Elias Woodworth Jr. Explained

Elias Woodworth Jr.
State:Wisconsin
State Assembly:Wisconsin
District:Racine 5th
Term Start:June 5, 1848
Term End:January 1, 1849
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Herman Thorp
Party:Democratic
Birth Date:13 May 1819
Spouse:[1]

Elias Woodworth, Jr., (born May 13, 1819) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly during the first session (1848).[2] He was a Democrat.

Woodworth's father, also named Elias Woodworth, was born in Cayuga County, New York, and was a pioneer settler of Salem, Wisconsin.[3] The Woodworths are direct descendants of Walter Woodworth, one of the original Plymouth Colony settlers.[4]

Elias, Jr., married Helen Van Wie and had at least seven children. Sometime after his term in the Assembly, he and his family relocated to Medford, Minnesota.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Burhams Jr., Samuel . Burhans Genealogy: Descendants from the First Ancestor in America . . 1894 . 201 . August 9, 2021 .
  2. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 - 1999 ". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), p. 124.
  3. Book: Commemorative Biographical Record of Prominent and Representative Men of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin . J. H. Beers & Co. . 1906 . . 591 . August 9, 2021 .
  4. Book: Woodworth, William Atwood . Descendants of Walter Woodworth of Scituate, Mass. . 1898 . . 28 . August 9, 2021 .