Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-16
LEWIS B. WOODRUFF.

Hon. Lewis B. Woodruff, U. s. Circuit
 Court Judge for the Second Circuit, com- prising Eastern New York, Connecticut
 and Vermont, died in his sixty-sixth year
 1t his country residence in this village,
 on Friday morning last, from the effects
 of a complicated disease of the kidneys, kfrom which he has been suffering forI
 nany months past. He was native of Isthis place, and a son of Gen. Morris E s,Woodruff of South Farms (now Morris).
 and brother-in-law of Hon. Origin s. Sey-| mour. He was graduate of Yale in 1880,
 .studied law at Judge Gould's school, andI
 engaged in practice in New York City, ! where he was for a long time associated m -business with Hon. George Wood, one of
 the most eminent lawyers of his time.
 Gaining high reputation in the profes-
 sion, he was elected Judge of the NewI York Court of Common Pleas, and after awards of the Superior Court. At the con-
 .clusion of his term of office, he resumed
 sthe practice of law, in connection with hisI
 3son, Charles H. Woodruff, and Mir. Chas. siH. Sanford. On the 1st of January, 1868, 4he succeeded to the vacancy in the Court 'sof Appeals, caused by the resignation of Judge John K. Porter, and continued toI soccupy that position until called by Pres aident Grant to fill the newly-created oficei (which he occupied at the time of his |; adeath. The appointment was one which [ sgaye general satisfaction. and he was Ssworn in as United States Circuit Judge .son the 18th of January, 1870.
 q Judge Woodruff was a man of great Snatural ability, of uncompromising integ-
 grity, and a most careful and conscientiousE
 student. He deserved the high judicial. strusts confded to him by an untlring as Ssiduity and an amount of continuous andI 7wearing labor that has seldom been equal 9led. Indeed his health was so much i'm apaired by hard work as to leave his sys-| item an easy prey to disease. On thel 1bench he showed the keen insight. soundl 5iudgment, and patient dignity. that com sbine to make a popular and efficient judge
 land his judicial opinions were always|
 scarefully considered and of the highest z weight In politics he was originally al 9Whig. He afterwards became Q Repub.
 lican. and was frequently named in con
 uection with the position of Chief Justice
 of the Supreme Court of the United Estates. < Judge Woodruff was married to daugh- eter of the late Chief Justice Hornblower,l sof New Jersey. He leaves two sons andI ;Aa married daughter His eldest son is al smember of the law firm of Sanford Robin. ssson & Woodruff and his younger is en- Tagged in business in New York. Judgel
 Woodruf was a member and for manyI
 years had been m Elder of the Collegiatel Reformed Church at Fifth avenue andI aTwenty-ninth street. Most of the NewI York courts now in session adjourned onE aFriday as a mark of respect to the memo sry of the distinguished jurist, and the ! Iaags on the new Post Office and other public buildings were placed at half-mast ! Judge Woodruff has been for manyI years in the habit of visiting his nativeE zplace during the summer and about 1870 heE bought the old place formerly the resi- 7
 dence of Judge Reeve. This he thorough ly repaired and has ever since occupied,
 spending here, each summer. such times ofE vacation as his judicial duties allowed. Itk was at this place that he was confinedE 5during his last sickness, and died. FromE 3the time of his death till Tuesday eveningf the village flag was kept at half mast. { The entrance to the court house was drap-E led with black. and on Monday places of < business were closed while the processions1 went down to the Station. On SundayI. afternoon there was a memorial service atR ;the Congregational church, an address byEI the Rev. Dr. Storrs of Brooklyn and., 3prayer by the Rev. Dr. Prime of the NE IY. Observer. On Monday the remains were taken by special train down the She ipaug railroad and on Tuesday afternoons the village bells were tolled during theE Funeral services in New York as a mark off. lthe respect and esteem in which the emi-E; lnent jurist was held by the people of his native town.