DR. A. C. WOODRUFF
Dr. A. C. Woodruff, a native of Knox county, Illinois, was born July 2, 1850, and is a son of J. W. and Elizabeth (Dodge) Woodruff. His father died when he was three years of age. When a young man, he attended the Abingdon college, where he received his education. In 1869 he came to Dallas county, Iowa, and the following year began reading medicine at DeSoto, Iowa, with Dr. A. P. McCullough. In 1872 he attended lectures at the Keokuk Medical college, and later became a graduate from that institution. In the spring of 1881 he came to Griswold, where he has since been engaged practicing his profession. He was married to Hattie Dodge in 1879. The doctor is one of the oldest practitioners of Griswold, and enjoys a good patronage.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 405.
