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- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XXXIII.
HENRY ISAAC WOODHULL, seventh generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the eldest son of Samuel Woodhull and Mary Ann Bull. He was born June 19, 1824.
In 1869 he joined his two brothers, Sereno Dwight and William Sturges, at Salt Lake City, Utah, where for two years before they had started a mining venture.
The three brothers opened an office, set up a mill and smelting works, and built a cabin up in the mountains, about twenty miles from Salt Lake City.
After their claim was staked out they employed about one hundred miners and other workmen, and started the mining business under the firm name of "Woodhull Brothers."
They sent out the first bullion ever produced in the State of Utah. It was taken from Gordon's Big Cottonwood Canyon. For a time they were greatly encouraged, but the venture was no easy one. All the ore had to be hauled by mule-team down the mountain and through the valleys for 20 miles to Salt Lake City.
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The death of Henry Isaac Woodhull in August, 1870, in a great measure, broke up the enterprise, the two remaining brothers abandoning the work soon after.
Henry Isaac Woodhull was a man much respected and beloved, and his death was keenly felt among his friends. He was a man of Christian character, a kind and indulgent father, and a devoted husband. He was also a staunch Free-Mason.
He married, July 25, 1848, Mary W. Tyrrell. They had four children.
(See Genealogy, No. 375.)
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1824 - 1870 (46 years)