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JOHN WOODROW was born in Jefferson County, Ky., January 25, 1829, and is one of eleven children born to Alexander and Eunice C. (Guthrie) Woodrow, both natives of Jefferson County, Ky., and of Scotch-Irish descent. Alexander Woodrow received a good classical education, and was engaged at agricultural pursuits and at civil engineering all his life. He was for a number of years county surveyor of Jefferson County, Ky. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in Col. Hopkin’s regiment, and served with that officer in his Indian campaign. His death occurred in the spring of 1873 in his sixty-ninth year. He was a life-long and devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. John Woodrow was employed on his father’s farm until he was twenty-one years old. From that time until the fall of 1881, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, fruit growing, gardening and the nursery business in Jefferson County, Ky. He then came to Hickman County, where he has since been engaged in farming near Columbus. He was married September 3, 1851, to Miss Frances J. Smith, a native of Jefferson County, Ky. Nine children blessed their union, live of whom—two sons and three daughters—are yet living. Mrs. Frances J. Woodrow departed this life February 24, 1875, a devoted and consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. In politics Mr. Woodrow is a Democrat.