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Carle Augustus Woodruff 1841–1913

Sixth Cousin Four Times Removed

Carle Augustus Woodruff was born on Aug. 8, 1841 in Buffalo, New York. He passed away on Jul. 20, 1913 in Raleigh, North Carolina at age 71. He was buried in Raleigh.

Branch: USA Unit: 2d United States Artillery Rank: First Lieutenant
United States. National Park Service. The Civil War. Web.
While in command of a section of a battery constituting a portion of the rear guard of a division then retiring before the advance of a corps of Infantry was attacked by the enemy and ordered to abandon his guns. Lieutenant Woodruff disregarded the orders received and aided in repelling the attack and saving the guns.

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Henry Heber Woodruff 1813–1897

Second Cousin Six Times Removed

Henry Heber Woodruff was born on Feb. 12, 1813 in New York. Henry married Abigail Hall. He passed away on Aug. 6, 1897 in Clare, Michigan at age 84. He was buried in the Brady Hill Cemetery in Saginaw, Michigan.

Branch: USA Unit: 23rd Regiment, Michigan Infantry Rank: Captain
United States. National Park Service. The Civil War. Web.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan. Chicago, 1895. 500. Web.
Henry Woodruff was born February 12, 1813, and came to Michigan soon after attaining his majority. Here he married Abigail Hall, a descendant of English ancestry, and member of a family that is still prominent in the vicinity of Detroit.
For some years Henry Woodruff followed the occupation of a farmer, but later turned his attention to the lumber business, which he conducted at Flat Rock and Saginaw, this state. He was also proprietor of a hotel at Farwell. His home is now in Bridgeport, Saginaw County, where he is living in retirement from the active cares of business. During the existence of the Whig party he was an advocate of its principles, and upon the organization of the Republican party he gave his allegiance to its platform, which he has since supported by his ballot and influence. In 1860 he was elected Sheriff of Saginaw County, but two years later he resigned from that office in order to enlist in the army. Becoming a member of Company B, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, he was chosen Captain, and held that rank until the expiration of his term of service, two years later. After the war he located in Farwell, where he became a prominent citizen, representing his district in both branches of the Legislature. He is a strong temperance man, a devoted Christian, and a man who has always brought his religion into the everyday affairs of life, thereby gaining a reputation for probity and uprightness of conduct.

Henry Heber Woodruff 1841–1916

Third Cousin Five Times Removed

Henry Heber Woodruff was born on Jan. 28, 1841 in Michigan. Henry passed away on Jun. 13, 1916 in Roscommon, Michigan at age 75. He was buried in the Roscommon Village Cemetery.

Branch: USA Unit: 16th Regiment, Michigan Infantry Rank: First Lieutenant
United States. National Park Service. The Civil War. Web.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Northern Michigan. Chicago, 1895. 500-01. Web.
Gaining a good education in the public and private schools of Michigan, our subject afterward taught school for a few terms, and then entered the Ann Arbor High School, from which he was graduated. In June, 1861, he enlisted in the Union army, and in August was mustered into service with Company D, Sixteenth Michigan Infantry, serving until October, 1864. He entered the army as a private, was breveted Second Lieutenant for meritorious conduct, and later was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. Assigned to the Army of the Potomac, he took part in many of the memorable engagements that brought fame and lasting glory to that body. Among those in which he participated were the siege of Yorktown, the engagements before Richmond, the battles of Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Gettysburg, and all the engagements of the Grant campaign. During the entire period of his service he was never absent from the ranks, but was always to be found in the front, fighting gallantly in defense of the Old Flag.
At the expiration of his term of service, our subject embarked in the lumber business at Flint, but removed from there to Lapeer, and in 1874, as already stated, came to Roscommon County. Here he at once became prominent, and served as the first Register of Deeds and County Clerk. In politics he is a Republican, and has served as Chairman of various local conventions, being prominent in county affairs. His attention has been given principally to his profession, though he has also been engaged in lumbering. In Grand Army affairs he maintains a deep interest, and is an active member of the post at Roscommon.
In 1866 Mr. Woodruff married Abigail C. Elsefer, who was born in Saginaw, and died in Lapeer, this state. His second marriage took place in 1877, and united him with Alecia H. Moiles, a native of Oakland County, Mich. Two children bless their union, Mary and Elizabeth. Socially Mr. Woodruff is an Odd Fellow, and has passed all the chairs of his lodge. He was one of the charter members, and the first Master, of Roscommon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., also belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees and the Order of the Eastern Star.

Freddie Woodruff 1947–1993

Eighth Cousin Thrice Removed

Freddie Russell Woodruff was born on Sep. 14, 1947 in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Freddie died on Aug. 8, 1993 in Georgia. His death at age 45 was due to being shot in the head. He was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Brennan, John O. University of Oklahoma. 26 Feb. 2014. Central Intelligence Agency. Web.
I always administer the oath of office in front of our Memorial Wall. There are 107 stars on that wall, each one representing an Agency hero who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our Nation. You should know that one of them, Freddie Woodruff, was a native of Weatherford, Oklahoma.
Freddie was one of our finest officers. I had the privilege of knowing and traveling overseas with Freddie in 1991. He was a good ole boy from Oklahoma, a consummate intelligence officer who was dedicated to serving his country and his fellow Americans until he was killed overseas in 1993.

