Doctor Alden Jehiel Woodruff

1850 - 1933  (82 years)

• Name	Alden Jehiel Woodruff
  Prefix	Doctor
  Born	20 Jan 1850	Fireplace, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	1933	Ogdensburg, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States
  Buried	Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I26224	Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Jehiel Hildreth Woodruff,   b. 9 Dec 1806, Mattituck, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 20 Feb 1891, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ann Davis,   b. 21 Mar 1821, , Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 20 Apr 1878, Bellport, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 57 years)
  Married	5 Aug 1843	, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F11708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah E. Beale,   b. 19 May 1853, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 9 Nov 1877, Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 24 years)
  Married	20 Aug 1873	Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Children	1. Annie Woodruff,   b. Cal Aug 1874, Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 9 May 1876, Northport, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age ~ 1 years)
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F9726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  His 3rd wife was Ida Bunce Sammis, the first woman to represent Suffolk County in the New York State Assembly; at one time he was a wealthy man "with a very comfortable income"; he was "in easy circumstances and had an assured income from his investments"; had been a medical doctor at Babylon, Suffolk County, L. I.; retired in 1906; after his 3rd marriage to Mrs. Sammis, his "estate had dwindled"; moved to Watertown, N. Y. & was committed to St. Lawrence State Hospital in Ogdensburg, N. Y. were he died; he was buried in Potter's Field, Ogdensburg in an $8 coffin by New York State; his widow was sued by Mrs. Olga Gaylord of Albany, N. Y., Dr. Woodruff's adopted daughter, over the estate; "friends" in Suffolk County were "outraged" over his burial in an $8.00 coffin in Potter's Field & had him removed to Cedar Grove to be by his 1st wife; see the Huntington paper "Long Island" 19 January 1934 for an account of the lawsuit by Mrs. Gaylord against Dr. Woodruff's widow, the former Mrs. Ida B. Sammis