New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-06
TIMOTHY LESTER wooDRUFF.

Timothy Lester Woodruff was born in New
Haven August 4, 1858, and is a descendant of
the earliest settlers Of Connecticut. His father
the late John Woodruff, represented the New
Haven district in Congress from 1855 to 1863 Both
of his parents died when he was ten years of age.
After a preparatory at Phillips Exeter
Academy he entered Yale University in 1875 and
was graduated in 1879 and received the degree Of
Master of Arts in 1889 Immediately after his
graduation he took business course at Eastman
College, in Poughkeepse. In January 1881 after
a years clerkship, he was admitted to the firm of
Nash, Wilton & Co. the Worcester Salt Com
pany, Of which he is treasurer. He became a resi-
dent Of Brooklyn and Of the Twenty-second Ward
in which he now lives. in the spring of the same
year In 1887 he proprietor of the Franklin,
Commercial Nye and Waverly stores and two
grain elevators. When the Brooklyn Grain Ware
house Company organized, in 1885, by j. S T.
Stranahan. David Dows A E. Orr and others he
made a director and secretary Of the com
pany.
In 1889 he became OF the proprietors of the
Maltine Manufacturing Company of New-York of
which he is. president He is also director of a
number OF trust companies and banks in Brooklyn
and a member of the NewYork Chamber of Com
merce.
His first political experience was gained in the
Brooklyn Young Republican Club on its Advisory
and Executive committees during the campaigns of
1881 and 1885, when Seth Low elected to the
Mayoralty. He represented his Assembly district
IN the Republican State Convention of 1885 and
has been delegate from the district TO all suc-
ceeding State and local conventions In 1888 and
In 1896 he was a delegate to the Republican Ma
tional conventions In 1889 and 1880 he represented
his Congress district the Republican State Com
mittee, and was member of the Executive Com
mittee Of that body In 1896 he was elected Lien
tenant-GOvernor and reelected in 1898
he appointed Mr., Woodruff Commissioner of Parks
spect of all classes. He is prominent i'm the social
life Of the borough. He was one of the founders Of
the Montauk Club, chairman Of its Finance and
Entertainment committees and a director; he is
a director and the secretary of the Riding and
Driving Club; member of the Union League the
Hamilton the Crescent Athletic the Manufact
Brooklyn and of the Dyker Meadow Golf Club
He is member OF the League of American Wheel
men, the Cycle Club and the Good Roads Asso-
citation. and is an enthusiastic wheelman desnita
his being driver of four-n- hand and tandem
He is also member of the Union League and
University clubs of this borough. He is president
or the State Fair Association and a member of
monty called the Changers. 'Oi"
Mr. Woodruff married Miss Cora c. Eastman
daughter of the late II. @. Eastman az ons tiI,,as
Mayor OF Poughkeepsie. They have one child a son
who has been attending Phillips Exeter Acadenn1
and who is to enter Yale. Mr.. and Mrs WoodrIIfT
nave been identified with the social charitabIe and
religious life Of Brooklyn since their married lie
began and their home is noted for the HOSPITALITY
they dispense. N'F'"'''S