Background
Woodside, Robert I. was born on March 30, 1873 in Woodville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Doctor John L. and Ellen (Charles) Woodside.
Woodside, Robert I. was born on March 30, 1873 in Woodville, South Carolina, United States. Son of Doctor John L. and Ellen (Charles) Woodside.
Educational public schools, Clemson (South Carolina.) College, Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Cashier Chicora Savings Bank, Pelzer, South Carolina., 1898-1903. Secretary Southern Trust Company, assistant cashier American National Bank, Spartanburg, South Carolina., 1903-1905. Representative George H. McFadden Brothers Agency.
Organized Farmers and Merchants Bank, Greenville, South Carolina., 1907. Organized, president Woodside National Bank, Greenville, South Carolina., 1919-1929, Farmers & Merchants Bank (Greenville)—both sold to Peoples State Bank of South Carolina., 1929. President Securities Investment Company, The Robert I. Woodside Company (investmt. bankg.), Woodside Realty Company, Woodside Travel Service, Woodside Securities Company, Farmers Loan & Trust Company, Home Building & Loan Association.
Director Peoples State Bank of South Carolina., Easley Cotton Mills Company, Woodside Cotton Mills Company, Myrtle Beach Development Company.
Member American Commission to Europe to study rural banking systems and cooperative marketing systems, 1913. Member American Arbitration Association, National Economics League, American Bankers Association (agricultural commission), South Carolina. Bankers Association (president 1924-1925).
Served as Second lieutenant South Carolina. Militia, 1902-1903; Clubs: Poinsett, Kiwanis, Elks, Chess, Sans Souci Country, Thirty-nine.
Married Lula B. Woodside, April.