Clarence Bud WOODRUFF

  General Notes:

Photo: Three of five Woodruff siblings are in this childhood photograph. Left to right are Edith, Clarence ("Bud"), and Cora.

Original vintage photo gift to DeeAnna Allum Granston from Dorothy Woodruff McQuie, 1907-1981, niece of Edith, Clarence and Cora



1897 BIRTH of Clarence Woodruff ("Bud")

1900 CENSUS, Iowa, Appanoose County, Center Township, Centerville ("Clarence," age 2, with parents)

1905 CENSUS, Iowa State Census, Appanoose County, Center Township, Centerville ("Clarence," with parents) (names only are in the 1905 Iowa State Census)

1910 CENSUS, Oklahoma, Adair County, Stilwell Township, Stilwell ("Clarence," age 12, with parents)

1918 DRAFT Registration, Oklahoma, Adair County, Stilwell ("Clarence Woodruff," age 21, born "September 7, 1897," occupation, "Clerk")

1920 CENSUS, Oklahoma, Adair County, Stilwell Township, Stilwell ("Clarence," age 22, "Lineman, Telephone," with parents)

1924 DEATH, Clarence "Bud" Woodruff, at 26 years 5 months 17 days



Dorothy Ruth (Woodruff) McQuie (1907-1981), 1960s letter to DeeAnna:

"Bud Woodruff died of diabetes. He was dressed to go to church one morning, lay down on the couch to rest, and died."



DESCRIPTION (Clarence): "Short height, medium build, brown eyes, black hair" (World War I Draft Registration)



PHOTOGRAPH:

Gravestone of Clarence Bud Woodruff at Stilwell City Cemetery, Adair County, Oklahoma, inscription, as follows:

CLARENCE BUD
WOODRUFF
Sept. 7, 1897
Feb. 24, 1924
WOODRUFF (on base)