Wilford called back to Salt Lake City for a meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 22, 1885 ~ Tuesday
Sept 22, 1885
I received 7 Letters from Asahel, J. Jaques 2, L. W. Snow
H. J. Grant Daniel Thompson, & C. L. Christiansen. Brother Wm
Square has been vary sick for several days he fainted away
this Morning & it seemed as though He would die it was with
great difficulty that we could get him to swallow any kind
of Nourishment to keep life in him Robert T Burton & E F
Sheets were in town I sent for them They with Bleak &
Thompson & myself Anointed him & administered to him and
he seemed to recover some. By his request I wrote his
will
I wrote 1 Letter to J McAllister I returned to my other room
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Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
701 mentions
Family
Christianson, Christian Lingo
1855-1940
31 mentions
Sheets, Elijah Funk
22 Mar 1821 - 3 Jul 1904
124 mentions
Grant, Heber Jeddy
22 Nov 1856 - 14 May 1945
273 mentions
Apostle
Bleak, James Godson
15 Nov 1829 - 30 Jan 1918
490 mentions
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
659 mentions
Missionary
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
454 mentions
Snow, Leslie Woodruff
6 Feb 1862 - 28 Nov 1935
181 mentions
Family
Burton, Robert Taylor
25 Oct 1821 - 11 Nov 1907
131 mentions
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
264 mentions
Missionary
Squires, William Squire
1816-1885
13 mentions
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Wilford sees his wife Phebe for the last time and gives her a blessing.
Phebe Woodruff dies; Wilford watches funeral from Church office to avoid arrest.