Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Unknown Co.

HENRY M. WOODRUFF, a native of New Albany, Ind., was born February 14,
1836, a son of Charles and Ruth (Collins) Woodruff, natives of Elizabeth,
N.J., and Brattleboro, Vt., and both of English descent. Charles Woodruff
was born in 1790, settled in Louisville, Ky., in 1814, and was engaged in
mercantile trade until 1820, when he removed to New Albany, Ind., where
he was a leading hardware merchant until his death in 1847.  Henry M.
Woodruff, at the age of fifteen, entered Miami College, Oxford, Ohio, and
finished his literary course in 1854.  He then taught a private school,
near Lexington, Ky., in 1854 and 1855, took the master's degree at Oxford
in 1857, and is now a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society.  He also
taught eight years at the academy at Owensboro, Ky., and during the war
founded the Owensboro Monitor, a Union Democratic paper, which he edited
until 1864, when he was appointed tobacco inspector by Gov. Bramlette,
which office he held three years.  He then removed to Jefferson County,
Ky., and purchased a woolen-mill near the Oldham County line, and
conducted it four years, when he sold out.  In 1870 he opened a general
merchandise store, and was general agent at Pewee Station.  He is now
merchant and postmaster at that point, owns sixteen acres in the precinct,
and several valuable lots in the town.  December 22, 1859, he married
Miss Sallie Elam, of Owensboro, and has three children: Mary R., Laura E.
and Henry C.

Woodruff Collins Elam
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Louisville-Jefferson-KY Lexington-Fayette-KY Owensboro-Daviess-KY
OH IN VT

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