D.D. George Spofford Woodhull

1829 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	George Spofford Woodhull
  Title	D.D.
  Birth	20 Jul 1829
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I18633	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	William Woodhull,   b. 12 Oct 1785   d. 17 Aug 1847 (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Carl,   b. Abt 1793, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States d. May 1874, New York, United States (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1815
  Family ID	F7708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth D. Martin,   b. Abt 1829   d. 19 Feb 1903 (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Julia Louisa Woodhull,   b. 7 Nov 1856   d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Martin Woodhull,   b. 1 Feb 1859   d. 25 Jul 1859 (Age 0 years)   3. Rev. George Edmund Woodhull,   b. 17 Oct 1860   d. 11 Oct 1895 (Age 34 years)   4. Phebe Almira Woodhull,   b. 10 Aug 1863   d. 29 Jan 1890 (Age 26 years)   5. Caroline Jane Woodhull,   b. 7 Jan 1866   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XXXVII. GEORGE SPOFFORD WOODHULL, (D. D.), seventh generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the youngest son of William Woodhull and Phebe Carl. He was born July 25, 1829. He was graduated from New York University in 1848, with the Greek Honor, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1852, and was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New York the same year. He was ordained as an Evangelist by the Presbytery of West Jersey, 1853. Was Chaplain United States Army, 4th Virginia Infantry (then Chaplain of the 4th West Virginia Infantry when West Virginia was admitted into the Union in 1863), from 1861 to 1864. Was pastor for many years of the Presbyterian Church at Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia (now a part of West Virginia), and later pastor at Marinette, Wisconsin, also at some other churches served for shorter periods, and finally at Saginaw, Michigan. The Rev. George S. Woodhull had the Honorary Degree of D. D., or S. T. D., conferred upon him by New York University. At the Page 347 age of seventy Dr. Woodhull was honorably retired (H. R.), by the Presbytery of Flint, Michigan. He was married, October 25, 1855, to Elizabeth D., daughter of Moses Martin, of Peacham, Vermont. They had five children, of whom two are living (1904). (See Genealogy, No. 344.)