WI BIO - Green Co - WOODLING, John H.

History of Green County, Wisconsin. Springfield, IL: Union Publishing, 1884, 
p 1094

John H. WOODLING, farmer, Section 26, Town of Spring Grove [Green County, 
Wisconsin], one of the respected old pioneers, now living where he settled in 
1845, was born 27 May 1809 near Germantown, Montgomery County [Philadelphia 
County], Pennsylvania, son of Jacob WOODLING, who was also born in Montgomery 
County [Philadelphia County], Pennsylvania, and was four weeks old at the time 
of the Battle of Brandywine. [The Battle of Brandywine was, near 
Philadelphia, where General George Washington fought British troops, occurred 
11 to 12 September 1777. Thus Jacob WOODLING was born about August 1777.] 
He [Jacob WOODLING] died 13 October 1844 in Vigo County, Indiana. His wife 
[Mrs. Jacob WOODLING], the mother of John H., died 11 August 1859 at the 
residence of her son [John H.].

Jacob WOODLING had a family of ten children, seven of whom settled in 1837 in 
Vigo County, Indiana. The names of the children [of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob 
WOODLING] were: (1) Jacob, deceased; (2) John H. [the subject of this 
sketch]; (3) Francis, now in Brodhead [Green County, Wisconsin]; (4) 
Charles died in this town; (5) Eliza, wife of E. R. ALLEN, Esq.; (6) Maria; 
(7) Ann, deceased; (8) Polly, now living in Pennsylvania; (9) Jacob 
[second of that name], deceased; and )10) Catharine, deceased.

The subject of this sketch, John H. WOODLING, was married 28 January 1841 in 
Vigo County, Indiana, to Nancy B. ROLAND [a maiden name?], and came here 
bringing his mother [Mrs. Jacob WOODLING] with him, arriving in Green County, 
Wisconsin, in 1845, where he bought 200 acres of land. Eight children were 
born to John H. and Nancy B. WOODLING: (1) Delia Ann, born 28 December 
1841, wife of George H. SLOCUM; (2) Mary Jane, born 05 June 1844, wife of 
Cyrus A. HORTON; (3) Almina, born 15 October 1849, died 26 August 1850; (4) 
Chauncy S., born 23 August 1851, died 29 October 1852; (5) John Lyman, born 
08 September 1853, died 14 January 1855; (6) Eunice L., born 04 January 
1857, wife of Levi E. FREEMAN; (7) Emery R., born 16 September 1859, lives 
at home, and was married to Kate, daughter of Daniel BROBST, Emery R. and 
Kate WOODLING having had one child, John H., born 25 July 1883; and (8) 
Harriet E., born 06 December 1862, died 27 February 1864. Mrs. WOODLING 
[Nancy B. WOODLING] departed this life 01 March 1881.

Mr. [John H.] WOODLING has always been an active, public-spirited citizen, 
and has served his town on the Board of Supervisors for a number of terms. 
Politically he has, since the organization of the party [about 1854], always 
been a Republican. He and his wife were members of the United Brethren 
Church until that organization here became defunct. Mr. WOODLING is not now 
a member of any church, but is a Christian gentlemen.

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