Hon.
Stanley
Woodward
Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
George Abisha Woodward and Mary Harriet (Woodward) Williamson
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Woodward
Died
at age 72
in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Apr 2018
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Biography
Hon. Stanley Woodward, Additional Law Judge of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, was born in Wilkes-Barre in 1833. Son of a former Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. Educated at the Episcopal High School and Wyoming Seminary, graduating with honor from Yale College in 1855. Studied law with the Hon. Warren J. Woodward, of New Haven, Connecticut ; admitted to the Luzerne Bar in 1S56. Was counsel for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and Central Railroad of New Jersey. Served in the War of the Rebellion and commanded a company. Was appointed Additional Law Judge of Luzerne county in 1879; elected in 1880 for a term of ten years, and re-elected in 1890 for a further term for the same period.
(From Wyoming Valley in the 19th Century. Art Edition by SR Smith, Vol I, Wilkes-Barre Leader Print, 1894)
BURIAL: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HB-VB7 : 22 December 2020), Staley F Woodward in household of George W Woodward, Plymouth Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZP1-PZ7 : 29 May 2021), Stanley Woodward, 1870.
- (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130974848/stanley-woodward : accessed 01 March 2022), memorial page for Stanley Woodward (29 Aug 1833–29 Mar 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130974848, citing Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Anthony T.P. Brooks (contributor 48417926) .
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