"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a
compilation of this work....by a number of writers".  Chapman Publishing Co;
Chicago, 1903. p. 590.
 
WILLIAM ALBERT WOODSIDE

     a well known farmer of Clackamas county, residing near Mulino, is a native
son of the state, and was born in Marion county, October 12, 1856. His father,
Asbury, was born in Illinois, and crossed the plains to California in the time
honored way with ox-teams, and for a short time experimented with gold mining.
Convinced that this method of securing a livelihood was not his particular
forte, he soon after came to Marion county, Ore., locating on a donation claim
of six hundred and forty acres near Sublimity. He afterward took out a patent on
this land, and in time traded the same for a saw-mill near Silverton. Here he
engaged in milling up to the time of his death at the age of fifty-two years, at
the same time making his home near the mill, which netted him a fair income.
When he came across the plains he was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth
(Antrems) Woodside, who was born in Indiana, and who became the mother of two
sons and two daughters : Sarah, deceased; Martha, also deceased ; Lewis M., a
resident of Oregon ; and William Albert.
     By the age of eighteen William Albert Woodside had acquired a fair common
school education, and was ready to start out on his own responsibility. After
working on various farms for a time he bought a farm five miles north of
Silverton, his brother being half owner of the same. After the division and sale
of the farm Mr. Woodside came to Mulino in 1892, bought seventy-five acres of
unimproved land, of which he has since improved fifty acres. He is engaged in
general farming and stock-raising, and has met with considerable success in his
chosen occupation. His wife was formerly Bertha Jane Milster, a native of Marion
county, whose father, Robert Milster, was a native of Missouri. Mr. Milster
crossed the plains in 1852 and settled five miles north of Silverton, his
donation claim consisting of six hundred and forty acres. He lived on his new
land until his death in September, 1888, at the age of fifty-two years. Two
children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Woodside. Francis A., and Ida Dell
Dodge. Mr. Woodside was formerly a Republican but has of late affiliated with
the Reform party. He was road supervisor of Marion county two terms, and has
been school director for about nine years. Fraternally he is associated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.