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- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XXVIII.
MAXWELL WOODHULL, (Captain United States Navy), seventh generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the only son of Richard Miller Woodhull and Catherine Van Zandt.
He was born April 2, 1813. On June 4, 1832, he entered the Navy by appointment from President Andrew Jackson, and served with credit during his entire life.
He served in the Mediterranean, on the Coast of Africa, on the Brazil Station, and in the Gulf of Mexico.
During the Paraguay expedition he was executive officer of the Flag-ship "Sabine," and afterward commanded the Brig "Bainbridge."
Being attached to the Coast Survey, he surveyed New York Harbor and the obstructions of Hell Gate, reported plans for their removal, and received the thanks of the Chamber of Commerce of New York. He was also engaged on surveys on the New England Coast.
At the opening of the Civil War he was assigned to special duty under the Navy Department, and promoted to the rank of Commander, July 1, 1861.
He organized the supply service for the blockading fleet, commanded the "Connecticut," was afterward transferred to the Gunboat "Cimerone," and led a division of the James River Flotilla during General George B. McClellan's Peninsular Campaign.
He married, December 13, 1842, Ellen Francis, daughter of Moses Poor, Esq., of Washington, D. C.
He died in Baltimore, Maryland, February 19, 1863, and was buried with military honors, the funeral being held in the City of Washington, February 21, 1863, after which the body was taken to New York City for interment in the Maxwell family vault in Old Trinity Church-yard, where his father and mother were also buried.
He was survived by a widow, two sons and a daughter.
(See Genealogy, No. 276.)
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1813 - 1863 (49 years)