In 1866 his father removed from New York to Michigan, in which Thomas followed the next year.
He maintained a home in Caseville, where he raised his six young children with his wife, Margaret, and entered the bar to practice law.
In 1874, he founded the Caseville Advertiser, serving as its publisher and editor until 1876, when it merged with the Huron County News.
[2] Woodworth was a member of the York Rite, and valued political campaign speaker in the state of Michigan for the Republican Party.
[1] Thomas married Margaret Smith of New York, and they had six children:[1]