Bernard Brown Woodcock, M.D.- was born in Pomfret, Chautauqua county, New York, Tuesday, June 10, 1810. He settled in this county in September, 1838. His first marriage was to Hannah J. Davis, daughter of John and Violetta (Curtis) Davis; she was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1809, and died July 12, 1871; the children by this union were: Asenath W., born October 13, 1830; Rebecca Caroline, March 30, 1832; Mary Ann D., January 1, 1834; Sybel R., March 2, 1836; Sarah Elizabeth, October 28, 1838; Hannah Jane, February 18, 1841, died January 22, 1853; James Marion, April 13, 1843; Romina Samantha, January 16, 1845; Maria Louisa, March 12, 1848; Martha Adeline, April 29, 1850. Mrs. Woodcock's previous husband was David P. Murphy, by whom she had three children: Olive, born October 30, 1830; Thomas, February 1, 1832; Georgiana, March 2, 1835, died October, 1864. Mr. Murphy died in July, 1834. Mr. Woodcock's second wife, Nancy Runyan, was born in Butler township, Hamilton county, who came to this county in 1824; the date of their marriage was September 7, 1871, in the city of Defiance, by John Slough, Esq. Oliver Cromwell and Asenath (Williams) Woodcock were Bernard's parents. Mr. Woodcock has filled the following offices: Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Commissioner, Coroner, Justice of the Peace, Constable, Supervisor, township Clerk, Treasurer, Trustee, and School Director. His only son, James Marion, enlisted in Company G, 14th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged for disability; enlisted again in Captain Shirley's Company A, 132d Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he was in all the engagements in which his regiment took part up to the siege of Corinth. Six of his sons-in-law were in the Rebellion, their names being George W. Bogart, in the 132d Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Joseph Malott and William H. Bruner in Company G, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Captain Snook, 68th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Captain P. H. Mooney, 68th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was in all the engagements in which the regiment took part, including Sherman's march to the sea, and the grand review at Washington; Merrit J. Tunnacliff, in an Iowa regiment; John W. Weeks, in the New York State Guiard; Robert Mathews, in an Indiana regiment; Peter Slough, in the 100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In the year 1851, the subject of this sketch had 144 small-pox patients, and there were fourteen cases in his present wife's family; he lost only two cases out of the whole lot. Mrs. Woodcock's second husband was Richard Banks, whom she married March 10, 1836; she has four children by this union: Martha Jane, born December 17, 1837; Martin Van Buren, August 13, 1840; an infant son; Mary Jane, April 27, 1843; they all died in infancy. Address Mr. Woodcock at Antwerp, Paulding county, Ohio.