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Day in the Life

Nov 9, 1881

Journal Entry

November 09, 1881 ~ Wednesday

9. [FIGURE] I went into the Temple and had our first Daughter and
child sealed to me and my wife Phebe W Woodruff who was
her mother And I had all my Fathers children 6 in number
by his second wife, my step Mother, sealed to their Father & Mother
viz Philo born Nov. 29, 1811 Died Nov 25, 1827, Aged 16 years

Asahel Hart [born] April 11, 1814 [Died] Oct 18, [18]38 [Aged] 24 years

Franklin [born] March 12, 1816 [Died] June 4, 1816 [Aged] 2 m 24 D

Newton born June 19, 1818 drowned Sept 1820, Aged near 2 yers

Julius [born] April 22, 1820. Died young

Eunice [born] June 19 1821 Died ^Married^ Aug 4 1841. Died June 14, 1853 Aged 32 years

Wilford Woodruff & Phebe W Woodruff acted as Proxy
I also had 3 children Named Ira & Mary Carter all dead
sealed to their Parents Ezra Carter & Sarah Fabyan Carter
Wilford Woodruff & Phebe W Woodruff Acting Proxy
all the above recorded in the recorded in St George Temple Records
I also had 20 Persons Adopted to me & my family
President John Taylor had quite a Number Adopted to him
Mrs W and my self took supper with E. Snow I then went
to Meeting in the Tabernacle at 6 oclok Br Lunt Prayed G Q Cannon
spoke 3 M[inutes], John Henry Smith 5, W Woodruff 15 M[inutes] E Snow
15 M[inutes], John Taylor 65

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
539 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1814
11 Apr 1814 - 18 Oct 1838
196 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Azubah Hart
31 Jul 1792 - 20 Mar 1851
250 mentions
Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
640 mentions
Apostle
Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 15 Jun 1853
258 mentions
Family
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
14 Feb 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
284 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Franklin
11 Mar 1815 - 1 Jun 1816
12 mentions
Family
1966 mentions
Apostle
Lunt, Henry
1824-1902
32 mentions
Smith, John Henry
18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
258 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Julius
22 Apr 1820 - 1823
12 mentions
Family
Carter, Mary Fabyan
22 Mar 1814 - 8 Sep 1851
21 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Newton, b. 1816
17 Jun 1816 - 31 Aug 1820
12 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1543 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Philo
29 Nov 1811 - 25 Nov 1827
21 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Emma
14 Jul 1838 - 17 Jul 1840
160 mentions
Family
Carter, Sarah Fabyan
8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845
89 mentions
Family

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St. George Tabernacle, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

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Nov 9, 1881