When Asahel Hart Woodruff was born on 3 February 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Wilford Woodruff, was 55 and his mother, Emma Smith, was 24. He married Naomi Abbott Butterworth on 14 December 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 50 years. In 1920, at the age of 57, his occupation is listed as buyer, dry goods. He died on 2 July 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: from Middle English woderove ‘woodruff, sweet woodruff’ (Old English wudurofe), a sweet-scented plant. The leaves of the plant have a sweet smell and the surname may also have been a nickname for one who used it as a perfume, or perhaps an ironical nickname for a malodorous person. Alternatively, perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived at or near a place where woodruff grew. There may have been some confusion with Woodrow .
History: Two English families brought the name Woodruff to the American colonies: those of Matthew Woodruff and of John and Ann Woodruffe. The latter migrated to Lynn, MA, from Kent, and moved to Southampton, Long Island, NY, before 1640. John and Ann's many descendants were established in NJ, NC, and SC by 1790. The city of Woodruff, SC, is named for this family. The name is variously spelled Woodrove, Woodroffe, Woodruffe, Woodrough, and Woodruff in colonial records.
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