Rev Daniel Woodward

Rev Daniel Woodward was born Sept. 25, 1864 near Wild
Rose WI to John Butler Woodward and his wife Sarah Moore.
He was ordained a Methodist minister in Stevens Point on
Oct. 4, 1896. He served Methodist churches in Crystal Lake,
Stockbridge, Wausau, Randolph, Merrill, Sturgeon Bay and
Omro. He left the Methodist at this point. He was appointed
Warden at the state prison at Waupun. He made many changes
for the better treatment of prisoners including a half holiday on
Saturday, and schools for illiterate prisoners. He was a
Chautauqua lecturer or 4 years. Then he was a Congregational
minister serving Omro, Oconomowoc, Medford, Kaukauna,
Elcho, Three Lakes, Randolph, and Pine River. By 1940 he was
pastor for the Open Door Baptist Church in Randolph. He
married Jennie Lynd Jenks, daughter of John Tower Jenks and
Polly Jeffers on Oct. 26, 1885 in Wild Rose. She died in 1927
Daniel died June 22, 1944 in Portage.