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Descendants of William Brown

Generation No. 4

10. WALTER FRANKLIN⁴ WOODRUFF (ALBERT F.³, MARTHA JANE² BROWN, WILLIAM¹) was born February 27, 1892 in Moultrie County, IL, and died May 18, 1942 in Moultrie County, IL. He married (1) IRMA DAVIS 1909. He married (2) ETTA SMITH March 03, 1916 in Vigo County, IN, daughter of JOHN SMITH and ROSE ARMSTRONG.

Notes for WALTER FRANKLIN WOODRUFF:
Walter Franklin Woodruff was married to Erma Davis in 1909 and divorced in
1915. There are no records of this marriage or of where they lived. The only
thing that exists of this union is a picture of the two and on the picture,
Emma Woodruff had written, Walter F. and his first wife. Also, on his
application for marriage to Etta Smith, the marriage was recognized as being
dissolved by divorce in 1915.
Walter Franklin Woodruff married Etta Smith in 1916 in Vigo County, IN.
They had seven children. Doris Evelyn died as an infant and they raised the
other children in Sullivan.
The 1920 census shows that Frank Woodruff-28, Etta-30, Ellet-9, Doris-2 and
Katherine-8 months old live in Sullivan Township, Moultrie County, IL. This
is believed to be on the Roy Kinsel farm because this is where Katherine(per
family story) was born. Sometime shortly after this, the family moved to
Waterloo, IA, where Doris Evelyn died and Margaret was born. Martha J.(Franks
Grandmother) obituary reports that Frank lives in Waterloo at the time of her
death in July, 1924. Charlotte was born in Moultrie County in December, 1924.
Walter Franklin was a brakeman for the railroad and his job transferred him.
When the family returned to Moultrie County, IL, it is believed that they
lived on the farm north of Sullivan with Albert F. and Olive. Not quite sure
of the exact years because there is no census for these years.
Walter F. Woodruff died in 1942 on the farm north of Sullivan(per family
story) and is buried at Greenhill Cemetary, Moultrie County, IL with his second
wife, Etta.

Children of WALTER WOODRUFF and ETTA SMITH are:

ELLET EDWARD⁵ WOODRUFF, b. September 14, 1910, Findley, IL; d. May 17, 1979, Florida; m. KATHRYN LINGLE, September 26, 1931, Decatur, IL.

ii.

DORIS EVELYN WOODRUFF, b. May 09, 1917, Moultrie County, IL; d. October 23, 1921, Waterloo, IA.

iii.

KATHRYN ANNA WOODRUFF, b. April 26, 1919, Moultrie County, IL; m. HAROLD FEIST, April 24, 1938.

iv.

MARGARET WOODRUFF, b. January 14, 1922, Blackhawk County, IA; m. (1) WALTER MERLE MOSES, September 18, 1940, St. Charles, MO; m. (2) JOHN LEWELLYN, September 23, 1989, Douglas County, IL.

Notes for WALTER MERLE MOSES:
Buried in Arcola Cemetery.

Marriage Notes for MARGARET WOODRUFF and WALTER MOSES:
Margaret and Merle were married on August 18, 1940 but the records at Moultrie County shows 1944. This is a result of no records for the first marriage because the courthouse burnt.

CHARLOTTE WOODRUFF, b. December 06, 1924, Moultrie County, IL; m. LOREN CROWDER, November 07, 1942, St. Charles, MO.

vi.

LEAH MILDRED WOODRUFF, b. January 22, 1928, Moultrie County, IL; m. (2) KING. BOB; m. (3) VIRGIL JANES.

vii.

CARLTON DEAN WOODRUFF, b. June 24, 1930, Moultrie County, IL; m. (1) EVELYN; m. (2) ROSEMARY DEE STAIN.

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