Nancy Woodruff

1812 - 1900  (87 years)

• Name	Nancy Woodruff
  Birth	11 Nov 1812	KY   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1820	Hopkins Co, KY   [3]
  	age < 10(8)
  Census	1830	Hopkins Co, KY   [4]
  	age 15-19(18), living with parents
  Census	1840	Hopkins Co, KY   [5]
  	age 20-29(28),spouse age 40-49(42), 3 children
  Census	1850	District 1, Hopkins Co, KY   [2]
  	age 38,spouse Thomas-age 52, 7 children
  Census-State	1850	District 1, Hopkins Co, KY   [6]
  	age 38,spouse Thomas
  Census	1860	Underwood, Hopkins Co, KY   [7]
  	age 47,no spouse listed, 6 children, & 1 other Charles Sisk-age 5 (see 1870)
  Census	1870	Charleston, Hopkins Co, KY   [8]
  	age 57,no spouse listed, 2 children, & 1 other Charles Sisk-age 15
  Census	1880	St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY   [9]
  	age 58,widowed, 3 children
  Census	1900	St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY   [10]
  	age 87,widowed,had 8 children-4 still living, living with son John-age 45-single
  Death	30 Jun 1900	Hopkins Co, KY   [1]
  Findagrave.com	01 Jul 2023
  	See Notes
  Burial	St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY   [1]
  	Christian Privilege Cemetery
  Person ID	I1376	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Nathaniel Woodruff,   b. 1770, Spartanburg Co, SC d. Bef 01 Nov 1846, Hopkins Co, KY (Age < 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Dinsmore,   b. 1770, SC d. Between 01 Nov 1846 and 26 Feb 1856 (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1790	Spartanburg Co, SC
  Family ID	F211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Robinson-xx,   b. 18 Apr 1798, NC d. 18 Aug 1856 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1833	Hopkins Co, KY   [11, 12]
  Notes	Children: son Robert A Robinson 2/22/1834 KY - 12/11/1917 Christian Co, KY - ** See death certificate ** - married Charlotte Susan ??? - 1880 census, widowed - living with widowed mother dau Sarah E Robinson 1836 Caldwell Co, KY - on 4/12/1854 in Hopkins Co, Ky married Elisha Hampton Sisk 1833 Hopkins Co, KY - ** See marriage record ** - son of Daniel Harrison Sisk 3/22/1813 Hopkins Co, KY - 8/9/1891 Parker Co, TX and Louisa Reynolds 3/5/1813 Louisville, KY - 1882 TX - son of Robert Barney Sisk Sr. 12/20/1775 NC - 6/21/1856 KY and Morning ??? b. abt 1780 NC - aft 8/25/1856 - dau of John Reynolds and Eleanora Hampton - son of Daniel Sisk - d. 10/7/1780 and Rachel Lovin - d. 1807 Elisha Hampton's siblings: sis Elizabeth Sisk 1834 KY bro Charles W Sisk 1836 KY sis Phebe A Sisk 1840 KY bro Henry L Sisk 1840 KY bro Thomas P Sisk 1842 KY bro James Sisk 1843 KY bro Carey W Sisk 1844 KY sis Sarah Sisk 1846 KY sis Martha H Sisk 1848 KY Louisa Reynolds' siblings: sis Margaret Reynolds 5/6/1815 KY - 11/9/1894 - on 2/5/1835 in Hopkins Co, KY married Hamilton Tomblinson 6/6/1795 VA - 2/14/1853 dau Nancy Tomblinson 1836 KY - bef 4/13/1910 - on 2/22/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married William Henry Torian 9/25/1825 Halifax Co, VA - 4/13/1910 McCracken Co, KY son William Tomblinson 1837 KY - on 12/6/1858 in Hopkins Co, KY married Lourana Blue, dau of John B Blue and Hanna Berry son Waller Tomblinson 2/14/1839 KY - 11/27/1888 Hopkins Co, KY - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - on 1/18/1872 in Hopkins Co, KY married Martha E Hunt - dau of Wilson Shotwell Hunt 1813 - 1902 and Martha Ann Barr 1820 - 1872 son James Earvin Tomblinson 1873 - 1945 Martha E Hunt's