I was only being facetious about the Kentuckey Derby which didn't open until 5 years after his death.I would be more inclined to believe he inherited some money. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nadine Holder" <nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 12:35 PM Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Paschall Woodward of Chester County and points west > Now horse racing catches my eye! It is would seem somewhat likely that he > hit "something" > big. I hadn't really noticed before that he was admitted to the bar > at the ripe age of 23 and was only 25 when elected district attorney. . I > would have thought "census errors" or that Paschal was joking around with > the 1860 census > taker except for the fact that he had a number of farm hands working for > him > too in 1860. I did know that Elizabeth returned to Chester County after > he > died but did not know that he was taken back there for burial. Apparently > kept up > his Quaker membership - I have the Illinois Quaker records at my library > so > will have to check if there are any clues in there. > > Actually Paschall probably had quite a good farming background despite his > youth, his schooling and his law career. Father Thomas Stalker Woodward > had a farm in West Bradford, valued $22,000 in 1850 and had several Irish > laborers working for him so Paschall would have been well exposed to large > scale farming. Maybe he found the law not to his taste and wanted to > return > to his farming roots. Father Thomas had a net worth of $30,000 real estate > and $3350 personal property in 1860 and only a couple of farm laborers so > it doesn't look like the money came from Daddy. Paschall was also > probably > a smart cookie as he was descended from William and Eliza Marshall > Woodward > and descendants of Eliza Marshall also descend from James Hunt of England > whose > two daughters were styled as "geniuses" in some descriptions of the > family. So > maybe he did make all that money by himself. Didn't find much on the Will > County, Illinois Web Site that might be enlightening but would guess from > its > location just south of Chicago that there was much opportunity there. A > huge > market for farm products for one thing. > > Thanks guys for all your input and maybe a descendant will turn up > sometime > that knows the story for sure. Nadine > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Smedley" <smedley.george@att.net> > To: "Nadine Holder" <nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com>; > <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 5:53 AM > Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Paschall Woodward of Chester County and points west > > >> Nadine >> Maybe he hit it big on the Kentucky Derby. >> visit"The George Smedley Homepage" >> http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net >> additional photos at >> http://smedley.george.home.att.net >> #4679 ELIZABETH JAMES (Jesse,Elizabeth,John,Mary,Sarah,George),b. >> Westtown,5-27-1827;d.West Chester,5-25-1891;m.Philadelphia,3-16-1848, >> Paschall Woodward,b.West Bradford,9-27-1824;d.Louisville,Ky.,1-28-1870; >> buried at Bradford Meeting,Chester Co.;son of Thomas S Woodward and Mary >> Worth,of West Bradford.He studied law and was admitted to the bar of >> Chester Co.,Nov.4,1847;elected district attorney,Oct.,1850,and served >> till >> Sept,1853,when he resigned and removed to the West. Issue: >> >> 4679A William Henry,b.12-20-1850;living in West Bradford,unmarried. >> >> P.O.,West Chester. >> >> 4679B Emma J,b.Chicago,Ill.,9-12-1855;m.West Chester,Pa.,10-2- >> >> 1877,E Frank Stoner,b.Lancaster Co.,Oct.,1850;d.Washington, >> >> Pa.,April,1884;buried Millersville,Pa.;son of Jacob Stoner >> >> and Susan Funk,of Lancaster Co.He was in the drug business. >> >> She now resides at 3608 Walnut St.,Phila. Issue: >> >> Elizabeth,b.Washington,9-18-1878;unmarried. >> >> Samuel Francis,b.same,2-22-1882;d.Phila.,10-25-1900. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nadine Holder" <nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com> >> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 4:06 PM >> Subject: [PaOldC] Paschall Woodward of Chester County and points west >> >> >>> The list seems a bit quiet so thought I would ask a question that has >>> bugged me for some time. >>> >>> "In 1850, an Act of Assembly was passed, creating the office of District >>> Attorney and making the officer elective by the people. The first >>> choice >>> of the electors fell upon Paschall Woodward, who acted in that capacity >>> until 1853, when he resigned and removed to the West." Tells of a >>> murder >>> case tried by Paschall in Jan 1851. From Side Lights on the Bench and >>> Bar of Chester County, by Wilmer W. MacElree 1918 >>> >>> Then I find Paschall in the 1850 census in Chester County: >>> 1850 #362 West Chester Chester Co, Pa >>> Paschall Woodward, 25, lawyer, $2500, Pa; Elizabeth J., 22, Pa; Anna >>> Mary >>> Woodward, 17, Pa; Margaret Mills, 19, Pa. They are next door to a >>> girls' >>> school run by Palmer Evans and thus probably the two girls staying with >>> them. Anna Mary is Paschall's sister. >>> >>> Then he did indeed remove to the west and is found in 1860: >>> 1860 New Lenox Will Co Ill >>> 1119 Paschall Woodward, 35, farmer, Pa, 72,000 real estate 20,000 >>> personal property >>> Elizabeth J., 34, Pa; Harry Woodward, 9, Pa; Emma J, 4, Il; John Yertze >>> 60, farm hand, Pa; John Conwell, 30, carppenter, NY; Wm Edwards, 24, >>> farm >>> hand, Pa; James Brenan, 30, farm hand, Ire; Henry Law, 25, farm hand, >>> NY; >>> Angus McFadden, 25, farm hand, Scotland; Charlotte Weston, 56, servant, >>> England; Lydia Cramer, 14, servant, NY >>> >>> My question is how did this guy go from a net worth of $2500 in 1850 to >>> nearly $100,000 in 1860. That is an enormous amount of money in that >>> day >>> and time. A currency comparison site online using comparative cost of >>> living gives the value in 2004 of $100,000 from 1860 as over two million >>> dollars. >>> >>> Paschall is only distantly related to me - second cousin, four times >>> removed and it is mainly prurient curiosity on my part. He descends from >>> William and Eliza Marshall Woodward and I have his family information. >>> Didn't find much on him by Googling and wonder if anyone out there knows >>> his story , i. e. anything about the murder trial and how Paschall may >>> have come into his wealth? >>> Nadine Holder >>> >>> >>> ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== >>> Unsubscribing. 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