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- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XX.
JOHN TENNENT WOODHULL, (M. D.), sixth generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the second son of the Rev. John Woodhull, D. D., and Sarah Spofford.
He was born August 24, 1786, in the Old Tennent Parsonage, near Freehold, New Jersey. He received a classical education from his father, after which he graduated in 1809, from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and later, in 1812, received the degree of A. M. from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
He married, January 22, 1812, Anne, daughter of William Wikoff and Hannah Scudder.
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For half a century he enjoyed a high reputation in Monmouth County, New Jersey, as a physician of skill and ability.
His life was notably pure, and he was generous almost to a fault; he was a man who detested shams, being a hearty sympathizer in all that elevates and improves the condition of humanity, which is attested by the fact that he freed his faithful slaves some years before slavery became illegal, and did all in his power to educate and uplift them.
From 1821 to 1827 he was a member of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey. He was also a State Senator in 1825, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
In politics he was a staunch Whig, and to the end of his life took the liveliest interest in the political affairs of the day.
In appearance he was above six feet in height, wore his iron gray hair in a queue, and was distinguished for his dignified and courtly bearing. He possessed a vigorous intellect which he retained to the last.
The Bible and Shakespeare were his favorite books, and no man knew them more intimately.
For many years Dr. Woodhull was an elder in the historic Old Tennent Church, where his father preached for nearly half a century.
He died on Thanksgiving Day, 1869, at the home of his eldest son, the Hon. George Spofford Woodhull, of Camden, New Jersey.
Two daughters and six sons survived him.
(See Genealogy, No. 138.)
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1786 - 1869 (83 years)
