The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
ELIJAH ]. WOODRUFF.
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 The Toledo Daily Blade of Thursday, January ', prints long obituary notice of the late Elijah J. Woodruff, from which are taken the following extracts which will interest many Connecticut people who are connected with his fam fly:
 Elijah J. Woodruff died at his home 633 Main street, at 1i15 o'clock tnis morning, aged one hupdred ana one years, three months and nine days
 MT. Woodruff has been in failing health for six months. but his illness did not assume a critical stage until Sunday night, when it was seen the end was near Since then there have been slight rallies, but the ailment, an ar lection of the kidneys. had become chronic and death claimed him this morning He was conscious until within a half hour before the dissolu- tion came.
 Full of years, ripe in experience and beloved by the citizenship of Toledo, MT. Woodruff sinks into sleep with his fathers, without the pomp and splendor of wealth or royal estate, but with the more enduring influence of honor, ster- ling character and the quiet graces of a e-.T ,roI, "a
 He leaves one son, Edward Woodruff, of Western avenue, and his wife, who has been his constant companion for about forty years. Mrs. Woodruff was his second wife, his first helpmeet dy- ing in the early 'Os.
 Mrs. Woodruff's S maiden name was Mcintosh. She is sister of Mrs. Hen ry Hinkley. Mrs. Woodruff is now sev- enty-f1ve years of age.
 MT. woodruff was a member of the board of trustees of the Second Bap- tist church, the first church organized on the East Eide, and later was char ter member of the Second Congregation al church, of which organization he was a member at the time of his death.
 Elijah J. Woodruff was native of Watertown, Conn, where he was born September IS, 1902. He comes from a family of seven children, having had two brothers and four sisters, all of whom are dead. The eldest of these died at the ages of eighty-eight, eighty three and seventy-six.
 MT. woodruff was the father of seven boys, all of whom are dead save Ed ward Woodruff, of Western avenue, now seventy-five.
 He comes from long-lived ancestors, his maternal great-grandfathe living to within thirty days of one hundred years and his grandmother to within a few days of one hundred.
 MT. Woodruff moved from Water town to Greenfield, Erie county, Pa, ir 1928. His first visit to Toledo was in 1888 when he drove Captain Baldwin and his sister through from Greenfield to Toledo. He located here on the East Side in June, 1836 He was postmaster of Utah (East Toledo) under President Van Buren, and served Oregon town ship as trustee, clerk, justice of the peace and pathmaster.. While justice of the peace he married seven couples
 MT. WOOQIu1l dLlIlUulCu lilS lOil3 iiAS to a good constitution, abstemious diet and never borrowing trouble. Up tc the last his eyesight has been failing.
 On ilis one iiuTitairedth birthday, Sep tember 13, 1902, great pioneer meeting was held in his honor at Navarro Park MT. woodruff at that time was able tc give a connected story of his life in To ledo that is best given in his own words
 He said: s"When came to Toledo ir 1883, with Captain Baldwin, we stopped at Hammers Corners (now Clyde) fol the night. We met some people there who had come from Toledo. who advised us not to go there, as it was a sickly place and all the people were dying oi the ague. Captain Baldwin said, 'Dt you know Major Stickney and One ant Two Stickney?' Yes Are they al well?' Yes DO you know MT. Bald win and Ed Bissell?' and mentioned on, or two more names. Yes, know them. Are they all well?' Yes, they art we'll T think we will go on, for they are all the people who live there
 ITO the best of my memory there wer, about twenty-two families living il what is now Toledy in 1888. I sold ou in Greenfield and came to Toltdo to re side in 1886, and located on the Eas Side of the river, then known as Utah
 "The first house built on the Eass Side was a log one on the bank of tn, river, below where the rolling mill nov stands From Al to 1852 I worked tn Bissell farm on shares. MT. Bissel stocked the farm and received half tn crop and half the increase In all thi time we never had line of writing il the nature of an agreement or a word o dispute between us, and when we set tied up B. Baldwin had seven head o cattle coming to him. One year thin raised one of the largest crops 0 wheat per acre ever raised in the state I got. seventeen hundred bushels iron
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