Individual Details
Ernest S. Woodruff
(6 Mar 1869 - 12 Dec 1956)
On the 1917 Polk Directory of Cozad, Ernest S. Woodruff as listed as selling notions.
On the 1920 Census of Scotts Bluff City, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska, Ernest is listed as a widower, living at a rooming house on 30 Overland Dr., occupation is policeman in the city.
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, December 13, 1956, Page 45: Woodruff, Ernest S., age 87 years, residence 2014 N. 49th St. Survived by his wife, Ellen; 1 son, Vance, Compton, Cal.; 1 daughter, Mrs. Paul R. Smith, Shelby, Neb.; 4 stepchildren. Mrs. Harvey D. Runty, Dewitt, Neb., Mrs. Elnar H. Magensen, Omaha, George D. Caley, North Platte, Neb. Miss Ruth Caley, Omaha; 1 sister, Mrs. Ethel Carnahan, Compton, Cal.; 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. Nebraska Memorial Lodge AF & AM. Ralph S. Tully W.M. will conduct Masonic services, 10 a.m. Saturday, Haynes & Roeder Funeral Chapel. Interment Hillcrest.
On the 1920 Census of Scotts Bluff City, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska, Ernest is listed as a widower, living at a rooming house on 30 Overland Dr., occupation is policeman in the city.
Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, December 13, 1956, Page 45: Woodruff, Ernest S., age 87 years, residence 2014 N. 49th St. Survived by his wife, Ellen; 1 son, Vance, Compton, Cal.; 1 daughter, Mrs. Paul R. Smith, Shelby, Neb.; 4 stepchildren. Mrs. Harvey D. Runty, Dewitt, Neb., Mrs. Elnar H. Magensen, Omaha, George D. Caley, North Platte, Neb. Miss Ruth Caley, Omaha; 1 sister, Mrs. Ethel Carnahan, Compton, Cal.; 11 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. Nebraska Memorial Lodge AF & AM. Ralph S. Tully W.M. will conduct Masonic services, 10 a.m. Saturday, Haynes & Roeder Funeral Chapel. Interment Hillcrest.
Events
| Birth | 1869 | Nebraska |  | ||
| Birth | 6 Mar 1869 | Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska | | ||
| Marriage | 28 Dec 1892 | Near Cozad, Dawson Co., Nebraska - Clara Maybelle "Bell" McCance | | ||
| Death | 12 Dec 1956 | Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska | | ||
| Alt name | Ernest Woodruff | | |||
| Burial | Hillcrest Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska | |
Families
| Spouse | Clara Maybelle "Bell" McCance (1864 - 1943) |
| Child | Walter Vance Woodruff (1895 - 1967) |
| Child | Darcy Roy Woodruff (1896 - 1932) |
| Child | Ethel Marie Woodruff (1902 - 1956) |
| Father | Cornelius Cole Woodruff (1848 - 1926) |
| Mother | Lola A. King (1850 - 1938) |
Endnotes
1. Marriages in Dawson County, Nebraska, Vol. 2, page 546.
2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
3. Marriages in Dawson County, Nebraska, Vol. 2 Page 546.
4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
5. 1920 Census Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraksa.
6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
7. Obituary of Ernest S. Woodruff, Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, December 13, 1956, Page 45.