Wilford severely injured by falling tree while cutting logs to build his family a cabin: breaks breastbone, three ribs, suffers internal injuries.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 11, 1846 ~ Friday
Dec 101th
EZRA We attended to the burial of
our child to day being about
2 days old when it died this
is the second son we have buried
within a short time Mrs Woodruff is quite
unwell. During this day the main body
of the warriors belonging to
the Omaha Nation were out
on a hunting party And were surr
ounded by a party of the Sioux &
60 of the Omahas were Killed which
was great loss to the Nation
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Woodruff, Ezra
8 Dec 1846 - 10 Dec 1846
9 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1581 mentions
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Phebe's fifth child Joseph dies at age 16 months in Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
Wilford recovers enough to resume work on cabin for his family.
Of 483 people living in Winter Quarters, 334 are sick, 53 are wives of Mormon Battalion soldiers, and 75 are widows.
Church membership is 34,694.
Wilford organizes "adopted" family (40 heads of households) under covenant to abide rules.