Dr. Willis Wills Woodruff

1834 - Aft 1880  (> 47 years)

• Name	Willis Wills Woodruff
  Title	Dr.
  Birth	1834	KY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Hopkins Co, KY   [2]
  	age 5-9(6)
  Census	1850	Hopkins Co, KY   [1]
  	age 17, living with parents
  Census-State	1850	Hopkins Co, KY   [3]
  	age 17
  Census	1860	Hopkins Co, KY   [4]
  	age 25, living with parents
  Census-State	1860	Hopkins Co, KY   [5]
  	age 25
  Census	1870	Charleston, Hopkins Co, KY   [6]
  	age 36,living with mother Frances
  Occupation	1870  [6]
  	Physician
  Census	1880	St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY   [7]
  	age 42(46?),wife Josephine-age 34, dau Altha F-age 6
  Death	Aft 1880
  Census	1890	Bracken Co, KY   [8]
  Person ID	I665	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	John Willis Woodruff,   b. 04 Aug 1793, SC d. 15 Sep 1864, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Elvira Davis,   b. 31 Oct 1799, Hopkins Co, KY d. 21 Jul 1870, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jan 1818	Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY   [9]
  Notes	------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ found at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2089&h=134830&ssrc=pt&tid=65112918&pid=46133831893&usePUB=true John Woodruff in the Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 No Image Text-only collection Report issue Name: John Woodruff **** Marriage Date: 22 Jan 1818 **** Marriage Place: Hopkins, Kentucky, USA **** Spouse: Fanny Davis **** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine Darnell-xx,   b. 1846, KY
  Marriage	05 Apr 1871	Caldwell Co, KY   [8, 9]
  Notes	Children: dau Altha F Woodruff 1874 KY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SG-FZZ Name: Willis W. Woodruff Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 05 Apr 1871 Event Place: , Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Gender: Male Age: Marital Status: Married Race (Original): Birth Year (Estimated): Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Name: Josephine Darnall Spouse's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: Spouse's Race (Original): Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Father's Titles and Terms: Spouse's Mother's Name: Spouse's Mother's Titles and Terms: Reference ID: GS Film Number: 000546374 Digital Folder Number: 005557597 Image Number: 00606 Citing this Record: "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SG-FZZ : accessed 23 September 2016), Willis W. Woodruff and Josephine Darnall, 05 Apr 1871; citing , Caldwell, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 546,374. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F1916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1834 - KY Census - age 5-9(6) - 1840 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 17, living with parents - 1850 - Hopkins Co, KY Census-State - age 17 - 1850 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 25, living with parents - 1860 - Hopkins Co, KY Census-State - age 25 - 1860 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 36,living with mother Frances - 1870 - Charleston, Hopkins Co, KY Marriage - 05 Apr 1871 - Caldwell Co, KY Census - age 42(46?),wife Josephine-age 34, dau Altha F-age 6 - 1880 - St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY Census - 1890 - Bracken Co, KY  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SD-6P3 Name: William Woodruff ?? William? Spouse's Name: Event Type: Census **** Event Date: 1890 **** Event Place: , Bracken, Kentucky, United States ****???? not close to Hopkins Co, KY Affiliate Publication Title: Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1890. **** Affiliate Publication Number: M123 Affiliate Film Number: 1 GS Film number: 338160 Digital Folder Number: 004679065 Image Number: 00084 Citing this Record: "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SD-6P3 : 14 November 2014), William Woodruff, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,160. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S6] 1840 United States Federal Census. [S30] KY,Hopkins Co,1850 Census. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census. [S31] KY,Hopkins Co,1860 Census. [S9] 1870 United States Federal Census. [S10] 1880 United States Federal Census. [S48] See Notes. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.