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- Could this be the correct Luther Woodward?
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther T Woodward
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Vermillion, Vermillion, Indiana
Family Number: 115
Household Members: Name Age
William B Hall 52 Could this be Elizabeth Woodward's parents?
Nancy Hall 44
Mary S Hall 20 all these children were born in Indiana
Charles Hall 17
Samuel Hall 15
Emily Hall 12
Amanda Hall 10
John Hall 8
Ellen Hall 6
Melvin Hall 4
Luther T Woodward 28 Clergyman, Meth born Ohio
Elizabeth Woodward 22 born Indiana
Erastus Mack 22 teacher
James Jordan 21
Lucretia Lambertson 17
Russell Smith 12
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Luther T Woodward
Age in 1860: 41
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Lebanon, Linn, Oregon property value $2000
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lebanon
Household Members: Name Age
Ellen Woodward 5
Luther Woodward 3
Luther T Woodward 41 clergyman, M E
Elizabeth Woodward 33
Elizabeth Woodward 8
Willamette University College of Law
In July 1866, the Reverend Luther T. Woodward reported to the Willamette University board of trustees that several prominent Oregonians wanted to establish a law department at the school. The Oregon Conference of the Methodist Church, which oversaw the university, gave full approval to this action. Matthew P. Deady, a distinguished jurist, taught the first formal courses in jurisprudence, beginning in the 1870s. In 1883, the university established the College of Law, offering a formalized law program leading to the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.). It was the second law school established in the West and the first in the Northwest.
Presidents of Willamette University (The first University in the West)
1867-1868 Luther T. Woodward (interim)
In 1850, Congress passed the Donation Land Law, which granted land to certain white or Indians of mixed blood, provided they were citizens of the United States or would become citizens within a year, and provided they agreed to stay on the land for four years. They could receive 320 acres each (if single and would marry one year after arrival), 160 acres if single and over 21, and an additional 320 acres in the name of their wife, if married. The settlers needed to emigrate to Oregon between December 1850 and December 1853 in order to qualify. Originally designed to expire in December of 1853, the law was extended until December of 1855, and it enabled settlers to purchase their claim for $1.25 per acre after two years of successive residence on the land. Luther T Woodward is listed as a claimant. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/or/town/lebanon/dlcs.html
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