Antique photograph of Jeannette Elizabeth (Washburn) Woodruff. Photo by G.F. Williams studio. She was the wife of Harold Frank Woodruff who operated the nationwide vegetable seed catalog business F.H. Woodruff & Sons based in Milford, Connecticut. Measures approximately 5 x 8. Condition: This is an original photograph, not a copy or reproduction. It is in very good condition except the photo studio "proof" stamp runs across her shoulder. Comments: This photo originally came in a Woodruff / Washburn family collection of images (sold individually) which included: Frank Henry Woodruff, Harold Frank Woodruff, Josephine Elizabeth Woodruff (Betty), Jeanette Washburn Woodruff, Susan Woodruff Abbott, H.G. Washburn, Gerard Washburn, Grace ONeil Washburn, and Margarite (?) Washburn. Frank Henry Woodruff was the founder of a vegetable seed business empire based in Milford, Connecticut known as F.H. Woodruff & Sons. His sons William and Harold eventually took over the business.

Family Lineage: The following information is provided to assist those researching these lines and wishing to obtain original, antique photographs of their ancestors: Frank Henry Woodruff was born July 15, 1849 in Orange, Connecticut. He was the son of Jeremiah Woodruff (born June 27, 1811) and Charlotte Emeline Nettleton (born December 6, 1809). Over the years he had three wives including Ella Josephine Platt, Lillian Gould, and Susan Glenny Furman. Frank died July 24, 1927 in Crawford, Nebraska and is buried in Milford, CT. Frank was the father of Carrie Louise, William Henry, Florence Ethel, and Harold Frank Woodruff. Harold Frank Woodruff was born July 15, 1885 in Milford, Connecticut. He was married November 2, 1911 in Bridgeport, CT to Jeannette Elizabeth Washburn. Jeannette was born on November 29, 1885 in Bridgeport, CT. Harold took over the family seed business after his brother William died. Harold and his wife had one child, Josephine Elizabeth Betty Woodruff. She was born December 31, 1921 in Milford, CT. She married Daniel Alley Johnson on April 27, 1946. They had four children including Daniel Alley, Jeannette Elizabeth, Harold Weston and Parker Woodruff Johnson.