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Feb 9, 1857

Journal Entry

February 09, 1857 ~ Monday

9th An arrow My Father Aphek Woodruff was taken vary sick this
morning with the Billious cholic He had a vary sick day I was with him
the Latter part of the day & all night I could not get any thing to pass
his bowels

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
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we done a good deal of work at that time on the temple. & it was difficult to get bread for the hands to eat. I told the people toor the committe who had charge of the temple means to deal out all the flour they had & God would give them more & they done so & it was but a short time before Brother Toronto come & brought me twenty five hundred dollars in gold the committee & the Bishop met & I met with them & they said that the Law was to lay the gold at the Apostles feet yes I said & I will lay it at the Bishops feet so I opened the mouth of the bag & took hold of the bottom end & gave it a yerk [jerk] towards the Bishop & strewed the gold across the room at his feet & I said now go & buy flour for the workmen on that temple & dont distrust the Lord any more for we will have what we need
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
On the my father Aphek Woodruff was taken sick with the Billious cholic and continued very ill for some days and I thought he was ^striken with^ taken for death but he recovered On the following Sunday after a pleasing discourse from George Sims Aropene the Utah chief delivered a powerful discourse and exhorted the Saints in the strongest manner to follow their leaders and do right and not drink wiskey or do wrong in anything. I spoke after him and told the people to lay that exhortation to heart as it was given by a Lamanite chief.

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Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
Church membership is 55,236.

Feb 9, 1857