Lucretia Hannah Stearns

Brief Life History of Lucretia Hannah

When Lucretia Hannah Stearns was born in July 1844, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, her father, Clark Charles Stearns, was 40 and her mother, Irena Jane Fuller, was 35. She married Dr. Jonathan Durley Woodruff on 20 April 1865, in Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bandon, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Myrtle Point, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1920. She died on 14 January 1924, in Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Roseburg Memorial Gardens, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Jonathan Durley Woodruff
1839–1891
Lucretia Hannah Stearns
1844–1924
Marriage: 20 April 1865
Lorena May Woodruff
1866–1960
Frank Claude Woodruff
1868–1949
Mary Myrtle Woodruff
1869–
Garnett Woodruff
1872–1951
Floyd Hosea Woodruff
1874–1926
Luther Byron Woodruff
1876–1943
Glenn Elgwyn Woodruff
1879–1950
Maud Ethel Woodruff
1880–1927
Jay Durly Woodruff
1884–1951

Sources (22)

  • Lucretia Woodruf in household of Jno Woodruf, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lucrecia Stearns, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
  • Unknown in entry for George Turner, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

Historical Boundaries: 1854: McDonough, Illinois, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Stearn , with post-medieval excrescent -s (see Stern ).

History: In 1646 Charles Stearns was admitted as a freeman of Watertown, MA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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