Person:Henry Woodworth (4)

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Henry Phelps Woodworth
b.12 Dec 1867 Lowell, MA
d.1 Feb 1912 Lowell, MA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Dec 1865
  1. Jr. Artemas Brooks Woodworth1866 - 1962
  2. Henry Phelps Woodworth1867 - 1912
  3. Lucia Woodworth1869 - 1870
  4. Elizabeth Woodworth1871 - 1893
  5. Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Woodworth1872 - 1872
  6. Harriet "Hattie" Woodworth1880 - 1880
  7. Harriet A Woodworth1880 - 1922
Spouse and Children
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m. 8 Jun 1891
  1. Pauline Woodworth1893 - 1964
  2. Elizabeth Woodworth1894 - 1962
  3. Brooks Woodworth1895 - 1918
  4. Rachel Woodworth1896 - 1966
  5. George Hovey Woodworth1897 - 1898
  6. Catharine Woodworth1899 - 1990
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Facts and Events
Name Henry Phelps Woodworth
Gender Male
Birth? 12 Dec 1867 Lowell, MA
Marriage 8 Jun 1891 Boston, MAto Amy Florence Whittemore
Death? 1 Feb 1912 Lowell, MA

Henry went to Phillips Andover Academy in MA, and then Yale. When his mother would not let him take a summer tour with Yale to play baseball, he quit college and went to work for the family's lumber business. He and Amy lived on a farm on Robbins Hill, Chelmsford, MA, where all the children except Catharine were born. They moved to Lowell where they owned four house lots on Oakland and Hawthorne St., which turned into a family complex. For a short time they lived in Davis, WV, in about 1904-5.

CORRECTION - Henry attended two semesters of college at Amherst College, not Yale. Graduated class of 1885 from Phillips Andover and started in the class of 1885 at Amherst.


There were six children born to Henry Phelps and Amy Florence Whittemore Woodworth. They were Lieutenant Brooks Woodworth Find A Grave Memorial# 14404028, George Hovey Woodworth Find A Grave Memorial# 109954326, Catharine Woodworth Davis Find A Grave Memorial# 109954331, Elizabeth Woodworth Liddell Find A Grave Memorial# 20258629, Rachel Woodworth Find A Grave Memorial# 109954328 and Pauline Woodworth Field, born 8 April 1893 and died 18 Nov 1964 in Pomfret, CT.

According to Alumni and Non-Graduates Of Amherst College, 1871 - 1896 "Henry Phelps Woodworth, [Chelmsford], son of Artemas B. and Lucia M. (Brooks) Woodworth, was born in Lowell, Dec. 12, 1867; fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover. A. C, '85 — '86, two terms. In Wholesale and Retail Lumber business, '86— 1900; Supt. of The Merrimack Croquet Mfg. Co., Lowell, 1901 —. Married, June 8, 1891, Amy F., dau. of the late Peter Whittemore. Two children."

References
  1.   A genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland, a great-grandson of Moses Cleveland, of Woburn, Mass., and a native of Canterbury Windham County, Conn.
  2.   Alumni and Non-Graduates Of Amherst College, 1871 - 1896
    Page 344.

    Henry Phelps Woodworth, [Chelmsford], son of Artemas B.
    and Lucia M. (Brooks) Woodworth, was born in Lowell, Dec. 12,
    1867; fitted for college at Phillips Academy, Andover. A. C, '85 —
    '86, two terms. In Wholesale and Retail Lumber business, '86—
    1900; Supt. of The Merrimack Croquet Mfg. Co., Lowell, 1901 —.
    Married, June 8, 1891, Amy F., dau. of the late Peter Whittemore.
    Two children.

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