Wilford called back to Salt Lake City for a meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
October 10, 1885 ~ Saturday
10
I spent the day reading Except I wrote Letter to
Phebe & Bulah & Jaques I received Letters from
Asahel ^2^ Bulah Emeline & Jaques Bulah said her
Mother had a fall and split the scalp of her head open
Mrs Phebe W Woodruff fell while walking across
her room with a lighted lamp Broak the lamp to peaces
but did not Explod she struck her head against the
washboard & split the scalp of her head open for several
inches knocked her sensless but she soon came
to Dr Anderson sowed up her wound thought her
skull was not cracked thoght she would recover
Emeline Woodruff wrote that her sister Julia was vary
sick with Typhoid fever. Asahel said I am honerably
released to come home with the company on the 24 inst
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Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
701 mentions
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Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
261 mentions
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Woodruff, Emeline Burrows
26 Jul 1863 - 25 May 1915
58 mentions
Family
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
454 mentions
Park, Julia Delight Stocking Woodruff
28 Jul 1878 - 8 Jan 1954
21 mentions
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Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
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Anderson, Washington Franklin
6 Jan 1823 - 21 Apr 1903
21 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.