Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 16, 1869 ~ Thursday
16. The child is dying this morning. Delight the Mother of the child
is feeling vary bad Emma, Sarah, & myself was with the child nearly
all night it lived untill 35 Minutes past 12 oclok noon when he breathed
his last He was Borned 31 Aug 18668 & Died Dec 16, 1869 making him
J. Woodruff one year 3 Months & 17 days old
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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1027 mentions
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Woodruff, Jeremiah
29 Dec 1868 - 16 Dec 1869
4 mentions
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Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
705 mentions
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Woodruff, Sarah Delight Stocking
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
173 mentions
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Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.