• Born: 3 Dec 1780, Elizabethtown NJ
• Died: 1842

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Enos Woodruff, about 1793, in Elizabeth NJ.

• He worked circa 1805 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Elizabeth NJ ⁵

• Countermarked coin, c 1810
  Private Collection (Ex: A. H. Foerder/Henry Hilgard collection)

• Partnership: Robert Best, in 1813, in Cincinnati OH. As BEST & WOODRUFF, having bought out the interest of Jacob Deterly. Deterly rejoined the firm in 1815, becoming BEST, WOODRUFF & DETERLY. Best retired in 1817 and the name changed to WOODRUFF & DETERLY. ⁵

• Partnership: Robert Best & Jacob Deterly, in 1815-1817, in Cincinnati OH. As R. BEST & Co.

• Partnership: Jacob Deterly, circa 1817-1819, in Cincinnati OH. As WOODRUFF & DETERLY.

• Advertised: Western Spy, on 19 Nov 1817. For WOODRUFF & DETERLY.

• Advertised: Liberty Hall, on 24 Nov 1817, in Cincinnati OH. For the firm WOODRUFF & DETERLY, noting their location on the East side of Main street, opposite Samuel Lowery's Store. They offered ". . . gold and silver watches from England . . . and had for sale almost every article of Silver Ware and kept to hand a large assortment of Jewelry." ⁵

• He worked in 1821-1827 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Cincinnati OH listed in the 1825 city directory at 58 Main Street. ⁵

• Advertised: Western Spy, on 7 Apr 1821. Announcing the dissolution of WOODRUFF & DETERLY.

• Partnership: George L. White, in 1827-1834, in Cincinnati OH. As WOODRUFF & WHITE, with a shop at 58 Main Street. ⁵

• Advertised: 1827. For WOODRUFF & WHITE.

• Advertised: Saturday Evening Chronicle, on 24 Nov 1827, in Cincinnati OH. For WOODRUFF & WHITE.