Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated as 18th President of 37 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 15, 1869 ~ Thursday
12 to 165 inclusive I spent this week laboring in my
Garden. I set out strawburies, opened Grapes, sowed
clover & Timothy in my orchard prepared it for
watering on the 165 I was at the farm & sowed Oats
& Barley peas, Beans, Beets, corn, set out trees
& so I returned home Bulah has been vary
sick with a Nervous Effection Mrs Woodruff
is quite worn down with the care of her & hard
Labor I received 2 letters from Azmon &
Ilus. Susan & her children are with us
I am unwell with hard Labor
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Woodruff, Azmon, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
364 mentions
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Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
261 mentions
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Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
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Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1581 mentions
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Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
361 mentions
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Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.