Day in the Life

Nov 6, 1888

Journal Entry

November 06, 1888 ~ Tuesday

Nov 6, 1888 This is the great Election day for America
Keys crossed A crown A hand pointing to the right I wrote 12 Letters to day And sent Money
to the following Person as a Christmass Present as
follows To Emma $10, Clara $5, Owen $5, Blanch 5
Alice $5, Vedi $1, Asahel & Naoma $10, Wilford
& Julia $10, Susan $5, Lucy $10, Sarah 5, Newton 5
Bell $5, Sylvia $5, Mary $5, James J $5,
Delight $5 Marion $5, Emeline $5 Ensign $5, John $5 Julia $5,
Milton $5. Total Christmass Presents to day $131.

No decision yet on the Election I signed 12 Recommends
^ A hand pointing to the right^ I received 8 Letters I wrote 6 Letters Pub I sat up till
near Midnight to learn of the Election but got Nothing Decisive.

People

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jun 1904
637 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
708 mentions
Family
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
418 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emeline Burrows
26 Jul 1863 - 25 May 1915
58 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1032 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Ensign
23 Dec 1865 - 4 May 1955
53 mentions
Family
Woodruff, James Jackson
25 May 1847 - 8 Dec 1927
90 mentions
Family
Woodruff, John Jay
14 Aug 1873 - 1 Nov 1964
14 mentions
Family
21 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Julia Spencer
6 May 1856 - 1 Feb 1895
37 mentions
Family
Smith, Lucy Emily Woodruff
10 Jan 1869 - 5 Nov 1937
66 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Marion
1 Jun 1861 - 5 Feb 1946
50 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
215 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Mary, b. 1867
26 Oct 1867 - 15 Feb 1903
169 mentions
Family
Snow, Milton Woodruff
7 Feb 1868 - 24 Jan 1943
24 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Naomi Abbott Butterworth
21 Mar 1864 - 15 Nov 1948
58 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Newton, b. 1863
3 Nov 1863 - 21 Jan 1960
157 mentions
Family
Moses, Phoebe Arabell Woodruff
30 May 1859 - 7 Sep 1939
167 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
707 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Delight Stocking
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
171 mentions
Family
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
362 mentions
Family
Thompson, Sylvia Melvina Woodruff
14 Jan 1862 - 7 Aug 1940
137 mentions
Family
Beebe, Vedi Clare Byer
5 May 1888 - 28 Feb 1964
26 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
721 mentions
Family
Daynes, Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
281 mentions
Family

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Letter to Clara Martisha Woodruff Beebe, Vedi Clare Beebe, and Winnifred Blanche Woodruff, 6 November 1889
Salt Lake U. T. Mrs Clara, & Vedi Beebe, & Miss Blanch Woodruff My Dear Children I Enclose $11, $5 to Clara $5 to Blanch & $1 to Vedi for a Christmass Present It is but Little but by the time I got all around to my posterity it will be all my pocket can afford. You must Ask Vedi what she wants If I live untill she gets to be a young Lady I am in hopes to be all to do better by her This is the Great Election day for the American Government May the Lord Direct it for the Good of the Saints I am well as usual to day Your Affectionate Father, Wilford Woodruff.

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Nov 6, 1888