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2637. CARROLL BALDWIN. 2638. SALLY RODMAN BALDWIN.

§ 1962; SARAH ABIGAIL RODMAN, 8 (Samuel Rodman, 7; Elizabeth Haz- ard, 6; Stephen, 5 , Thomas, 4. , Stephen, 3; Robert, 2; Thomas, I), was born September 15, 184.0; she married, September 27, 1865, William Woodward, of Baltimore, Maryland, son of Heni-y and Mary (Webb) Woodward. He was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on the last day of the year 1836. After his tenth year, the family removed to Baltimore. At the age of twenty—one, he be- came a partner 1n the firm of Cary, Bangs and Woodward. In 1864. he removed to New York, and entered the cotton business. In I 869 he was offered a partner- ship 1n the firm of Smith and Dunning,D General comm1ssion merchants, and the firm became Smith, Dunning and Woodward; later, Smith, Woodward and Still- man; and finally, Woodward and Stillman, under which style the firm has been in business nearly twenty years.

By his death, New York lost a strong, vital and commanding personality in its business circles, and withal a spirit genial, friendly, helpful and kind. During the last twenty years his career as a merchant illustrates the value of concentrated energy, strict personal attention to affairs, and absolute integrity in the rise and growth of a business which, at the time of his death, was the largest of its kind in the country. Mr. Woodward was a man of sanguine spirit, tempered with a keen power of discrimination and an almost unerringjudgment, and through the ups and downs of general business for twenty years, the firm of Woodward and Stillman has been synonymous with good management and success. Mr.Wood— ward took an active part in the organization and advancement of the New York Cotton Association. He was a member of the original committee appointed to draft its by— —.laws Later, he served very effeétively as member of its building com— mittee, and, upon the completion of the magnificent Cotton Exchange Building, as chairmari of the committee of arrangements, he began the ceremonles of its formal dedication‘ ‘according to the usages of a God— fearing people,” by intro— ducing the Right Reverend H. C. Potter, who offered a prayer of blessing.

He was a valued member of the Union, Manhattan, Tuxedo, South Side, New York Yacht Clubs, and of Holland Lodge. He was a man of sturdy physique, the apparent embodiment of health, success and happiness, —cheerful, hopeful,

confident, and with a delightful dry humor of his own. He enjoy yed the respect and confidence of all who knew him, and stood among those honored and distin— guished merchants of New York, who, through their own efforts and natural force of character, attained success. His charities were unostentatious, but many and great. He helped many business men in days of trouble, and gave many young men a start in life. His kindness extended to the humblest of his em— ployees, and his benevolence was not bounded by creeds, conditions or circum— stances. To the hearts of all who knew him, the news of his death came with a

painful shock. He died suddenly in March, 1889. CHILDREN