siblings: bro Thomas C Hunt 1836 KY - on 11/2/1876 in Hopkins Co, KY married Barbara McKinzie sis Mary E Hunt 1838 KY - on 1/31/1855 in Hopkins Co, KY married Jefferson Howard Ashby - son of William B Ashby and Ann Logan sis Phebe A Hunt 1845 KY sis Emma J Hunt 1847 KY sis Judith Hunt 1848 KY KY Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spoue Date Book Page Tomblinson, Waller Hunt, Martha E. 18 Jan 1872 TT34 339 son John Tomblinson 1841 KY - on 5/9/1872 in Hopkins Co, KY married Josephine Hailey KY, Hopkins Co marriages: Name Spouse Date Book Page Haley, Josephine Tomblinson, Jno. 9 May 1872 TT34 419 dau Frances Elizabeth Tomblinson 9/11/1843 KY - 7/12/1922 Bisbee, Cochise Co, AZ - on 1/14/1867 in Hopkins Co, KY married John Valentine Ashby 1847 KY - 1905 Hopkins Co, KY - ** See their findagrave.com pages ** - son of Wilson Ross Ashby 1/18/1819 - 11/22/1855 KY and Ann Maria (Blue) (Rickard) 9/12/1827 - 2/12/1905 - ** See their findagrave.com pages ** - Ann Marie (Blue) (Ashby) (Rickard) later married William Rickard 1834 - 1907 - son of Robert Ashby and Margaret Ross - dau of John B Blue and Hanna Berry son John H Ashby 1867 - 1929 son Wiley Wilson Ashby 1873 - 1922 dau Mattie Ashby 1884 - 1966 - married ??? Thursby John Valentine Ashby's siblings: sis Frances C Ashby 2/25/1844 - 2/17/1878 KY - on 7/27/1863 in Hopkins Co, KY married John Synette Bassett 4/14/1844 - 5/28/1912 - ** See their findagrave.com pages ** - son of William H Bassett dau Laura Jane Bassett 1865 - 1945 - married ??? Brooks son Franklin Lafayette Bassett 1870 - 1944 - after Frances's death in 1878 John married Rosa Vineyard Corum 1849 - 1927 bro Franklin L Ashby 9/15/1849 KY - 5/3/1877 - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - on 2/25/1873 in Hopkins Co, KY married Adeline L Clements bro Americus Lafayette Ashby 1851 - 1918 son Alex Tomblinson 1846 KY son Elisha Tomblinson 1848 KY - married Molly Edwards dau Sarah Tomblinson 1849 KY - married Simon Peter Price son Jesse D Robinson 1838 KY dau Mildred E Robinson 1840 KY - 1922 - married ??? Wright dau Verna Isabelle Wright 1884 - 1954 dau Frances J Serena Robinson 1841 KY - 1866 dau Nancy Misdyce Robinson 1845 KY - 1881 - on 2/13/1867 in Hopkins Co, KY married James Henry Fox 1846 KY - 1926 - son of John Crittenden Fox 11/28/1822 St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY - 11/5/1889 & Mahala Moore 1818 KY - bet 9/9/1870-1/11/1872 (evidently aft census taken on 9/9/1870 & bef John's marriage to Nancy Catherine Woodruff on 1/11/1872) - son of Noah Fox 1776 Shenandoah, VA - bef 1860 Hopkins Co, KY and Cynthia Laffoon 1781 Surry Co, NC - 12/24/1860 Dobson, Surry, NC son Claude U Fox 1873 - 1948 - married Alice R ??? son Garland Letcher Randolph Fox 1878 - 1954 - married Otra Lee Clardy 1881 - 1963 James's siblings: bro William Hampton Fox 1845 KY sis Martha Ann Fox 10/6/1852 KY - 10/16/1925 Hopkins Co, KY - on 12/22/1870 Hopkins Co, KY mar. Theodore Petill Woodruff 9/17/1849 KY - 2/17/1925 KY - son of Charles Davis Woodruff 9/17/1821 - 12/14/1904 both in Hopkins Co, KY and Cynthia Caroline Davis 4/3/1830 - 11/8/1909 both in Hopkins Co, KY bro Franklin P Fox 1855 KY bro James George Fox 1856 KY son William T Robinson 1849 KY - 1894 - 1880 census, single - living with widowed mother son John C Robinson 6/6/1852 KY - 1932 - ** See birth record journal ** - married Ida Ann Collins 1876 - 1932 - 1880 census, single - living with widowed mother
