From FAG contributor Cheryl Cartwright;
Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff, B.A. 1890.
Born January 1, 1868, in New York City
Died November 27, 1925, in Tornngton, Conn
Father, Charles Hornblower Woodruff (B.A 1858, LL B Columbia-1861, M.A Yale 1865), a lawyer in New York City, son of Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (B.A. 1830, LL.D. Columbia i860), justice of Superior Court of New York City and a United States Circuit Court judge, and Harnette Burnet (Horn blower) Woodruff; grandson of Morns Woodruff, a Major General of Connecticut Militia; descendant of Nathaniel Woodruff, one of the first settlers and proprietors of Litchfield, Conn , and of Matthew Woodruff, who came to America from England about 1630 and was one of the original proprietors of the town of Farmington, Conn
Mother, Catherine Gertrude Laing (Sanford) Woodruff; daughter of William Elihu and Margaret Louisa (Craney) Sanford; granddaughter of John Craney, who came from Ireland to New York City in 1804; descendant of Thomas Sanford, who came from England to Dorchester, Mass , m 1632.
Yale relatives include: Frederick S. Woodruff, '92, Carl Woodruff, ^-'96, and Edward S Woodruff, '99 (brothers); George C. Woodruff (B.A. 1825) and Charles F. Sanford (B.A. 1847) (greatuncles), Morris Woodruff, *6o, George B. Sanford, '63, and Morris W. Seymour, '66 (uncles), and George M. Woodruff, '57, Charles P. Sanford, '76, Morns Woodruff, '93, James P. Woodruff, '93 L., Ongen S Seymour, '94, George W. L. Woodruff, '95 S , and Morris W Seymour, '28 (cousins).
Columbia Grammar School, New York City; also studied with a private tutor. Second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; member College Choir. Attended Columbia Law School 1890-91 and New York Law School 1891-92, receiving an LL B at the latter institution in 1892; entered law office of Hornblower, Byrne & Taylor in New York City 1891; became managing clerk for firm m April, 1893, admitted to New York Bar October I, 1893, practiced with Hornblower, Byrne, Taylor & Miller and its successor, Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter (having full charge of preparation of railroad mortgages for many years) until 1917 and then independently for two years; since 1919 had devoted practically all his time to study and original research in natural sciences, especially entomology and ornithology, in which he was a recognized authority; had a desk at the Museum of Natural History in New York City for a time, and in the spring of 1925 was sent by that institution to the Virgin Islands, where he was engaged in an entomological survey for three months; had published numerous papers in various scientific journals and prepared the manuscript for a part of Leng's Catalogue of the Coleoptera of North America, had extensive collections, especially complete in the fauna of the Atlantic seaboard; member American Ornithological Union, Entomological Society of Ontario, New York Entomological Society (president in 1918, 1919, and 1920), Academy of Science of the State of New York, Linnean Society of New York (treasurer 1902-1921), New York chapter of Sons of the Revolution, New Jersey branch of Order of the Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, and Marble Collegiate Church (Dutch Reformed), New York City.
Married June 18, 1904, in Birmingham, Ala, Helen E , daughter of Oscar Emmet and Emma (West) Smith No children. Mrs. Woodruff died October 12, 1924.
Death, due to typhoid fever, occurred at the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Tornngton. Interment in Litchfield, where he had a summer home. Survived by no immediate relatives. By the terms of his will his residuary estate was left to Yale University to further the usefulness of the Museum of Natural History and the departments of the natural sciences
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff, B.A. 1890.
Born January 1, 1868, in New York City
Died November 27, 1925, in Tornngton, Conn
Father, Charles Hornblower Woodruff (B.A 1858, LL B Columbia-1861, M.A Yale 1865), a lawyer in New York City, son of Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (B.A. 1830, LL.D. Columbia i860), justice of Superior Court of New York City and a United States Circuit Court judge, and Harnette Burnet (Horn blower) Woodruff; grandson of Morns Woodruff, a Major General of Connecticut Militia; descendant of Nathaniel Woodruff, one of the first settlers and proprietors of Litchfield, Conn , and of Matthew Woodruff, who came to America from England about 1630 and was one of the original proprietors of the town of Farmington, Conn
Mother, Catherine Gertrude Laing (Sanford) Woodruff; daughter of William Elihu and Margaret Louisa (Craney) Sanford; granddaughter of John Craney, who came from Ireland to New York City in 1804; descendant of Thomas Sanford, who came from England to Dorchester, Mass , m 1632.
