Dr. EDMUND I. WOODBURY, of Council Bluffs, is one of the leading dentists of Western Iowa, and an early settler of this city, where he located and began the practice of his profession July 1, 1858. He was born in the town of Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, March 7, 1830. He descended from an early and well-known New England family. The subject of this sketch was born in the same place as were his father and grandfather, both of whom were named Israel Woodbury. Both the grandfather and great-grandfather were soldiers in the American army in the war of the Revolution. The family is of English origin. Dr. Woodbury's mother was Mrs. Olive Snow before her marriage to his father; her maiden name was Olive Berry. She was born in the town of Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. The father of our subject was twice married, and was the father of fifteen children, ten of whom, including the Doctor were by the second marriage. The parents continued to live at the old home until death. Israel Woodbury, the father, was a mason and contractor.

Dr. Woodbury was reared in his native town, where he received a good English education. In 1852, having completed the study of dentistry in Worcester, Massachusetts, he went to Yellow Springs, Ohio, and engaged in the practice of his profession, remaining there nearly six years, when he came to Council Bluffs. Then he son established a good business, and his professional career has been a successful one, and he is numbered among the enterprising citizens of Council Bluffs. In 1890, he erected a fine brown stone block on Pearl Street, a part of which comprises the dental rooms of Woodbury & Sons. He has a fine residence on the corner of Bluff and Story Streets.

In 1854 Dr. Woodbury was married to Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Nathan Whitney. Mrs. Woodbury also belongs to an early Massachusetts family. They have had six children. The oldest, Edmund N., died at the age of seven years; Herbert A., the second, is a graduate of the Boston Medical College in the class of 1880. The third son and fourth child is Charles E., also a graduate of the same dental school in 1887. These sons are now associated with their father in business. The eldest daughter and third child is Olive L., wife of Rev. T.B. Greenlee of Hillsboro, Illinois. At the present time, January 1, 1891, Cora L., the fifth child, is at home; Ernest I., the youngest, is at the State University, Iowa City.