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Wickersham, Elizabeth M. [Worth]: 2/9/1909

At the home of her son-in-law, Joseph P. Leedom, on Dean street, this borough, Elizabeth M. Wickersham passed quietly away yesterday afternoon at the advanced age of nearly 87 years.

She was born in West Bradford township in 1822, her parents being John and Lydia Worth, and the parental home near Romansville. She was married to Jacob S. Wickersham, with whom she spent many years of happy wedded life.

Some thirty years ago, and subsequent to the death of her husband, she moved to West Chester, where her time had since been spent, excepting during two intervals, when she lived at Malvern and at Newtown, Pa. She was a lifelong member of the Society of Friends, her membership having at Bradford Meeting, in Romansville, and in the quiet graveyard attached to this meeting she will be laid away. By a large circle of friends she was beloved especially because of her genial kindliness and hospitality, which spirit characterized her life and pervaded her home throughout her many years.1

Woodward, Roland M.: 1991

Roland M. Woodward, 74, a microbiologist and curator of a Lancaster County agricultural museum, died Thursday on his family farm in Popcopson after a short illness.
 
Born in Thornbury Township, Chester County, he was the son of Leon G. and Bertha McCullough Woodward. He graduated from West Chester High School in 1936; received his bachelor of science degree in bacteriology from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1940, and attended graduate school in bacteriology at Rutgers University.
 
In 1941, he joined the medical research division of Sharp & Dohme, where he worked on clinical applications of penicillin. He was part of a five-member research team that discovered a mechanism to make penicillin more effective, leading to its widespread use.
 
He later worked in medical research with Baker Chemical Co.; Smith Kline & French, and Wyeth Laboratories. In 1954, he joined the staff of New Bolton Center, associated with the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, where he worked as a clinical microbiologist.