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Day in the Life

Dec 18, 1885

Journal Entry

December 18, 1885 ~ Friday

18 Susan spent the day yesterday & to Day with Wilford
[FIGURE] and Emma {Bulah is on the road to destructing} I wrote to Phebe
I had a long conversation with Susan upon family
Affairs I wrote to Bulah and Susan took it to her
[FIGURE] Asahel had his horse hitched to his Buggy was
about to take his Brother & Sisters to a party He took
the nose sack off from the Horse to put the Bridle on and
the Horse Jumped took a circuit around a spring
through the yards and out of the gate over a ditch
into the street without striking any thing and started
North on a run Asahel run after the Horse with
overcoat & overshoes on He flung his overcoat
off Ho [he] overtook the Horse at the End of the Block
got ahead of him & run him into creek & stoped
him without Breaking any thing and returned with
the Horse & Buggy to the House in safety Asahel
said the Lord helped him to stope him & He felt to
acknowlede the hand of God in [it]. I rode to the city
and spent the night with a friend 3 M[iles]

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Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
648 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
248 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
333 mentions
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Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
357 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Daybook (2 July 1885 - 26 May 1887)
18 21 [FIGURE] I write to Phebe C Schols to Wilford Emma Mc Allister recd Letters f[ro]m Sarah Bulah

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Dec 18, 1885