Day in the Life

Oct 10, 1885

Journal Entry

October 10, 1885 ~ Saturday

10 A hand pointing to the right I spent the day reading Except I wrote Letter to
Phebe & Bulah & Jaques I received Letters from
A folded letter/box Asahel ^2^ Bulah Emeline & Jaques Bulah said her
An arrow Mother had a fall and split the scalp of her head open

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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
692 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
260 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emeline Burrows
26 Jul 1863 - 25 May 1915
56 mentions
Family
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
19 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1579 mentions
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Anderson, Washington Franklin
6 Jan 1823 - 21 Apr 1903

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Oct 10, 1885