HON. HAMILTON BLOSS WOODBURY is the eldest of a family of six children. His parents were Ebenezer B. Woodbury, who was born in New Hampshire, and removed to Ohio in 1811, and Sylva Woodbury, born in Cazenovia, Madison county, New York, and came to Ohio in 1816. They were living in Kelloggsville, this county, when the subject of this sketch was born Nov. 27, 1831. They, however, removed to Jefferson after a term of years, and the mother is yet a resident of that village, the father having died Aug. 14, 1870. Judge Woodbury was educated in the common and select schools of Ashtabula County. When seventeen years of age he entered the law office of his father at Kelloggsville, and began the study of the profession in which to-day he occupies a high position. In the year 1852, at the September term of the district court of Ashtabula county, he was admitted to practice. Some twelve years since, he was admitted to practice in the United States courts. In 1854 he was elected a justice of the peace for the township of Monroe, this county, and re-elected in 1857. In October of that year he removed to Jefferson, where he still resides. Has held numerous offices; among these we may mention trustee of the township and mayor of the village. In April, 1873, he was elected a delegate to the constitutional convention of Ohio. He now occupies the position of common pleas judge of the third subdivision of the ninth judicial district of Ohio, having been elected in January, 1875, and again re-elected in October of the same year. On the 5th of September, 1863, he was by his excellency Governor David Tod commissioned as lieutenant-colonel of the Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Militia, which position he held until the disbanding of the organization.
The wife of Judge Woodbury was Mary E., daughter of Peter and Sarah W. Hervey, to whom he was united in marriage at Jefferson, Ohio, on the 12th day of October, 1854.
Four children have blessed this union. They are Frederick H., born Oct. 24, 1855; M. Jennie, born Sept. 10, 1857; Hamilton B., born Dec. 17, 1867; and Walter W., whose birth occurred June 19, 1871. Politically Judge Woodbury is a Republican. As a jurist it is perhaps correct to say that no sounder one is known to the courts of northern Ohio. Conversant with the law, his decisions are rarely called in question, and he presides over the tribunals of justice with dignity and firmness.
(1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio)
The wife of Judge Woodbury was Mary E., daughter of Peter and Sarah W. Hervey, to whom he was united in marriage at Jefferson, Ohio, on the 12th day of October, 1854.
Four children have blessed this union. They are Frederick H., born Oct. 24, 1855; M. Jennie, born Sept. 10, 1857; Hamilton B., born Dec. 17, 1867; and Walter W., whose birth occurred June 19, 1871. Politically Judge Woodbury is a Republican. As a jurist it is perhaps correct to say that no sounder one is known to the courts of northern Ohio. Conversant with the law, his decisions are rarely called in question, and he presides over the tribunals of justice with dignity and firmness.
(1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio)
HON. HAMILTON BLOSS WOODBURY is the eldest of a family of six children. His parents were Ebenezer B. Woodbury, who was born in New Hampshire, and removed to Ohio in 1811, and Sylva Woodbury, born in Cazenovia, Madison county, New York, and came to Ohio in 1816. They were living in Kelloggsville, this county, when the subject of this sketch was born Nov. 27, 1831. They, however, removed to Jefferson after a term of years, and the mother is yet a resident of that village, the father having died Aug. 14, 1870. Judge Woodbury was educated in the common and select schools of Ashtabula County. When seventeen years of age he entered the law office of his father at Kelloggsville, and began the study of the profession in which to-day he occupies a high position. In the year 1852, at the September term of the district court of Ashtabula county, he was admitted to practice. Some twelve years since, he was admitted to practice in the United States courts. In 1854 he was elected a justice of the peace for the township of Monroe, this county, and re-elected in 1857. In October of that year he removed to Jefferson, where he still resides. Has held numerous offices; among these we may mention trustee of the township and mayor of the village. In April, 1873, he was elected a delegate to the constitutional convention of Ohio. He now occupies the position of common pleas judge of the third subdivision of the ninth judicial district of Ohio, having been elected in January, 1875, and again re-elected in October of the same year. On the 5th of September, 1863, he was by his excellency Governor David Tod commissioned as lieutenant-colonel of the Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer Militia, which position he held until the disbanding of the organization.
The wife of Judge Woodbury was Mary E., daughter of Peter and Sarah W. Hervey, to whom he was united in marriage at Jefferson, Ohio, on the 12th day of October, 1854.
Four children have blessed this union. They are Frederick H., born Oct. 24, 1855; M. Jennie, born Sept. 10, 1857; Hamilton B., born Dec. 17, 1867; and Walter W., whose birth occurred June 19, 1871. Politically Judge Woodbury is a Republican. As a jurist it is perhaps correct to say that no sounder one is known to the courts of northern Ohio. Conversant with the law, his decisions are rarely called in question, and he presides over the tribunals of justice with dignity and firmness.
(1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio)
The wife of Judge Woodbury was Mary E., daughter of Peter and Sarah W. Hervey, to whom he was united in marriage at Jefferson, Ohio, on the 12th day of October, 1854.
Four children have blessed this union. They are Frederick H., born Oct. 24, 1855; M. Jennie, born Sept. 10, 1857; Hamilton B., born Dec. 17, 1867; and Walter W., whose birth occurred June 19, 1871. Politically Judge Woodbury is a Republican. As a jurist it is perhaps correct to say that no sounder one is known to the courts of northern Ohio. Conversant with the law, his decisions are rarely called in question, and he presides over the tribunals of justice with dignity and firmness.
(1798 History of Ashtabula County, Ohio)
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