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PURL G. WOODRUFF, a farmer of Hammond Township, was born August 4, 1855, in Hamilton County, Ohio, and is the second son in the family of Andrew J. and Anna F. (Niblack) Woodruff, natives of Ohio and Indiana respectively. The former in the early part of his life was a physician and surgeon, but afterward became a contractor and farmer. He built the levee west of Grandview, the stone bridge north of Grandview, and many others throughout the county. He owned upwards of 400 acres of land, and was one of the leading business men of his day. He died September 17, 1879. His widow still survives him. Purl G. Woodruff received a common school education, and at the early age of seventeen entered the teacher’s profession, in which he continued for six consecutive years. Not being satisfied with his acquirement, he in 1878 entered the State University of Michigan, and took the literary and law courses, from which he graduated with the class of 1881. After returning from school he practiced law at Rockport until 1883. He then traveled in the West for one year as general agent for a patent medicine company. He is at present living on his farm in Hammond Township. December 7, 1879, he was united in marriage with Lizzie Butler, a native of Indiana. Both Mr. Woodruff and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F.