Cornelia Van Cleve Woodhull

Cornelia Van Cleve Woodhull

Female 1816 - 1900  (83 years)


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  • Name Cornelia Van Cleve Woodhull 
    Birth 21 Dec 1816 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 12 Jul 1825 
    Death 27 Jun 1900 
    Person ID I18634  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father Rev. Rev. Selah Strong Woodhull,   b. 4 Aug 1786, Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1826, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Mother Cornelia Van Cleve,   b. 15 Nov 1787   d. 3 Jan 1841, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 8 Apr 1807  Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josiah Little Pickard,   b. Abt 1825   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 24 Aug 1847 
    Children 
     1. Alice Electa Pickard,   b. 25 Dec 1849   d. 18 Feb 1872 (Age 22 years)
     2. Frederick William Pickard,   b. 21 Sep 1851   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Fanny Matilda Pickard,   b. 21 Sep 1851   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F7898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2026 

  • Notes 
    • . CORNELIA VAN CLEVE WOODHULL, 7th generation, born July 12, 1825, was the sixth daughter and youngest child of the Rev. Selah Strong Woodhull and Cornelia Van Cleve.

      She married, August 24, 1847, Josiah Little Pickard, son of Samuel Pickard.

      (See Genealogical Appendix, Note Ee.)

      She died June 27, 1900.

      He was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844; was State Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1859 to 1864; Superintendent of City Schools of Chicago, Illinois, from 1864 to 1877; President of State University of Iowa, from 1878 to 1887.
      He received the degrees of A. B., and A. M., from Bowdoin College; and in 1870, the degree of LL. D., from Chicago University and Beloit College, and in 1894, the degree of LL. B., from Bowdoin College.

      Children (Three):
      (1.) Alice Electa Pickard, born December 25, 1849; married,
      September 28, 1870, the Rev. Thomas J. Valentine.
      She died February 18, 1872. They had no children.
      |(2.) Frederick William Pickard, born September 21, 1851;
      | married, June 10, 1874, Enola J. Howe. They had
      | four children:
      | Edward Frederick Pickard, born December 13, 1875.
      | Samuel Pickard, born March 17, 1877.
      | Alice Enola Pickard, born May 6, 1879.
      | Nelly Howe Pickard, born August 7, 1881.
      Twins.|(3.) Fanny Matilda Pickard, born September 21, 1851; married,
      | January 27, 1875, Frederick Jollyman, of Barnstable,
      | England. He was born December 18, 1847.
      | They had four children:
      | Josiah Pickard Jollyman, born October 29, 1879.
      | Alice Jollyman, born December 25, 1881.
      | William Jollyman, born February 22, 1883.
      | Fanny Jollyman, born March 4, 1888.