Woodhull

The first settler of the town that is located in the southwest portion of Henry County, was Thomas Weir, who arrived in 1841. Woodhull, first know as “Heathland” and then “Leoti” an American Indian word for “wildflowers,” the town was then renamed Woodhull for Maxwell Woodhull, a New York City native who planted the village in 1857, in preparation for the arrival of the Air Line Railroad Co. The company originally surveyed the land in 1847, but the first trains did not arrive here until 1869.

Woodhull was incorporated in 1870, and the following board of officers elected: B.Taylor, President; J. V. Kennagy, Clerk; W. O. Gamble, Treasurer, :tnd Rev. W. C. Wagner and James Walton, Trustees. There are now seven trustees, instead of the original five elected.

Woodhull Officials (1877)

Pres. J.B. Ridenour; Clerk, Robt. Magner; Treas. S.W. Neely, Trustees, William Templeton, J.E. Kellogg, J.W. Cox, S.W. Wiley, William Cornell

 

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