Helen Rosalee WOODRUFF

  General Notes:

Photo: This faded photograph preserves the images of infant Helen, her elder sister Cora and elder brother, Harry Bane Woodruff. It was badly damaged and was carefully repaired. Photo taken by C. A. Wales, Centerville, Iowa.

Original vintage photo gift to DeeAnna Allum Granston from Dorothy Woodruff McQuie, 1907-1981, daughter of Harry Bane Woodruff


1904 BIRTH of Helen Rosalee Woodruff

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

1910 CENSUS, Oklahoma, Adair County, Stilwell Township, Stilwell ("Hellen," age 6, with parents)

1920 CENSUS, Oklahoma, Adair County, Stilwell Township, Stilwell ("Hellen R.," age 15, with parents)

1925 MARRIAGE (approximate) of Hellen Rosalee Woodruff and Richard T. Sheffield

1930 CENSUS, Arkansas, Jefferson County, Pine Bluff ("Dick T.," age 26, "Printer, newspaper") (wife "Helen," age 26) (daughter "Mary C.," age 1 month, is in the household)

1975 DEATH of husband, Richard T. Sheffield, at 72 years 6 months 3 days

2004 DEATH, Helen Rosalee (Woodruff) Sheffield, at 100 years 7 months 29 days

Helen married Richard T. SHEFFIELD about 1925. (Richard T. SHEFFIELD was born on May 17, 1903 in Oklahoma and died on November 20, 1975 in Deklab County, Georgia.)