Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Woodruff. Father of William M. Woodruff, Thirza Woodruff, Jane Woodruff, Benjamin Woodruff, Mahala Ellen Woodruff, Robert Woodruff, Ambrose G. Woodruff, Nancy Woodruff, John Woodruff, Parthana "Thana" Woodruff, Preston Woodruff, and Henry Woodruff. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.