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Day in the Life

Jun 12, 1838

Journal Entry

June 12, 1838 ~ Tuesday

12 Walked to Litchfield from thence to Burlington & to Farmington Connecticut I^t^ was amid many meditations that
I was again permitted to visit my own native land whare I had spent many youthful days with Parents, Breth
ren, & an ownly sister, but now some of us are seperated far apart. I was with peculiar sen[s]attions that mine
eyes did roam over farmington meadows, the river, the canal, the hills & dales, during this walk to my fathers
house & when I arived there my medeitations were turned into greater Joy by being permitted to take my
Father, Mother, & Sister Eunice once more by the hand in friendship & behold each other face to face & what
added to this interesti[ng] interview was Brother Ozem Woodruff was among the number I baptized him the
year before & after spending a season in conversing together we all sat down around our fathers table
& suped together of the bounties of earth & I felt much refreshed & after bowing our knees together around
the family alter of a fathers house to worship the God of Israel, I took an evenings walk with Sister Eunice & found
her mind searching for light & truth. I spent the night at fathers house distance of the day 24 miles

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
577 mentions
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Woodruff, Azubah Hart
31 Jul 1792 - 21 Mar 1851
266 mentions
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Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
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Woodruff, Ozem Thompson
22 Dec 1804 - 28 Dec 1893
219 mentions
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Daybook (9 May - 9 July 1838)

12 walked to Litchfield to 12 walked to Litchfield from there to Burlington & to Farmington it was amid many medi- tations that I again visited my own native land whare I had spent many of my youthful days with parents & Brethren & a sister but now some of us seperated far apart. I soon arived at my fathers house & was truly rejoiced to be permitted to again take my father father & Mother by the hand & Sister Eunice & also Brother Ozem Woodruff

Daybook (9 May - 9 July 1838)

we all sat down &to our fathers table & took supper together I truly had an inter- esting time I took an evening walk with Sister Eunice after prayer I was rejoiced to find her mind engaged in the spiritual things of the Kingdom of God. I spent the night at My Fathers house distance 24 miles

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

It was with peculiar sensations that I walked over my native land, where I spent my youth, and cast my eyes over the Farmington meadows and the hills and dales where I had roamed in my boyhood with my father, step mother, brothers and half-sister. On my arrival at my father's home I had the happy privilege of again taking my parents and sister by the hand, also my uncle, Ozem Woodruff, who was among the number I had baptized the year before. After spending an hour in conversa- tion, we sat down around our father's table and supped together and were re- freshed. Then we bowed upon our knees together in the family circle and offered up the gratitude of our hearts to God for preserving our lives and reunit- ing us. I spent the next eighteen days in Farmington and Avon, visiting my father's household, my uncles, aunts cousins, neighbors and friends, preach- ing the gospel of Jesus Christ unto them and striving to bring them into the kingdom of God.

Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865

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Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal

father. I arrived at his house on the . It was with peculiar sensations that I walked over my native land, where I spent my youth, and cast my eyes over the Farmington meadows and the hills and dales where I had

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August 9, 1838
Wilford receives news of his calling as an apostle; and call to go on mission to England with apostles.

Jun 12, 1838