Day in the Life

Oct 21, 1885

Journal Entry

October 21, 1885 ~ Wednesday

21 A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right [sideways text] P W B W [end of sideways text] I received a letter from J Jaques
saying that my son Wilford Woodruff Jr lost his little
girl Phebe 2 years old with the Diphtheria And that
my son James J Woodruff lost his son Brigham 2 years
old both Died on the 16 Oct. I wrote 8 Letters to J. H. Hart
A hand pointing to the right And Asahel New York, to James J. Woodruff sent order
on T. O. for $25 wrote to Jaques, Wilford, Phebe W & Snow
Emma & Owen Blanch & Clar Alice

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
630 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
701 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Brigham Lloyd
11 Oct 1883 - 16 Oct 1885
2 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1027 mentions
Family
Woodruff, James Jackson
25 May 1847 - 8 Dec 1927
90 mentions
Family
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
214 mentions
Family
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
344 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phoebe Whittemore Carter
11 Nov 1883 - 16 Oct 1885
3 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
719 mentions
Family
Daynes, Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
281 mentions
Family

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Letter from Asahel Hart Woodruff, 21 October 1885
No 9 Temple St Holly St Dalston London Oct 21 [18]85 Dear Father; I slept last night at my old place in Dalston wher I used to stay during the time that I was laboring in the Whitechapel branch. Received your letter of Sept. 27 [18]85 and also one before that the date of which I forget not having it with me at present Was glad indeed that you were feeling so well and also that ma Woodruff had got so much better. I never received the photograph of the young woman you allude to nor of yourself either; the letter containing them was evidently lost in transit. I have procured a half pound of the rubber; it is in a thick liquid state, being the pure gum mixed with turpentine. I dont quite understand what it is you want; if you

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Oct 21, 1885