An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 447-448

	IRA WOODIN, in honor of whom the town of Woodinville, King county,
Washington, was named, was born in Dutchess county, New York, May 1, 1833, son
of Milton D. and Anna M. (Lawrence) Woodin. During his infancy his parents moved
to Trumbull county, Ohio, and when he was ten years old they located in
Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where they remained eight years, removing from
there to Berrien county, Michigan. About the time he was twenty Ira decided to
seek his fortune in the far West. He made the journey with an ox team, via the
Platte, Snake, and Grande Ronde rivers, and Barlow's Pass, reaching the
Willamette river in September, 1853. He spent one year in Washington county,
Oregon. During that time he helped to drive a herd of sixty cattle from
Washington county into northern California.
	In October, 1854, Mr. Woodin came to Seattle, Washington. Here, in company
with his father, he started a tannery under the name of Woodin & Son, their
location being on Yesler avenue between South Fourth and Fifth streets. Their
tanner was burned by the Indians at the time of time attack on Seattle, February
14, 1855, and their entire stock, amounting to $800, was lost. The following
year the whole country was so completely upset that very little business was
transacted. Earl in 1866 they started another tannery, but this they soon
afterward sold out to D.K. Baxter. The subject of our sketch then located on a
ranch southeast of Seattle, three miles from town, securing title to the same
under the homestead law. He cleared about fifteen acres of this tract and
remained on it until March, 1872. At that time he came to his present location
at Woodinville Junction, on the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad, which
place was named for him. At this point he pre-empted 160 acres of land, eighty
of which are now clear. Subsequently he opened here under the firm name of
Sanders & Woodin, a general  merchandise store, which he is still successfully
conducting. Mr. Woodin sold his ranch near Seattle in 1890.
	He was married January 1, 1863, to Susan M. Campbell, a native of Marion
county, Oregon. Their children are as follows: Mrs. Helen A. Keller, who was
born December 14, 1864, has five children; Mrs. Mary E. Sanders, who was born
December 13, 1867, also has five children; and Frank A., born January 14, 1879.
	Mr. Woodin passed through many of the difficulties and trials connected with
the early settlement on Puget Sound. In recurring to his reminiscences of
pioneer days, Mr. Woodin says that on the evening of February 13, 1855, a
friendly Indian named Salmon Bay Curley came to the tannery and told him and his
father all about the coming Indian attack. They paid no attention to him,
however, but remembered his warning later. Mr. Woodin was one of the volunteers
who assisted at the burial of the massacred settlers in the vicinity of Seattle.
He helped to bury nine.
	Fraternally, Mr. Woodin is a member of Bethel Lodge, I.O.O.F.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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