| Show CHARLES woodmansee the of the accompanying cut died at hie residence in utah on the of march 1894 of neuralgia of the heart after an illness of but three daye his remains were interred in otteen city cemetery march having been followed to their final resting place by one of alie longest corteges ever been in ogden his ancestors were among tho earliest Bett lera of new england having grated from england in the sixteenth century and settled with the colony in massachusetts alio founder of the family gabriel woodmansee eee was a prominent minister among the society of friends and later in the same century was persecuted and driven by re ligi oua fanatics from massachusetts fled to the eastern coast of new jersey beyond these facts little is iknoian of the veteran pioneer charles son of james and sarah terrell woodmansee was abom march in highland county ohio his father being a farmer like other boye of the period lie attended the village ec hoole and obtained what education they afforded until at 10 years of age he moved with ins parents to iowa and settled on the mississippi river near where the city of burlington now stands here he assisted hi father in his agricultural pursuits eleven years and althou eh laboring under many disadvantages lie was studious and energetic in his efforts to acquire an education and was ae successful as the times and his circumstances would permit while in iowa his parents joined the chhith of jesus christ of day sainte of which they remained mem bers in all faith and fellowship until death the mother dying in 1840 and the father in 1849 after the death of their parents chailee joseph and henry continued to work the farm until 1853 alien they sold out and moved to salt lake city where they engaged in merchandising in the name of woodmansee bros thus be agas will be seen among the founders of the commerce of utah charles was of an active character and while his brother joseph remained and attended to their interests in the be was out trading and looking adfur afur their interests on the outside in ISM he came and settled in primitive ogden and from her early blushing maidenhood to tho full grown city that she ie hie name has been linked with all her material interests tho synonym of probity enterprise and euc ess in 1854 also be joined the church the baptism being performed by elder armstead moult the busin eee of woodmansee broth era continued to prosper they having in addition to their merchandise largo herds of cattle and horbes which fed upon the then large ranges adjacent to ogden in 1864 by mutual consent the firm of woodmansee brothers dissolved charles went to mound fort and en caged in business which was attended with his usual success on tho ath of september 1864 lie married miss harriet E porter tho estimable woman who with true wifely affection and fortitude has been his veritable helpmeet bearing her share of the burdens of his life and sharing walli becoming dignity the fruits of joint success in 1863 he built a store on alie west side of main street thia city and stocked it with general merchandise and in which lie did a prosperous business until 1869 when he erected a larger rock store in which he did business until 1874 when he closed out and turned his attention to other pursuits in 1870 be purchased of wells fargo co a building situated on what is now the corner of twenty fourth and grant converted it into a theater inaugurated augu rated the drama in Ogden and continued to provide popular amusements for the people he was sole proprietor and of course assumed and promptly met all its financial responsibilities after a successful and prosperous course of eleven yeara he closed the theater turned the building into a business giouse and has tinco turned bis attention chiefly to tho improvement of bis real improvements in the shape of business houses may be seen on every business street in there are few if any alio have con tributes tri buted more to make ogden the great commercial center that she is As man mr woodmansee was shrewd keen and quick to a business proposition and prompt to avail himself of adv legitimate advantage that presented itself he leaves a fortune of between four and five hundred thousand dollars which be disposed of by will leaving ahn greater part to his wife but making ample provision for all and appointing appi inting his wife and ilia eldest son as his executors he has left an excellent business representative in the person his eldest son diaries II 11 who in connection with his mother as executors will manage abo estate in a competent successful and satisfactory manner he was honorable and fair in bis dealings with all men and loyal and true to his country and its institution As a neighbor he was peaceable kind and obliging as a friend ee nerous true and trustworthy as a husband and father affectionate and devotedly attached to his home wife childen and kinsfolk |
