Son of Benjamin Woodruff Jr. and Freelove Sanford
Married Mary M. Jones, 29 Oct 1850, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Father of Charles M., Marcus Tullius, Atticus, Caius Lelius, as well as a son who died in infancy.
"Hon. Charles Woodruff.
The Veteran Editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel Is No More.
Charles Woodruff, the veteran editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel, who wielded for many years the most vigorous and trenchant pen of any editorial writer in Michigan, died at his home in Ypsilanti, Wednesday, after a long illness. In fact it has been generally known that he has been failing for the past two or three years. He was a strong man, of many idiosyncrasies, who had a contempt for popularity or money, who said what he thought was right regardless of whom it hit or who it affected himself. He always stood up for the under dog in a fight and was master of most vigorous English. He several times refused lucrative positions because he would not submit to have his writings pruned, or to sink his individuality in the policy of the paper, seeking the aid of his able pen. He was born in Seneca county, N. Y., February 7, 1816, learned a tailor's trade and came to Michigan with his parents in 1836, settling at Carpenter's Corners, Pittsfield. The same year he began working at his trade in Ypsilanti, earning enough to complete his education at Allegheny College in 1842, Returning to Ypsilanti, in 1844 he purchased the Ypsilanti Sentinel which had been established the previous year, and which he continuously conducted up to the time that his failing health obliged him to give over the paper to his son, M. T. Woodruff. He gave a great deal of his time and energy to advancing the cause of education and was largely influential in establishing the present school system in Michigan. For several years during his early residence in Ypsilanti, he ran an academy at Ypsilanti. For a number of years he was a member of the Ypsilanti board of education. For many years also he was an alderman of the first ward of Ypsilanti. He was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the O'Connor ticket of 1872, and several times was the democratic candidate for mayor of Ypsilanti. He represented the Detroit Free Press at Lansing during the legislative sessions of 1855 and 1857.
Mr. Woodruff was a fine German, Latin, French and Greek scholar, and during his last illness quite frequently sang German songs. He was an orthodox broad-minded Christian gentle man and devotedly attached to the memory of his mother. On October 29, 1850, he was united in marriage with Mary M. Jones, one of the earliest settlers of Ann Arbor. They settled in the home which they continued to occupy until removed by death. Besides his widow, four sons survive; the oldest, Charles M., and youngest, Caius L., reside in Detroit; the second son, Marcus T., is the present proprietor of the Sentinel, and the third son, Atticus, resides in Ypsilanti.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon."
-Ann Arbor Argus, April 10, 1896
Married Mary M. Jones, 29 Oct 1850, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Father of Charles M., Marcus Tullius, Atticus, Caius Lelius, as well as a son who died in infancy.
"Hon. Charles Woodruff.
The Veteran Editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel Is No More.
Charles Woodruff, the veteran editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel, who wielded for many years the most vigorous and trenchant pen of any editorial writer in Michigan, died at his home in Ypsilanti, Wednesday, after a long illness. In fact it has been generally known that he has been failing for the past two or three years. He was a strong man, of many idiosyncrasies, who had a contempt for popularity or money, who said what he thought was right regardless of whom it hit or who it affected himself. He always stood up for the under dog in a fight and was master of most vigorous English. He several times refused lucrative positions because he would not submit to have his writings pruned, or to sink his individuality in the policy of the paper, seeking the aid of his able pen. He was born in Seneca county, N. Y., February 7, 1816, learned a tailor's trade and came to Michigan with his parents in 1836, settling at Carpenter's Corners, Pittsfield. The same year he began working at his trade in Ypsilanti, earning enough to complete his education at Allegheny College in 1842, Returning to Ypsilanti, in 1844 he purchased the Ypsilanti Sentinel which had been established the previous year, and which he continuously conducted up to the time that his failing health obliged him to give over the paper to his son, M. T. Woodruff. He gave a great deal of his time and energy to advancing the cause of education and was largely influential in establishing the present school system in Michigan. For several years during his early residence in Ypsilanti, he ran an academy at Ypsilanti. For a number of years he was a member of the Ypsilanti board of education. For many years also he was an alderman of the first ward of Ypsilanti. He was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the O'Connor ticket of 1872, and several times was the democratic candidate for mayor of Ypsilanti. He represented the Detroit Free Press at Lansing during the legislative sessions of 1855 and 1857.
Mr. Woodruff was a fine German, Latin, French and Greek scholar, and during his last illness quite frequently sang German songs. He was an orthodox broad-minded Christian gentle man and devotedly attached to the memory of his mother. On October 29, 1850, he was united in marriage with Mary M. Jones, one of the earliest settlers of Ann Arbor. They settled in the home which they continued to occupy until removed by death. Besides his widow, four sons survive; the oldest, Charles M., and youngest, Caius L., reside in Detroit; the second son, Marcus T., is the present proprietor of the Sentinel, and the third son, Atticus, resides in Ypsilanti.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon."
