Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Woodhull, W. B. May 12, 1858 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Woodhull, W.B., M.D., Russia, was born in Painesville, Ohio, May 12, 1858, a 
son of Josiah, a son of Richard Woodhull, a native of England, who came to 
Long Island, where he died, about 1830.  Josiah Woodhull was born in Long 
Island in 1829, and was a contractor and builder.  He married Amanda Strong, a 
native of Long Island, by whom he had two sons, W.B. being the oldest.  He was 
educated in the public schools of Long Island and in St. Barnabas Hall 
Academy, graduating from the latter in 1873.  He spent one year at sea, three 
years as a clerk and one year as a merchant.  At the age of twenty-one he 
began the study of medicine with Dr. H.M. Ives, at Hastings, and afterwards 
graduated from New York University in 1882.  He immediately began practicing 
his profession, coming to Poland in 1885, where he has been very successful.  
In 1882 he married Mary, daughter of John and Helen (Sperry) Ackley, of 
Connecticut, and they have two children, Helen and Clarence S.  He is a 
Republican, a member of Herkimer County Medical society, and a member of South 
Side Lodge, No. 4923, F. & A.M., in Long Island.

Additional Comments:
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History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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