continued our journey without any particular incident for the interval of three days at which date we were brought to another seperation On the 20th we made arrangements to further devide our little company, as brothers Nathaniel Thomas|Thomas and James Foss Townsend|Townsend w[ere] inclined to stop by the way and winter Our company was truly getting very small there being now only brothers Ephraim Luce|Luce Charles Brown|Brown and myself…

TULLIDGE`S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. The roads finally became so bad and the cold so severe that Nathaniel Thomas|Nathaniel Thomas and James Foss Townsend|James Townsend concluded to stop for the winter. We parted with them on the 21st of November, near New Portage, Medina County, Ohio|New Portage, Ohio. On the 23rd of November my wife, Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff|Phoebe, was attacked with a severe head- ache, which terminated in brain fever…

Miami River, Ohio|Miami river & travled a [round] & put up for the night at the Inn of Mr E. Weaver|E Weaver ^Greencastle, Montgomery County, Ohio|Greencastle Montgomery Ohio^ the kind kind of a place without Any would or water all of them scarce & at the highest prize Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff|Phebe continue sick & has some appearence of the brain fever distance 16 miles November 30, 1838 ~…

of sorrow begins to roll oe'r my soul Our whole company is much afflicted we passed Brother Nathaniel Thomas|Thomas by the way side mending his waggon that had broke down & Brother James Foss Townsend|Townsend was quite sick I had not passed this afflicted company but two miles before I was called to stop my horses for the purpose, to all appearance, to behold my Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff|wife…

to my soul O I pray God to spare the life of my Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff|wife 10 mile December 2, 1838 ~ Sunday Dec 2nd Sunday our circumstances were such we were obliedged to remove from the Inn whare we put up Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff|Phebe felt as though she had but a breth of life left in her body I carried her into the waggon & drove 2…

BAD ROADS AND COLD WEATHER. three months in traveling in wagons, through rain, mud, snow and frost. It was such a trial as I never before had attempted during my experience as a minister of the gospel. On our arrival at Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts|Georgetown we were joined by Elder Milton Holmes|Mil- ton Holmes. We traveled each day as far as we could go, and camped wherever night overtook us…

November 25, 1838 ~ Sunday Nov 25 Sunday we spent the day at the In[n] resting ourselves & beasts we have had several days of warm plesent weather & good roads but this morning it snows some & is cold. Mrs Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff|Woodruff is quit[e] sick the pain & fever is increasing in her head. we do not at all times know what lies before ^us^…