William W. Woodruff

Birth Date

1840-03-21

Death Date

1926-01-31

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, clerk and soldier. Nelson County, Kentucky, native. Married to Ella T. Connelly in 1865. Clerk in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as an adjutant and captain from December 31, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Resident of Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, in 1865. Owned Woodruff Hardware in Knoxville from 1865 to 1926.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 704.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0269.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 861-2.
"Final Rites for Capt. Woodruff" The Knoxville Journal (Knoxville, Tennessee), February 1, 1926, p. 5.

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