Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Brinton Webb WOODWARD
B. W. WOODWARD was proprietor of the Round Corner drug store. The business was established in 1855, the first house of the kind in the State, and with one exception the first in the Missouri Valley; they carried a stock of $10,000, and Mr. Woodward was also senior member of the firm of Woodward, Faxon & Co., Kansas City, Mo. He was born in East Marlboro, Chester Co., Penn., February 15, 1834. His early years were spent in working on a farm and in attending district school, finishing his studies in an academy in his native county. Afterward he engaged in teaching until he was of age. In 1854, he took a trip to Illinois and Iowa looking up a location. In May, 1855, he left home and moved to Kansas, settling in Lawrence on the 20th of May. In August of the same year, he opened a drug and stationery store. In December, he joined Company F, Kansas Guards, Gen. Lane commanding, in defense of the town. He took part in the capture of Titus and in Harvey's flank movement to LaCompton. In 1857, he was a delegate to the Free-State Territorial Convention which nominated Mark Parrott as a delegate to Congress. In 1858, he was a member of the citizens' city government. Mr. Woodward was married in Lawrence, October 9, 1859, to Miss Lucy M., daughter of Abraham Wilder, Esq. Mrs. Woodward died in Lawrence in 1865, leaving one daughter - Mary. He was married to his wife at Darnhall, near Westchester, Penn., November 28, 1866, she was Miss Emily P. Darlington, daughter of E. B. Darlington, Esq., of that place. They had two children - Brinton D. and Chester. Mr. B. had always taken a great interest in educational matters. He had been a regent of the State University several years, and of the Board of Education has been a prominent member
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