b. Buxton, Maine, 1814
d. Cambridge, Massachussetts, March, 1889

Cyrus Woodman was a lawyer, land agent, banker and lumberman. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1836, studied at Harvard was admitted to the bar in 1839. He became agent for the Boston and Western Land Company headquartered in Winslow, Illinois. He held the position until 1843.

C. C. Washburn

In 1844, he moved to Mineral Point and formed a partnership with C. C. Washburn. The two concentrated on law, lumbering and land speculation. They also purchased and operated the Helena shot tower and formed a conservative banking business in Mineral Point. After ending the partnership with Washburn in 1855, Woodman traveled through Europe with his wife and family. He returned to manage his business affairs in Wisconsin in 1858. From 1862 to 1864, he superintended the Michigan pine lands owned by the St. Mary's Ship Canal Company.

In 1869, he accepted a temporary position as vice-president of the Burlington and Missouri River R.R., directing construction of a line to Lincoln, Nebraska. He then retired permanently to Cambridge, Massachussetts. He spent his time studying, collecting data and writing on local history and genealogy.

Source: L. Gara, Westernized Yankee; Story of C. Woodman (Madison, 1956); C. Woodman, Woodmans of Buxton, Maine (Boston, 1874); C. Woodman Papers; WPA MS.