  Photos		Robinson-John-C--(Nancy-Woodruff)--18520606-KY-Hopkins-BRJ
  Family ID	F1898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Nov 1812 - KY Census - age < 10(8) - 1820 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 15-19(18), living with parents - 1830 - Hopkins Co, KY Marriage - 16 Feb 1833 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 20-29(28),spouse age 40-49(42), 3 children - 1840 - Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 38,spouse Thomas-age 52, 7 children - 1850 - District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Census-State - age 38,spouse Thomas - 1850 - District 1, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 47,no spouse listed, 6 children, & 1 other Charles Sisk-age 5 (see 1870) - 1860 - Underwood, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 57,no spouse listed, 2 children, & 1 other Charles Sisk-age 15 - 1870 - Charleston, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 58,widowed, 3 children - 1880 - St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 87,widowed,had 8 children-4 still living, living with son John-age 45-single - 1900 - St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY Death - 30 Jun 1900 - Hopkins Co, KY Burial - - St Charles, Hopkins Co, KY  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Robinson-Nancy-(Woodruff)-19000630-KY-Hopkins-TS

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 7/1/2023 Nancy Woodruff Robinson Birth: 11 Oct 1812 Death: 30 Jun 1900 (aged 87) Burial: Christian Privilege Cemetery, Saint Charles, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Memorial #: 126787613 Family Members Spouse Thomas Robinson 1798-1856 Children Robert Robinson 1834-1917 Sarah E. Robinson Sisk 1836-1856 Jesse D Robinson 1839-1910 Serena J. Robinson 1842-1866 Nancy Misdyce Robinson Fox 1845-1881 Dicia Elvina Robinson Miller 1846-1936 John C. Robinson 1852-1932 Created by: Quietly Resting (47077524) Added: 23 Mar 2014 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126787613/nancy-robinson Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126787613/nancy-robinson: accessed 01 July 2023), memorial page for Nancy Woodruff Robinson (11 Oct 1812-30 Jun 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 126787613, citing Christian Privilege Cemetery, Saint Charles, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Quietly Resting (contributor 47077524). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com bef 7/1/2023 Nancy Woodruff Robinson Birth: Oct. 11, 1812 Death: Jun. 30, 1900 Family links: Spouse: Thomas Robinson (1798 - 1856)* Children: Robert Robinson (1834 - 1917)* Sarah E. Robinson Sisk (1836 - 1856)* Nancy Misdyce Robinson Fox (1845 - 1881)* John C. Robinson (1852 - 1932)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Christian Privilege Cemetery Saint Charles Hopkins County Kentucky, USA Created by: Quietly Resting Record added: Mar 23, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 126787613 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Findagrave.com. [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S4] 1820 United States Federal Census. [S5] 1830 United States Federal Census. [S6] 1840 United States Federal Census. [S30] KY,Hopkins Co,1850 Census. [S8] 1860 United States Federal Census. [S9] 1870 United States Federal Census. [S10] 1880 United States Federal Census. [S11] 1900 United States Federal Census. [S41] Marriage License. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.