WOODRUFF, J.N.- (from The Fayetteville Daily, Saturday) J.N. Woodruff died at his home near Viney Grove yesterday morning of heart failure. He lived only 24 hours after being stricken. The remains were buried in the Prairie Grove cemetery today. Mr. Woodruff was 66 years old and his life had been spent in Washington County. He was a good and useful citizen and a devout Christian. His life was characterized by deeds of charity, brotherly love and neighborly kindness. Distress that he could relieve never appealed to him in vain. He was a devoted and faithful husband, an affectionate father and true friend. {Mr. Woodruff formerly lived in Springdale and had many friends here who learn of his death with much regret.} [The Springdale News 8/8/1902] Mrs. Martha Woodruff, widow of J.N. Woodruff (1stLt.), who died August 1, 1902, filed Widow Application #23901 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed August 16, 1920 at the State, citing her husband’s service with Company K, 16thArkansas Infantry from 1861 thru 1863. Mrs. Woodruff died November 27, 1935. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]