Find Your Relatives
Find Your Relatives
Images of Wilford's Family

Discover Your Relatives in Wilford Woodruff's Papers

with the help of
Start Here
Wilford Woodruff Papers Wilford Woodruff Papers
About Volunteer Meet the Team Partners Impact Editorial Method
2023 Conference Articles Photos Podcasts Updates Videos Newsroom

Day in the Life

Feb 28, 1840

Journal Entry

February 28, 1840 ~ Friday

28th [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder M. Holmes

Elder Turley returned from Birmingham
& met me in Hanly he brought me a letter
^[FIGURE]^ from Dwight Webster. Brother Turley had one
from his wife but among all the letters
I do not hear a word from Phede or Sarah
I walked to Stone & Elder Turley preached
^Alfred Baptized one^ we returned to Brother Benbows & spent the night 4 mi

People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal.

Cordon, Alfred
28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871
108 mentions
Webster, Dwight
13 Apr 1814 - 19 Aug 1868
126 mentions
Family
Turley, Frances Kimberley
22 Jun 1800 - 30 Aug 1847
15 mentions
217 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
176 mentions
Family
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
138 mentions
Benbow, William
11 Feb 1803 - 19 Dec 1886
31 mentions
1840 British Convert

Places

Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day.

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Hanley, Staffordshire, England
Stone, Staffordshire, England

Events

View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life.

1840
Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Feb 28, 1840