Yale relatives include: Frederick S. Woodruff, '92, Carl Woodruff, ^-'96, and Edward S Woodruff, '99 (brothers); George C. Woodruff (B.A. 1825) and Charles F. Sanford (B.A. 1847) (greatuncles), Morris Woodruff, *6o, George B. Sanford, '63, and Morris W. Seymour, '66 (uncles), and George M. Woodruff, '57, Charles P. Sanford, '76, Morns Woodruff, '93, James P. Woodruff, '93 L., Ongen S Seymour, '94, George W. L. Woodruff, '95 S , and Morris W Seymour, '28 (cousins).
Columbia Grammar School, New York City; also studied with a private tutor. Second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; member College Choir. Attended Columbia Law School 1890-91 and New York Law School 1891-92, receiving an LL B at the latter institution in 1892; entered law office of Hornblower, Byrne & Taylor in New York City 1891; became managing clerk for firm m April, 1893, admitted to New York Bar October I, 1893, practiced with Hornblower, Byrne, Taylor & Miller and its successor, Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter (having full charge of preparation of railroad mortgages for many years) until 1917 and then independently for two years; since 1919 had devoted practically all his time to study and original research in natural sciences, especially entomology and ornithology, in which he was a recognized authority; had a desk at the Museum of Natural History in New York City for a time, and in the spring of 1925 was sent by that institution to the Virgin Islands, where he was engaged in an entomological survey for three months; had published numerous papers in various scientific journals and prepared the manuscript for a part of Leng's Catalogue of the Coleoptera of North America, had extensive collections, especially complete in the fauna of the Atlantic seaboard; member American Ornithological Union, Entomological Society of Ontario, New York Entomological Society (president in 1918, 1919, and 1920), Academy of Science of the State of New York, Linnean Society of New York (treasurer 1902-1921), New York chapter of Sons of the Revolution, New Jersey branch of Order of the Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, and Marble Collegiate Church (Dutch Reformed), New York City.
Married June 18, 1904, in Birmingham, Ala, Helen E , daughter of Oscar Emmet and Emma (West) Smith No children. Mrs. Woodruff died October 12, 1924.
Death, due to typhoid fever, occurred at the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Tornngton. Interment in Litchfield, where he had a summer home. Survived by no immediate relatives. By the terms of his will his residuary estate was left to Yale University to further the usefulness of the Museum of Natural History and the departments of the natural sciences
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
From FAG contributor Cheryl Cartwright;
Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff, B.A. 1890.
Born January 1, 1868, in New York City
Died November 27, 1925, in Tornngton, Conn
Father, Charles Hornblower Woodruff (B.A 1858, LL B Columbia-1861, M.A Yale 1865), a lawyer in New York City, son of Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (B.A. 1830, LL.D. Columbia i860), justice of Superior Court of New York City and a United States Circuit Court judge, and Harnette Burnet (Horn blower) Woodruff; grandson of Morns Woodruff, a Major General of Connecticut Militia; descendant of Nathaniel Woodruff, one of the first settlers and proprietors of Litchfield, Conn , and of Matthew Woodruff, who came to America from England about 1630 and was one of the original proprietors of the town of Farmington, Conn
Mother, Catherine Gertrude Laing (Sanford) Woodruff; daughter of William Elihu and Margaret Louisa (Craney) Sanford; granddaughter of John Craney, who came from Ireland to New York City in 1804; descendant of Thomas Sanford, who came from England to Dorchester, Mass , m 1632.
Yale relatives include: Frederick S. Woodruff, '92, Carl Woodruff, ^-'96, and Edward S Woodruff, '99 (brothers); George C. Woodruff (B.A. 1825) and Charles F. Sanford (B.A. 1847) (greatuncles), Morris Woodruff, *6o, George B. Sanford, '63, and Morris W. Seymour, '66 (uncles), and George M. Woodruff, '57, Charles P. Sanford, '76, Morns Woodruff, '93, James P. Woodruff, '93 L., Ongen S Seymour, '94, George W. L. Woodruff, '95 S , and Morris W Seymour, '28 (cousins).
