NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11206 HOPKINS CO – HUBERT WOODRUFF – Woodruff, Poe, Campbell, Leech, Emett, Bishop, Hibbs, Glass #11206: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. Hopkins County. HUBERT WOODRUFF. One of the best known and most highly respected residents of Hopkins county, Kentucky, is Hubert Woodruff, the present efficient sheriff of the county and a successful business man. Born near Madisonville, Hopking county, on the 18th of November, 1878, he is a son of Solomon and Lucy A. (Poe) Woodruff. His father was born in this county, March 13, 1851, and is still living on his old homestead, southwest of Madisonville, where he has long been engaged in farming. He is a republican in politics and is a member of the Christian church. His parents were Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Campbell) Woodruff. The former, who was born near Crabtree, followed the vocation of farming and died at Dawson Springs, Kentucky. He was a member of the Christian church and voted the republican ticket. His wife was born near old Lick Creek church and died in Caldwell county, this state. Nathaniel Woodruff was the son of Captain Joe Woodruff, a native of South Caroline, whence he removed to Kentucky in an early day and here became a large landowner, following farming during his active life. He was a republican in politics and a member of the Christian church. The mother of Hubert Woodruff was born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, November 21, 1856, a daughter of John and Martha (Leech) Poe. Her father was born in North Carolina and died in Hopkins county, Kentucky, where he had followed farming for many years. He was an adherent of the Baptist church and supported the republican party. His wife was born near Madisonville, Hopkins county, where her death occurred. Hubert Woodruff secured his education in the public schools of Hopkins county and then assisted his father on the home farm until twenty-three years of age, when he bought the farm of his grandfather, John Poe, and operated it for four years, at the end of which time he sold out and went to Indian Territory, where he ran a restaurant for about six months. He then returned to Hopkins county and engaged in the sawmill business, in which he is still interested. He has prospered in his business affairs and owns and cultivates a farm of three hundred and sixty-seven acres near Madisonville, and also has a good coal mine on the farm, which he operated one year, but has now leased it. He is likewise a director of the Farmers’ National Bank. Politically, Mr. Woodruff is a stanch republican, and on November 25, 1925, he was elected sheriff of Hopkins county, taking the office on January 4, 1926. He is well qualified for the position and is discharging his official duties in an able and satisfactory manner. His religious affiliation is with the Christian church and fraternally he is a member of the Madisonville Lodge, No. 723, B. P. O. E., and of Dawson Springs Lodge of Odd Fellows. On December 4, 1901, in Madisonville, Mr. Woodruff was married to Miss Nellie Emett, who was born August 9, 1883, a daughter of Orleans and Mattie (Bishop) Emett. Her father, who was born in Hopkins county, Kentucky, January 12, 1856, and died in Centralia, Illinois, December 26, 1924, had followed farming, was a democrat in politics and an adherent of the Missionary Baptist church. His wife was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, March 1, 1852, and died in Hopkinsille, Kentucky, January 7, 1916. Orleans Emett was a son of Daniel and Mollie (Hibbs) Emett, the former a native and lifelong resident of Hopkins county. Mattie Bishop was a daughter of James and Millie (Glass) Bishop, of Bedford county, Tennessee, the former of whom and his sons, Alfred and Frank, were veterans of the Civil war. Mrs. Woodruff received a public school education and is now acting as office assistant to her husband. She is a member of the First Christian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff have two children, Carlos Herman, born December 10, 1906, and now connected with the Detroit Creamery, of Detroit, Michigan, and James Solomon, born November 15, 1915. He is also a member of the Christian church, and at the present time is treasurer of his Sunday school class. [photo] KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch