William D. Woodend (May 22, 1832-March 8, 1893)
Worshipful Master: 1874
Masonic Career: Brother #44 of Jephtha No. 494 F. & A. M, 1860.
Education: University of Pennsylvania, 1855
Occupation: Physician, Philadelphia and Huntington. Purchased the practice of Dr. Sturgis in Huntington in 1857 and remained in active practice for 35 years.
Bio: Born in Portsmouth City, VA.
Wife, Iantha D. Wood [m. 27 April 1859]. Children, Matilda (b. July, 1860) , George (b. Feb, 1864), William (b.July, 1865) and Jennie (b.1868).
Active in Democratic Party politics; member of Suffolk County and New York State Democratic Committees; Suffolk County Coroner; member New York State Medical Society. Member of Huntington School Board. Deacon of Second Presbyterian Church.
Passed away on March 8, 1893 at Washington, D. C., where he attended President Grover Cleveland’s inauguration. Interred in Huntington Rural Cemetery.
