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May 29, 1842

Journal Entry

May 29, 1842 ~ Sunday

29th Sunday I spent part of the day at home
writing nin the evening I went to the font &
[FIGURE] Baptized Elder G. A. Smith for the restoration
of his health I also Baptized my wife, Phebe
W. Woodruff
for three of her dead kindred viz
her Grand Father &Joshua Fabyan & Grand Mother
Sarah Fabyan & Great Uncle John Fabyan

I was then Baptized under the hands of Elder
G. A. Smith for & in Behalf of my Grand Father
Eldad woodruff & Grand Mother Dinah Woodruff
^Also for the wife of uncle Samuel Woodruff^


Phebe was Baptized for & in Behalf of her
Grand Father Ezra Carter, & Grand Mother
Phebe W. Carter, on the 21st of April
the same day that I was Baptized for my
Mother & two Brothers

Wilford Woodruff was Baptized for the wife
of Uncle Samuel Woodruf

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Woodruff, Bulah Thompson
22 Apr 1783 - 11 Jun 1808
76 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Dinah Woodford
1 Mar 1754 - 12 Jun 1825
23 mentions
Family
39 mentions
Family
Carter, Ezra, b. 1739
9 Jan 1739 - 20 Apr 1819
11 mentions
Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
5 mentions
Family
Fabyan, Joshua
27 Mar 1742 - 20 Jun 1799
9 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Nancy Case
24 Jul 1783 - 17 Apr 1839
9 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1581 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Samuel G.
3 Dec 1777 - 15 Dec 1869
19 mentions
Family
Fabyan, Sarah Brackett, b. 1740
9 Apr 1740 - 29 Aug 1820
7 mentions
Family

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Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
I baptized in the font Elder George A Smith for the restoration of his health. At the same time I was baptized by him in behalf of my grandfather Eldad Woodruff and grandmother Dinah Woodruff; and I also baptized my wife Phebe for her Grandfather Joshua Fabyan and grandmother Sarah Fabyan and her great-uncle John Fabyan. At the same date that I was proxy for my mother and two brothers my wife was ^also^ for her uncle John and Sally Fabyan and her uncles George and Joseph Fabyan.

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Millennial Star begins serial publication of Manuscript History of the Church in England.

May 29, 1842