REZIN C. WOODFILL. Among the pre-Revolutionary settlers of Washington county was Joseph Woodfill, who was born September 17, 1754, and six years later came to East Bethlehem township, Washington county. Here he studied after the fashion of boys of that period, and became a Methodist Episcopal preacher. His marriage with Miss Catherine Gudshell took place October 20,1777, and to this union the following named children were born: Joseph, Catherine, Mary, Elizabeth, Rezin and John. Rezin Woodfill was born December 20, 1792, in East Bethlehem township, and there was reared to manhood in a pioneer log cabin. His educational advantages were necessarily limited, as opportunities were few, and time was money in those early days. On December 4, 1817, he married Miss Sarah Dotson, and to this union were born: Joseph D., July 30, 1819 (a farmer of East Bethlehem, who married Mary White, November 7, 1844, and they are the parents of Andrew, Margaret, Ella, White, Oliver, Mary and Bert Woodfill); John B. (a farmer of Fayette county, Penn.); William M. (a grocer in Washington borough); Mary (widow of S. Bromfield, of Fayette county, Penn.), Andrew (who died while at college, Meadville, Penn.); James (who died at California, Penn.); Melinda (deceased); Charles W. (a physician, who died in Preston county, W. Va.); Rezin C. (the subject of this notice) and Lizzie Ball. The father of this family voted with the Republican party, and in religious affairs affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Both parents are numbered with the majority. Rezin C. Woodfill, son of Rezin and Sarah Woodfill, was born July 9, 1833, on the home farm. Having received the education which the schools of the district afforded, he set out for Iowa with the intention oś remaining in that State; but his health failing, he returned to Pennsylvania, and worked for his father on the home farm; after his mother's death he bought the interests of the other heirs in the estate. On October 11, 1862, Mr. Rezin was married to Maggie C. Ridlingshafer, of Brownsville, Penn., and to this marriage were born William J. (a carpenter), Charles R., John C., Frank G., Jesse S., Ollie B., Le Roy, Sallie J., Annie L. and May L. With the exception of John C. and Frank G., who are clerks at Brownsville, all reside with the parents. All are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. Rezin C. Woodfill is a Republican. The home farm embraces seventy-six acres of fertile land, which is devoted to agriculture.

Text taken from page 410 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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