Ireland in 1650, also descended from three colonial governors of Connecticut, Thomas Welles, John Haynes, and Gurdon SaltonstalL
Yale relatives include three nephews, H. H. Houston Woodward, ex-'iy, Stanley Woodward, '22, and Charles H. Woodward, '27.
St. Paul's School, Concord, N H. Member Yale Yacht Club Junior and Senior years, College Choir three years, '83 Glee Club, '83 Quartette, Yale Glee Club Junior and Senior years, executive committee of Yale Athletic Association Junior and Senior years, Tale News board Junior year, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Read law in office of A T. McChntock in Wilkes Barre 1883-84; attended University of Pennsylvania Law School and was in law office of E Coppee Mitchell in Philadelphia 1884-85; admitted to Luzerne County Bar September 7,1885, and had since practiced in Wilkes Barre; joined firm of Wheaton, Darling & Woodward in 1892 and continued with that firm and its successor, Woodward, Darling & Woodward, until his election as a judge of Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County in 1913; in 1923 was reelected for a second term of ten years; director of Wilkes Barre Deposit & Savings Bank since 1923; president Yale Alumni Association of Wyoming Valley 1924-25; elder of Wilkes Barre Presbyterian Church.
Married June 6, 1888, in Wilkes Barre, Marion, daughter of Thaddeus Street and Esther (Reynolds) Hillard, and sister of Harry R. and Tuthill R Hillard, both '83. Children: John Butler, ex-11 (died during his Freshman year at Yale); Marion (Mrs Bruce Payne); and Stanley Hillard.
Death due to an apoplectic stroke; had been in ill health for several months Buried in Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes Barre. Survived by wife, daughter, son, and a brother, George Woodward, '87 and '88 S
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
John Butler Woodward, B.A. 1883.
Born April 3, 1861, in Wilkes Barre, Pa
Died September 6, 1925, at Glen Summit, Pa.
Father, Stanley Trott Woodward (B.A. 1855), a lawyer and judge of Luzerne County, Pa.; son of George Washington Woodward, chief justice of Pennsylvania and a member of Congress, and Sarah Elizabeth (Trott) Woodward; descendant of Richard Woodward, who came to America from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and settled at Watertown, Mass.
Mother, Sarah Richards (Butler) Woodward; daughter of Col. John Lord Butler and Cornelia (Richards) Butler; descendant of Zebulon Butler, commander of the American forces at Wyoming, July 3, 1778, and of William Butler, who came to Ipswich, Mass., from Ireland in 1650, also descended from three colonial governors of Connecticut, Thomas Welles, John Haynes, and Gurdon SaltonstalL
Yale relatives include three nephews, H. H. Houston Woodward, ex-'iy, Stanley Woodward, '22, and Charles H. Woodward, '27.
St. Paul's School, Concord, N H. Member Yale Yacht Club Junior and Senior years, College Choir three years, '83 Glee Club, '83 Quartette, Yale Glee Club Junior and Senior years, executive committee of Yale Athletic Association Junior and Senior years, Tale News board Junior year, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Read law in office of A T. McChntock in Wilkes Barre 1883-84; attended University of Pennsylvania Law School and was in law office of E Coppee Mitchell in Philadelphia 1884-85; admitted to Luzerne County Bar September 7,1885, and had since practiced in Wilkes Barre; joined firm of Wheaton, Darling & Woodward in 1892 and continued with that firm and its successor, Woodward, Darling & Woodward, until his election as a judge of Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County in 1913; in 1923 was reelected for a second term of ten years; director of Wilkes Barre Deposit & Savings Bank since 1923; president Yale Alumni Association of Wyoming Valley 1924-25; elder of Wilkes Barre Presbyterian Church.
Married June 6, 1888, in Wilkes Barre, Marion, daughter of Thaddeus Street and Esther (Reynolds) Hillard, and sister of Harry R. and Tuthill R Hillard, both '83. Children: John Butler, ex-11 (died during his Freshman year at Yale); Marion (Mrs Bruce Payne); and Stanley Hillard.
Death due to an apoplectic stroke; had been in ill health for several months Buried in Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes Barre. Survived by wife, daughter, son, and a brother, George Woodward, '87 and '88 S
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Born April 3, 1861, in Wilkes Barre, Pa
Died September 6, 1925, at Glen Summit, Pa.
Father, Stanley Trott Woodward (B.A. 1855), a lawyer and judge of Luzerne County, Pa.; son of George Washington Woodward, chief justice of Pennsylvania and a member of Congress, and Sarah Elizabeth (Trott) Woodward; descendant of Richard Woodward, who came to America from Ipswich, England, in 1634 and settled at Watertown, Mass.
Mother, Sarah Richards (Butler) Woodward; daughter of Col. John Lord Butler and Cornelia (Richards) Butler; descendant of Zebulon Butler, commander of the American forces at Wyoming, July 3, 1778, and of William Butler, who came to Ipswich, Mass., from Ireland in 1650, also descended from three colonial governors of Connecticut, Thomas Welles, John Haynes, and Gurdon SaltonstalL
Yale relatives include three nephews, H. H. Houston Woodward, ex-'iy, Stanley Woodward, '22, and Charles H. Woodward, '27.
St. Paul's School, Concord, N H. Member Yale Yacht Club Junior and Senior years, College Choir three years, '83 Glee Club, '83 Quartette, Yale Glee Club Junior and Senior years, executive committee of Yale Athletic Association Junior and Senior years, Tale News board Junior year, Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. Read law in office of A T. McChntock in Wilkes Barre 1883-84; attended University of Pennsylvania Law School and was in law office of E Coppee Mitchell in Philadelphia 1884-85; admitted to Luzerne County Bar September 7,1885, and had since practiced in Wilkes Barre; joined firm of Wheaton, Darling & Woodward in 1892 and continued with that firm and its successor, Woodward, Darling & Woodward, until his election as a judge of Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County in 1913; in 1923 was reelected for a second term of ten years; director of Wilkes Barre Deposit & Savings Bank since 1923; president Yale Alumni Association of Wyoming Valley 1924-25; elder of Wilkes Barre Presbyterian Church.
Married June 6, 1888, in Wilkes Barre, Marion, daughter of Thaddeus Street and Esther (Reynolds) Hillard, and sister of Harry R. and Tuthill R Hillard, both '83. Children: John Butler, ex-11 (died during his Freshman year at Yale); Marion (Mrs Bruce Payne); and Stanley Hillard.
Death due to an apoplectic stroke; had been in ill health for several months Buried in Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes Barre. Survived by wife, daughter, son, and a brother, George Woodward, '87 and '88 S
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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