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Dec 11, 1838

Journal Entry

December 11, 1838 ~ Tuesday

11 The road was dry smooth & dusty & the weather wearm we travled to Menhaten & spent the night at at an Inn whare
I suddenly herd of the DEATH OF BROTHER ASAHEL H. WOODRUFF, who DIED at Terre Haute
Indiania on the 18th of Oct 1838 at 3 oclock in the morning [FIGURES] I also read in the Wabash
Courier published at Terre Haute an account of the Administrator's sale of the property of Brother ASAHEL
It was sold on the 4th of Dec for about $3000 dollars Mr Robert A Smith was his Administrator. O Brother Asahel
thou art gone I shall warn thee no more nor see thy face in the flesh untill the resurrection. How uncertain is life. How
sudden thy earthly hop[e]s have fled!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [FIGURE] I also read in the same paper an account of the horrid butchery
of eighteen Latter Day Saints in Davis County Mo by the wicked mob. O Lord hasten the day for the reign of righteousness. 31

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Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1814
11 Apr 1814 - 18 Oct 1838
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Daviess County, Missouri
Manhattan, Putnam County, Indiana
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

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Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal

On the night of the I stopped for the night at an inn, the weather being very cold. I there learned of the sudden death of my brother, Asahel H. Woodruff, a merchant of Terre Haute, Ind. I had anticipated a joyful meeting with this brother on the following day. Instead of this, I only had the privilege of visiting his grave, in company with my wife, and examining a little into his business. I was offered the position of administrator of his affairs, but I was leading a company of Saints to Zion, and could not stop to attend so his temporal business. Strangers settled his

Daybook (3 October 1838 - 4 March 1839)

11th The roads was dry, smooth, & dusty the weather warm & dusty We travled to Manhaten & spent the night at an Inn whare I suddenly herd

Daybook (3 October 1838 - 4 March 1839)

of the death of Brother Asahel H Wo odruff who died at Terre Haute In[n] & also read in the Wabash Courier printed at Terre Haute an account of the Administrators sale of the property of Brother Asahels it was sold on the 4th of Dec R. A. Smith was his administrator O Brother Asahel thou art gone I shall warn thee no more. How uncertain is life farewell untill I meet thee in eternity [FIGURES] I also read in the same paper an account of the horid Butchering of 32 {shorthand} mormons in Missouri distance of the day 31 miles

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

On the night of the I stopped for the night at an inn, the weather be- ing very cold. I there learned of the sudden death of my brother, Asahel H. Woodruff, a merchant of Terre Haute, Indiana. I had anticipated a joyful meeting with this brother on the following day. Instead of this, I only had the privilege of visiting his grave, in company with my wife, and examining a little into his business. I was offered the position of admin- istrator of his affairs, but I was leading a company of Saints to Zion, and could not stop to attend to his temporal busi- ness. Strangers settled his affairs and took possession of his property. His relatives obtained nothing from his effects but a few trifling mementos. I left this place and crossed into

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Dec 11, 1838