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Mar 1, 1807

Journal Entry

March 01, 1807 ~ Sunday


My parents both father and mother
were born and bred in the town
of Farmington, Connecticut.
My father Aphek Woodruff was
the son of Eldad Woodruff. My
mother Bulah Thompson was the
daughter of Lot Thompson all of the
town of Farmington C.t.

I was born in the north
part of the town of Farmington
which is now called Avon

March 1st 1807. From the age of
14 to 23 my mind was often exer
cised upon the subject of my souls
salvation yet without submision
to God or being led by his spirit
untill the age of 23. Then at that age
I resolved by the grace of God assisting me
to be led by the spirit and word of God
into that truth which maketh free the
reby. [John 8:32] I had no desire to join any of
the sectarian churches for I found
by compareing the churches with the
records of divine truth that they

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
574 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Bulah Thompson
22 Apr 1783 - 11 Jun 1808
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Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

1804; myself born . Conn., . I assisted my father in attending the Farmington Mills, until I was twenty years of age.

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

Hartford co., Conn., . I assisted my father in attending the Farmington Mills, until I was twenty years of age.

Autobiography 1897 Deseret Weekly

I was born , at Northing- ton, part of the Farmington (now Avon), Hartford county, Connecticut. In my early life I worked as a farmer and miller. Of course my childhood was passed under the influence of the remnants of the Blue Laws of Con- neticut. I remember the day well when the Baptists and the Methodists in Connecticut were almost as un- popular as the Mormons afterwards became. Presbyterians and Congre- gationalists were the ruling religions of New England in my childhood. In attending Sunday school in my early boyhood, under Dr. Noah Porter, and learning chapters of the Bible by heart, I saw what Jesus Christ and the Apostles taught. Those principles were so firmly imprinted on my mind that I could never join any church, because the churches of that day did not believe them, until I heard Zara Pulsipher, a Mormon Elder, preach to me and my brother Azmon, and a large congregation of neighbors, at Richland (now Dansville), Oswego

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

1802; Ozen Thompson born Dec. 22, 1804; myself born . My mother died with the spotted fever, June, 11, 1808, aged

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

Farmington, now called Avon, Hartford Co., Conn. . I assisted my Father in attending the Farmington Mills, until I was 20 years of age. / In the Spring of ^April,^ 1827 I took the flouring mill of my Aunt, Hellen Wheeler, which I attended three years. In the Spring of ^May,^ 1830, I took charge of the flouring mill of Mr. Collins, the ax manufacturer, in south Canton, Conn., at the end of one year it was demolished to make way for other machinery. In the spring of ^March,^ 1831 I took charge of the flouring mill owned by Mr. Richd. B. Cowleys of New Hartford, Conn. In the Sp^r^ing ^stet^ of ^stet^ 1832, in company with my oldest brother Azmon, I went to Richland, Owego Co., New York, and purchased a farm and saw mill, and settled down in business for ourselves. At an early age my mind was exercised upon religious

Autobiography 1892 Deseret News Notes

born , ^at [blank] county, Connecticut.^ ^In^ My early Life was ^I worked^ ^as^ a farmer & a Mmiller. oOf course my childhood was ^passed^ under the influence of the remnants of the Blue Laws of Connecticut. I remember the day well when ^the^ Baptists & Methodists in Con^necticut^ with wasere almost as unpopular as Mormons ^are^ to day. presbyterians & Congregationalists wasere the ruling ^ only ruling^ religions of New England in my boy ^child^hood. In attendings the Su^n^day School in my early Boyhood, under Dr Noah, porter and learning chaptrs by heart, I saw what Jesus Christ

Autobiography 1892 Deseret News Notes

1804; Wilford born .

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

My mother died with the spotted fever, Hartford County, Connecticut, March 1st, 1807. I assisted my father in attend-

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

Ozem Thompson born ) Wilford born March 1st (My Mother Bulah Woodruff Died June 11th , aged 26

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

town of Farmington, now called Avon, . Tho occupation of my Father was a miller from his youth up

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

Co Ct, . I followed the same occupation of my Father that of a Miller from my youth up until 1831. I assisted my ^Father^ in attending the Farmington Mills untill I was 20 years of age, in the spring of 1827 I took the flouring Mill of my Aunt Hellen Wheeler which I attended 3 years. In the spring of 1830 I took charge of the flouring Mill of Mr Collins the Ax manufacturer in South Canton Ct, at the end of one year it was demolished to make way for other Machinery, in the spring of 1831, I took charge of the flouring Mill owned by Mr Richard B. Cowles of New Hartford Connecticut. In the spring of 1832 in company with my oldest brother Azmon Woodruff I went to Richland Oswago County N York & purchased a farm & saw Mill & setled down in business for awhiles. Variant & divers are the lives & fortunes of man in every age of the world. While the path of some are strewn with flowers & ease from the cradle to the graves with naught to disturb their peace others apparently are marked victims of variated misfortune accidents & dangers. The last named class is the one in whose ranks I have stood through my infancy childhood youth & manhood up to the present time so much so that it has seemed as though some invisible power or fate was

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Mar 1, 1807