-Ann Arbor Argus, April 10, 1896
Son of Benjamin Woodruff Jr. and Freelove Sanford
Married Mary M. Jones, 29 Oct 1850, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Father of Charles M., Marcus Tullius, Atticus, Caius Lelius, as well as a son who died in infancy.
"Hon. Charles Woodruff.
The Veteran Editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel Is No More.
Charles Woodruff, the veteran editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel, who wielded for many years the most vigorous and trenchant pen of any editorial writer in Michigan, died at his home in Ypsilanti, Wednesday, after a long illness. In fact it has been generally known that he has been failing for the past two or three years. He was a strong man, of many idiosyncrasies, who had a contempt for popularity or money, who said what he thought was right regardless of whom it hit or who it affected himself. He always stood up for the under dog in a fight and was master of most vigorous English. He several times refused lucrative positions because he would not submit to have his writings pruned, or to sink his individuality in the policy of the paper, seeking the aid of his able pen. He was born in Seneca county, N. Y., February 7, 1816, learned a tailor's trade and came to Michigan with his parents in 1836, settling at Carpenter's Corners, Pittsfield. The same year he began working at his trade in Ypsilanti, earning enough to complete his education at Allegheny College in 1842, Returning to Ypsilanti, in 1844 he purchased the Ypsilanti Sentinel which had been established the previous year, and which he continuously conducted up to the time that his failing health obliged him to give over the paper to his son, M. T. Woodruff. He gave a great deal of his time and energy to advancing the cause of education and was largely influential in establishing the present school system in Michigan. For several years during his early residence in Ypsilanti, he ran an academy at Ypsilanti. For a number of years he was a member of the Ypsilanti board of education. For many years also he was an alderman of the first ward of Ypsilanti. He was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the O'Connor ticket of 1872, and several times was the democratic candidate for mayor of Ypsilanti. He represented the Detroit Free Press at Lansing during the legislative sessions of 1855 and 1857.
Mr. Woodruff was a fine German, Latin, French and Greek scholar, and during his last illness quite frequently sang German songs. He was an orthodox broad-minded Christian gentle man and devotedly attached to the memory of his mother. On October 29, 1850, he was united in marriage with Mary M. Jones, one of the earliest settlers of Ann Arbor. They settled in the home which they continued to occupy until removed by death. Besides his widow, four sons survive; the oldest, Charles M., and youngest, Caius L., reside in Detroit; the second son, Marcus T., is the present proprietor of the Sentinel, and the third son, Atticus, resides in Ypsilanti.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon."
-Ann Arbor Argus, April 10, 1896
Married Mary M. Jones, 29 Oct 1850, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Father of Charles M., Marcus Tullius, Atticus, Caius Lelius, as well as a son who died in infancy.
"Hon. Charles Woodruff.
The Veteran Editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel Is No More.
Charles Woodruff, the veteran editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel, who wielded for many years the most vigorous and trenchant pen of any editorial writer in Michigan, died at his home in Ypsilanti, Wednesday, after a long illness. In fact it has been generally known that he has been failing for the past two or three years. He was a strong man, of many idiosyncrasies, who had a contempt for popularity or money, who said what he thought was right regardless of whom it hit or who it affected himself. He always stood up for the under dog in a fight and was master of most vigorous English. He several times refused lucrative positions because he would not submit to have his writings pruned, or to sink his individuality in the policy of the paper, seeking the aid of his able pen. He was born in Seneca county, N. Y., February 7, 1816, learned a tailor's trade and came to Michigan with his parents in 1836, settling at Carpenter's Corners, Pittsfield. The same year he began working at his trade in Ypsilanti, earning enough to complete his education at Allegheny College in 1842, Returning to Ypsilanti, in 1844 he purchased the Ypsilanti Sentinel which had been established the previous year, and which he continuously conducted up to the time that his failing health obliged him to give over the paper to his son, M. T. Woodruff. He gave a great deal of his time and energy to advancing the cause of education and was largely influential in establishing the present school system in Michigan. For several years during his early residence in Ypsilanti, he ran an academy at Ypsilanti. For a number of years he was a member of the Ypsilanti board of education. For many years also he was an alderman of the first ward of Ypsilanti. He was a candidate for lieutenant governor on the O'Connor ticket of 1872, and several times was the democratic candidate for mayor of Ypsilanti. He represented the Detroit Free Press at Lansing during the legislative sessions of 1855 and 1857.
Mr. Woodruff was a fine German, Latin, French and Greek scholar, and during his last illness quite frequently sang German songs. He was an orthodox broad-minded Christian gentle man and devotedly attached to the memory of his mother. On October 29, 1850, he was united in marriage with Mary M. Jones, one of the earliest settlers of Ann Arbor. They settled in the home which they continued to occupy until removed by death. Besides his widow, four sons survive; the oldest, Charles M., and youngest, Caius L., reside in Detroit; the second son, Marcus T., is the present proprietor of the Sentinel, and the third son, Atticus, resides in Ypsilanti.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon."
-Ann Arbor Argus, April 10, 1896
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