Wilford at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa when Captain Allen arrives to recruit Mormon Battalion.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 08, 1846 ~ Saturday
8th ^
^ Spent part of the day in council. in
the evening I was baptized for the remission
of my sins under the Hands of Elder
W. Richards I also baptised him And Mrs
Phebe W. Woodruff twice once for the
remission of sins & once for sickness & she
seemed much better After baptism I also
Baptised Caroline, Sarah, Mary, And rosetta
King
People
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Ross, Mary Ann Jackson Woodruff
18 Feb 1818 - 25 Oct 1894
41 mentions
Family
Curtis, Mary Caroline Barton Woodruff
12 Jan 1829 - 10 Aug 1910
7 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
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Benbow, Rosetta Wright King Peacock
1819-1894
4 mentions
Lamb, Sarah Elinor Brown Woodruff
22 Aug 1827 - 25 Dec 1914
7 mentions
Family, Maine Mission
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
Events
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Woodruffs reach Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mormon Battalion recruited by United States Army.
Woodruffs cross Missouri River to Cutler's Park, Nebraska.
Wilford rebaptized second time; rebaptizes Phebe, Sarah E. Brown, Mary C. Barton, Mary Ann Jackson, and Rosetta King.
Wilford expels Sarah Elinor Brown and Mary Caroline Barton from his family for misconduct.