Columbia Grammar School, New York City; also studied with a private tutor. Second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; member College Choir. Attended Columbia Law School 1890-91 and New York Law School 1891-92, receiving an LL B at the latter institution in 1892; entered law office of Hornblower, Byrne & Taylor in New York City 1891; became managing clerk for firm m April, 1893, admitted to New York Bar October I, 1893, practiced with Hornblower, Byrne, Taylor & Miller and its successor, Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter (having full charge of preparation of railroad mortgages for many years) until 1917 and then independently for two years; since 1919 had devoted practically all his time to study and original research in natural sciences, especially entomology and ornithology, in which he was a recognized authority; had a desk at the Museum of Natural History in New York City for a time, and in the spring of 1925 was sent by that institution to the Virgin Islands, where he was engaged in an entomological survey for three months; had published numerous papers in various scientific journals and prepared the manuscript for a part of Leng's Catalogue of the Coleoptera of North America, had extensive collections, especially complete in the fauna of the Atlantic seaboard; member American Ornithological Union, Entomological Society of Ontario, New York Entomological Society (president in 1918, 1919, and 1920), Academy of Science of the State of New York, Linnean Society of New York (treasurer 1902-1921), New York chapter of Sons of the Revolution, New Jersey branch of Order of the Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, and Marble Collegiate Church (Dutch Reformed), New York City.
Married June 18, 1904, in Birmingham, Ala, Helen E , daughter of Oscar Emmet and Emma (West) Smith No children. Mrs. Woodruff died October 12, 1924.
Death, due to typhoid fever, occurred at the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Tornngton. Interment in Litchfield, where he had a summer home. Survived by no immediate relatives. By the terms of his will his residuary estate was left to Yale University to further the usefulness of the Museum of Natural History and the departments of the natural sciences
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff, B.A. 1890.
Born January 1, 1868, in New York City
Died November 27, 1925, in Tornngton, Conn
Father, Charles Hornblower Woodruff (B.A 1858, LL B Columbia-1861, M.A Yale 1865), a lawyer in New York City, son of Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff (B.A. 1830, LL.D. Columbia i860), justice of Superior Court of New York City and a United States Circuit Court judge, and Harnette Burnet (Horn blower) Woodruff; grandson of Morns Woodruff, a Major General of Connecticut Militia; descendant of Nathaniel Woodruff, one of the first settlers and proprietors of Litchfield, Conn , and of Matthew Woodruff, who came to America from England about 1630 and was one of the original proprietors of the town of Farmington, Conn
Mother, Catherine Gertrude Laing (Sanford) Woodruff; daughter of William Elihu and Margaret Louisa (Craney) Sanford; granddaughter of John Craney, who came from Ireland to New York City in 1804; descendant of Thomas Sanford, who came from England to Dorchester, Mass , m 1632.
Yale relatives include: Frederick S. Woodruff, '92, Carl Woodruff, ^-'96, and Edward S Woodruff, '99 (brothers); George C. Woodruff (B.A. 1825) and Charles F. Sanford (B.A. 1847) (greatuncles), Morris Woodruff, *6o, George B. Sanford, '63, and Morris W. Seymour, '66 (uncles), and George M. Woodruff, '57, Charles P. Sanford, '76, Morns Woodruff, '93, James P. Woodruff, '93 L., Ongen S Seymour, '94, George W. L. Woodruff, '95 S , and Morris W Seymour, '28 (cousins).
Columbia Grammar School, New York City; also studied with a private tutor. Second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; member College Choir. Attended Columbia Law School 1890-91 and New York Law School 1891-92, receiving an LL B at the latter institution in 1892; entered law office of Hornblower, Byrne & Taylor in New York City 1891; became managing clerk for firm m April, 1893, admitted to New York Bar October I, 1893, practiced with Hornblower, Byrne, Taylor & Miller and its successor, Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter (having full charge of preparation of railroad mortgages for many years) until 1917 and then independently for two years; since 1919 had devoted practically all his time to study and original research in natural sciences, especially entomology and ornithology, in which he was a recognized authority; had a desk at the Museum of Natural History in New York City for a time, and in the spring of 1925 was sent by that institution to the Virgin Islands, where he was engaged in an entomological survey for three months; had published numerous papers in various scientific journals and prepared the manuscript for a part of Leng's Catalogue of the Coleoptera of North America, had extensive collections, especially complete in the fauna of the Atlantic seaboard; member American Ornithological Union, Entomological Society of Ontario, New York Entomological Society (president in 1918, 1919, and 1920), Academy of Science of the State of New York, Linnean Society of New York (treasurer 1902-1921), New York chapter of Sons of the Revolution, New Jersey branch of Order of the Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, and Marble Collegiate Church (Dutch Reformed), New York City.
Married June 18, 1904, in Birmingham, Ala, Helen E , daughter of Oscar Emmet and Emma (West) Smith No children. Mrs. Woodruff died October 12, 1924.
Death, due to typhoid fever, occurred at the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Tornngton. Interment in Litchfield, where he had a summer home. Survived by no immediate relatives. By the terms of his will his residuary estate was left to Yale University to further the usefulness of the Museum of Natural History and the departments of the natural sciences
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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