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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 2: Ancestors.—parentage.—birth. (search)
ace maternal ancestors of Horace Greeley John Woodburn character of Horace Greeley's great-grandhe maiden name of Horace Greeley's mother was Woodburn, Mary Woodburn, of Londonderry. The foundeof the Woodburn family in this country was John Woodburn, who emigrated from Londonderry in Irelandlike all their brethren, and gall-less. John Woodburn obtained the usual grant of one hundred anved to maturity, and all but one married. John Woodburn's second wife, from whom Horace Greeley is lively interest in learning and history. John Woodburn died in 1780. Mrs. Woodburn, the subject oMrs. Woodburn, the subject of the passage just quoted, survived her husband many years, lived to see her children's grandchildrr of Horace Greeley, was the eldest son of John Woodburn, and the inheritor of his estate. He marrr of Horace Greeley. The descendants of John Woodburn are exceedingly numerous, and contribute lrly settlers of the town. The grandson of John Woodburn, a very genial and jovial gentleman, still