Hon. Samuel E. Woodruff and Eliza Sterrett

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Husband Hon. Samuel E. Woodruff ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 Mar 1817 - North Coventry, Tolland Co, CT 1
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         Father: Rev. Ephraim T. Woodruff (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sally Alden (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1847 1

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Wife Eliza Sterrett ^{1 2}

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         Father: Robert T. Sterrett (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Woods Stewart (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Mary Woodruff ¹

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2 F Sarah Woodruff ¹

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3 M Thomas S. Woodruff ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Samuel E. Woodruff

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He removed from Connecticut with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he remained until sixteen, when he entered Hamilton College, New York. He subsequently studied law in Cincinnati, and was admitted to practice in 1841 by an Examining Committee. Locating at Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in 1844, he applied himself to the practice of his profession.
His election as District Attorney in 1850 afforded an opportunity in a wider field for the display of his legal talents, and enhanced his reputation at the bar. In 1867, upon nomination of Chief Justice Chase, he received the appointment of Register in Bankruptcy, which position he held until the repeal of the bankrupt law. In 1870 he was the unanimous nominee of his party in Erie County at the primary election for President Judge of the Sixth Judicial District. In 1872 he changed his residence from Girard to Erie, and thereafter gave special attention to the increasing demands of his profession. He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Entire sincerity distinguished his career; positive, courteous, firm, yet tolerant, uncompromisingly opposed to all wrong, were elements of his character that made him a strong, influential and useful citizen.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 975.

2 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 19.