Gup, Ted. The Book of Honor. New York, 2001. 374. Web.
Freddie Woodruff was shot to death in August 1993 in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The forty-five-year-old son of a professor, he was an ordained minister who could read ancient Greek and speak Russian, German, Turkish, Armenian, and several other tongues. He had been in Georgia under cover as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy. His mission was to train the security force assigned to protect that nation's embattled leader, Eduard Shevardnadze.

Joanna Mason Benjamin

Seventh Great Grandmother

Joanna Mason married James Woodruff. Joanna married Herrick Benjamin on Nov. 20, 1771. She passed away in 1812.

History of the First Presbyterian Church. Morristown, 1885. 20. Web.
Benjamin, Herrick; died or buried 18 Aug. 1789, aet. 70.
Joanna Woodruff; married 20 Nov. 1771; died or buried 23 July 1812, aet. 90.

Sarah Woodruff Gildersleeve

Sixth Great Grandmother

Sarah Woodruff married Silas Gildersleeve on Jul. 24, 1775.

History of the First Presbyterian Church. Morristown, 1885. 86. Web.
Gildersleeve, Silas; became Communicant 28 Feb 1766; non Roll 3.
Sarah Woodruff; married 24 July 1775; Renewed Covenant 19 Oct. 1777

John Woodruff 1637–1691

Ninth Great Grandfather

John Woodruff was baptized in 1637 in Kent, England. John passed away in 1691 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey. Ed. Francis Bazley Lee. Vol. I. New York, 1910. 346. Web.
John, eldest son of John and Ann Woodruff, was baptized in the parish of Sturry, county Kent, England, in 1637, died at Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in April or May, 1691. He accompanied his parents and grandparents to Southampton, and April 30, 1657, included in the list of arms-bearing men. May 1, 1663, he was elected constable, and between August 29 and September 7, 1665, he sold his Southampton lands, preparatory to removing to Elizabethtown, in which latter place he soon became one of the leading citizens, holding the offices of ensign, high sheriff, magistrate and one of the most prominent opponents of the lords proprietors. His only brother was, like himself, named John, a fact proven by their father's will, but as the latter remained in Southampton, where he inherited the bulk of his father's estate, the two lines have had distinct histories.

An Index of Ancestors and Roll of Members of the Society of Colonial Wars. New York, 1922. 550. Web.
Woodruff (Wordrof), Ensign John, 1637-1691. Ensign of Militia at Elizabethtown, N. J., Sept. 14, 1673. Appointed High Sheriff, Essex Co., N. J., 1684.

John Woodruff 1604–1670

Tenth Great Grandfather

John Woodruff was born in 1604 in Kent, England. John passed away in 1670 in Southampton, Long Island, New York.

"Abstracts of Wills." Collections of the New-York Historical Society. Vol. XXV. 1893. 17-18. Web.
John Woodruff, Southampton, L. I. Leaves to his eldest son, John Woodruff, of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, "a half Crown Piece, in full of all portions and patrimony to be expected of me." To daughter Anne Woolley, £20. To daughter Elizabeth Dayton, £20. Leaves rest of estate to wife Ann and youngest son John Woodruff, and makes them executors.
Dated May 4, 1670. Witnesses, Christopher Foster, John Laughton.
Know all men by this, that the above written will is of my own handwriting, and I saw ye said John Woodruff sett to his marke, and take off ye seale or stamp from ye wax. As witness my hand.
John Laughton.
Proved at Court of Sessions at Southold, July 1, 1670. Inventory made May 24, 1670, amounts to £122 7s. 8d. "One half of ye Land and Housing and accommodations is already clearly by deed of Gift disposed to his son John, the other half we apprize at £55.
John Howell, Henry Pierson, Edward Howell, John Jennings.
[Note.—John Woodruff married Anne, daughter of John Gosmer, one of the original "Undertakers" of Southampton. He adopted his oldest grandson John Woodruff, and went to New Jersey about 1660. John Woodruff, Sr., also named his youngest son John. He remained in Southampton. His homestead was purchased in 1726 by Francis Pelletreau, and was standing till recent years. It was the last house on Long Island that retained the old-fashioned rhomboidal panes of glass, and was known as the "House with diamond windows."]
Fahey, Janice. Geni. Web.

Benjamin Woodruff 1744–1837

Seventh Great Uncle

Benjamin Woodruff was born on Nov. 26, 1744 in New Jersey. Benjamin passed away in 1837 in Michigan. He was buried in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

DAR #A128627 Service: New Jersey Rank: Sergeant

Seth Woodruff 1742–1814

Third Cousin Seven Times Removed

Seth Woodruff was born in 1742 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Seth married Phebe Haines. He passed away in 1814 in Elizabeth. He was buried in Elizabeth.

DAR #A128728 Service: New Jersey Rank: Sergeant

Hunloke Woodruff 1754–1811

Third Cousin Seven Times Removed

Hunloke Woodruff was born in 1754 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Hunloke married Maria Lansing on May 16, 1779. He passed away on Jul. 4, 1811 in Albany, New York. He was buried in Menands, New York.

DAR #A128649 Service: New York Rank: Surgeon