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Family: Benjamin Bayless Woodruff / Mary Ann B Croft-xx (F1867)

m. 19 Jun 1855

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  • Benjamin Bayless Woodruff Male
    Benjamin Bayless Woodruff

    Birth  04 Jul 1826  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  15 Mar 1920  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  19 Jun 1855  [1, 2 Christian Co, KY  [1, 2Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Sarah M Denton-xx | F1868 
    Marriage  14 Apr 1864  Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John Willis Woodruff | F32 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Frances Elvira Davis | F32 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Mary Ann B Croft-xx

    Birth  1835  Christian Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1862   
    Burial     
    Father   
    Mother   

  • Notes 

    • Children:

      dau Melissa V Woodruff 11/1856 - 6/5/1859 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      - ** See birth record journal **
      - ** See death record journal **

      son Richard B Woodruff 1841 - 6/6/1859 Hopkins Co, KY
      - ** See death record journal **
      - parents (?) listed as Ben B & Mary Woodruff - they didn't marry until 1855?
      - age listed 18 years -- what if recorded wrong -- as years instead of months?? -- birth would be 1/1/1858

      son Willis Byron Woodruff 2/17/1859 - 1/7/1940 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      - ** See death certificate **
      - ** See death record later **
      - on 12/22/1886 Hop Co KY mar. Nathanette Etta Laffoon 6/12/1862 - 10/1944 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      - dau of John Henry Laffoon 5/16/1831 - 3/30/1915 both in Hopkins Co, KY
      and Zerelda Engleton Price 6/1/1829 Hopkins Co, KY - 1891
      - son of George Washington Laffoon 6/30/1810 Pendleton Co, SC - 1913
      and Lucinda Julian 1814 Earlington, Hopkins Co, KY - 1847
      KY Hopkins Co marriages:
      Name Spouse Date Book Page
      Woodruff, W.B. Laffoon, Nattie 12/22/1886 TT174 409
      - 1860 census - age 2
      - 1870 census - age 11,listed Byron
      - 1880 census - age 21,listed Willis B - in Saint Charles, Hopkins Co, KY
      - 1900 census - age 41,wife Nathan E-age 36, 4 children,married 13 yrs,had 5 children-4 still living
      - in Cadiz, Trigg Co, KY
      - 1910 census - age 50,wife Etta-age 47, 5 children, married 24 yrs, had 6 children-5 still living
      - in Trigg Co, KY
      - 1920 census - age 60,wife N E-age 56, 3 children
      - in Trigg Co, KY
      - 1930 census - age 72,wife Etta P-age 67, son Byron A-age 39,single, dau Frances E-age 26,single
      - in Cadiz, Trigg Co, KY
      - 1940 census - Died before census taken on 4/6/1940, Etta (Laffoon) Woodruff listed age 77,widowed
      - in Cadiz, Trigg Co, KY

      dau Misseniah Frances Woodruff 1861 KY - 5/6/1888 ????
      - 1870 census - age 9
      - 1880 census - age 19

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      Willis Byron Woodruff, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1955"
      Name: Willis Byron Woodruff
      Titles and Terms:
      Event Type: Death
      Event Date: 07 Jan 1940
      Event Place: Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky
      Residence Place:
      Address:
      Gender: Male
      Age: 81
      Marital Status:
      Race:
      Occupation:
      Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
      Burial Date:
      Burial Place:
      Cemetery:
      Father's Name: Benjamin B. Woodruff ****
      Father's Titles and Terms:
      Father's Birthplace:
      Mother's Name: Ann Craft. ****
      Mother's Titles and Terms:
      Mother's Birthplace:
      Additional Relatives:
      Spouse's Name: N. C. Woodruff ****
      Spouse's Titles and Terms:
      Reference ID: 5713
      GS Film number: 1913370
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  • Sources 
    1. [S41] Marriage License.

    2. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.