William Elliot Woodward (1825 - 1892)

Born 29 Oct 1825 in Oxford, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Died 5 Jan 1892 at age 66 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Boston Transcript, 6 January 1892

W.E. Woodward, Antiquarian

Mr. W.E. Woodward, a prominent antiquarian, died at his residence in Roxbury yesterday afternoon. He was born in Oxford, Me., Oct. 29, 1825. When a young man he started out as a lecturer on mnemonics and met with remarkable success. In 1848 he came to Boston and engaged in the drug business in Roxbury and retired only a few years ago. He was the best-known coin dealer in the country and his series of coin catalogues is to be found in every large public library.

He was deeply interested in the history of New England, and published reprints of many of the early publications, notably the records of the trials of the witches at Salem in 1692, Cotton Mather's "Wonders of the Invisible World," Robert Calef's "More Wonders," Hubbard's "Indian Wars," "News from New England," and "Founders of New England." He also published "Records of Witchcraft in New England and Elsewhere," by Samuel Drake.

He was at one time a large real estate operator, and once owned the famous Governor Shirley House of Roxbury. He was for two years a member of the Common Council, and served on the committee that had charge of the street changes in the burnt district after the great fire of 1872.

He married Clarissa Eliza Roys on June 26, 1848.

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"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H26-6QC : 17 October 2017), William Eliot Woodward, 26 Nov 1825; citing Hebron, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3R-YZQ : 12 June 2019), W Eliot Woodward, 1870.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHXT-QFP : 26 August 2017), Elliot W Woodward, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 743, sheet 70C, NARA microfilm public...

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7GM-YYT : 22 May 2019), William C. Woodward, 05 Jan 1892; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, p 11, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,508.

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