Calvin M. Woodward

Calvin Milton Woodward (August 25, 1837 – January 12, 1915) was born at Fitchburg, Massachusetts to Isaac Burnap Woodward and Eliza W. (Wetherbee) Woodward. He graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. in 1860. His first job was to serve as principal of Brown High School in Newburyport, Massachusetts. During the Civil War he enlisted and was promoted to Captain of the 48th Massachusetts Volunteers. He was stationed during his year of duty (1862–1863) in Louisiana. Following his year of service he returned to being principal of Brown High School. He married Fanny Stone Balch on September 30, 1863. At the close of the Civil War, Woodward accepted a position as Vice-Principal of Smith Academy in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1870, he became a...