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Day in the Life

Jul 16, 1837

Journal Entry

July 16, 1837 ~ Sunday

16 Sunday walked to aunt Wheelers from thence to Adna
Hart's whare we had an appointment for preaching I had the
happy privilege of once more striking hands with Phebe, my wife
She came to attend the meeting in company with Mother & Sister
Eunice. I preached to a congregation at 5 oclock, PM. which
was composed of relatives, neighbours & former friends after
meeting I took the parting hand with Brother Ozem Woodruff
& John & other friends & walked to my Father's in farmington
with Brother Hale whare we spent the night with my parents &
sister & wife. distance of the day 10 miles

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48 mentions
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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
541 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Azubah Hart
31 Jul 1792 - 20 Mar 1851
251 mentions
Family
Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 15 Jun 1853
258 mentions
Family
Wheeler, Helen Woodruff
5 Jan 1785 - 18 Oct 1861
40 mentions
Family
Woodruff, John
15 Oct 1818 - 17 Sep 1886
24 mentions
Family
Hale, Jonathan Harriman
1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846
148 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, Ozem, b. 1787
3 Nov 1787 - 18 Feb 1871
154 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1547 mentions
Family

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Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

——I preached at Adna Hart's in Avon, where I was met by my step- mother and sister, also by my wife, who had travelled alone from Kirtland, and was on her way to visit her father in Maine.

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1

On the following I had the happy privilege of meeting my wife. She came to attend our meeting at Adna Harts in Avon. My stepmother and Eunice accompanied her. At 5 p.m. I preached to a congregation of relatives neighbours and former friends and then returned to my father's at Farmington

Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

——I preached at Adna Hart's in Avon, where I was met by my step-mother and sis- ter, also by my wife, who had travelled alone from Kirtland, and was on her way to visit her father in Maine.

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

and preached the gospel unto them. On Sunday May I preached at Adna Harts in Avon where I was met by my step Mother and sister Eunice also my wife who had travelled alone from Kirtland to visit her Fathers family in

Autobiography 1857 Draft 2

M , I preached at Adna Harts in Avon where I was met by my step-mother and sister, ^also by my wife^ who had travelled alone from Kirtland ^& was on her way^ to visit her father in Maine. but met with me at this point.

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Jul 16, 1837