Page 1 of Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

THE DESERET NEWS|DESERET NEWS. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. No. 18. Fillmore, Millard County, Utah Territory|FILLMORE CITY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1858. VOL. VIII. [Column 1] HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. (FROM HIS OWN PEN.) IN tracing the history of my fathers, I find it difficult to obtain a satisfactory account of the Woodruff family for more than three gen- erations. My great grandfather, Josiah Woodruff, b. 1706|Josiah Woodruff, lived nearly one hundred years…

Page 16 of Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal

LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL. In the spring of 1834, I went to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio|Kirtland, saw the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr.|Joseph Smith, and went with him, and with more than two hundred others in Zion's Camp, up the Missouri|Missouri. When I arrived at my journey's end, I took the first opportunity and wrote a long letter to Father Robert Mason|Mason, and told him I had found…

Page 17 of Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)

April 25, 1834 ~ Friday April 25th 1834 To travel towards Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio|Kirtland and arived there at night on the 25th of Aprail 1834 There for the first time I had a view of our beloved Brother Joseph Smith Jr.|Joseph Smith the prophet & Seer which God hath raised up in these last days through whom the saints receieve Revelations from time to time. ^I here first…

Page 29 of Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

Elizabeth Norton Hart Woodruff|wife & children & the Brethren sisters & neighbors in that place & we commenced our Journey for Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio|kirtland Ohio whare all the brethren were to meet who were going to Missouri|Missouri the time of meeting was the first day of May so all the Brethren could be together according to the word of the Lord. Many of my Neighbors called to see me…

Page 3 of History – The History of Zion's Camp

where he found a few saints; and Wilford Woodruff accompanied him with Henry Brown|Harry Brown to Henderson, Jefferson County, New York|Henderson County where he visited the few saints who had been orginized in that region of country. His object in visiting the saints at the present time was to get the young men and middle aged to go to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio|Kirtland and accompany the Joseph Smith Jr.|Prophet…

Page 4 of Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

Elder, and a small Branch organized of twelve members, by Elder Zerah Pulsipher|Pulsi- pher. In February following, in company with Elder Noah Holton|Holton, I walked some sixty miles to the town of Fabius, Onondaga County, New York|Fabius, to attend an evening meeting of the Saints in that place, where Elder Pul- sipher was presiding. I saw the Book of Commandments|book of commandments or revelations given through Joseph Smith Jr.|Joseph…

Page 4 of Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. April 11th, 1834—With my horses and wagon I took Brothers Henry Brown|Harry Brown and Seth Warren Ingalls|Warren Ingles and started for Zion. I met with Orson Pratt|Orson Pratt, John Murdock|John Murdoch and other elders on the way, and ar- rived in Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio|Kirtland on the 25th day of April, 1834. The Prophet Joseph Smith Jr.|Joseph invited me to make his house my…

Page 5 of Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

: we had a precious time. He was upon an important mission to gather up a company to go up to redeem Zion. I accompanied brother Parley Parker Pratt|Pratt to Jefferson County, New York|Jefferson Co., ^&^ I told him my circumstances; he said it was my duty to prepare myself to go to Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio|Kirtland, and join the camp of Zion. I immediately went to work with…

Page 8 of Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

time I had ever seen him we appointed a meeting for him to speak to our little branch, ^He instructed all us the branch^ and we had a precious time, he spoke till near midnight. He was upon an important mission in connexion with Lyman Wight|Lyman Wight, it was to gather up from 100 to 5000 men ^a company^ to go up to redeem Zion. I accompanied Brother Parley Parker…

Page 8 of Autobiography 1892 Deseret News Notes

L. D. S. Historian's Office, P. O. BOX 1678. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory|Salt Lake City, Utah, [blank] 189 my Aunt, Helen Woodruff Wheeler|Helen Wheeler. In May, 1830, I took charge of the flouring mill of Mr. Samuel Collins|Collins, at manufacturer Collinsville, Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut|south Canton, Conn. In March 1831 I took charge of flouring mill of Richard B. Cowles|Richard B Cowles, New Hartford, Litchfield…