James Jackson Woodruff leaves his mother's home and returns to live with Wilford.
21. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morming & attended
the funeral of Caroline Garant aged about 18 I preached her
funeral sermon was followed by Bishop Wooley I preached in
the Tabernacle in the afternoon. I followed Brother Grow. Soon
After I returned home I herd that Albert Smoot was drowned
& I soon learned that it was true. He Attended the funeral
of Caroline Grant in the forenoon went to the grave, returned
home helped pick peas for dinner, eat his dinner then went
to the Jordon River with 5 small boys & went in to bathe the
water was vary cold. He could not swim, he soon was taken with
the cramp & steped off into deep water & never spoke, & soon sunk
to rise no more. As soon as it was known, men gathered at the
place & hunted for his body 3 Hours before he was found. Mrs
Woodruff & myself went to Brother Smoots & we found them
in great affliction at about 8 oclok in the Evening the body
was brought to his Fathers House. we labored upon the body three
hourse with Electricity & inflating the lungs & with warm baths
to bring him to Life but of No avail. I went home about midnight
Albert Abram Owen Smoot was born the 23rd of Nov 1847
He was the first male child born in these valleies ofin the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was a good Youth
dutiful to his parents & died in the faith of the gospel of Christ
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