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Day in the Life

Aug 25, 1889

Journal Entry

August 25, 1889 ~ Sunday

25 Sunday I took Emma Naoma & Clara with
the 2 Babies in my New carriage & Asahel Owen
& Ovando with Blanch and Ilice in 2 Buggies
& we drove to East Bountiful to visit Sister
sarah Foss we found her well she was 89 years
of Age she had her 2 Daughters Sarah & Phebe
with her & their Children Paregreen & David Sessons were present. Their Mother Polly Sessions
was near By she is 99 years of age & quite
smart when she calls upon a Neighbor she knits
all the way. I attended the Meeting in the Afternoon
& spoke one hour & 15 Minuts we then returned Back
to the farm Distance of the day 26 Miles

People

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
439 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
648 mentions
Family
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
381 mentions
Family
6 mentions
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
181 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Naomi Abbott Butterworth
21 Mar 1864 - 15 Nov 1948
44 mentions
Family
Beebe, Ovando Collins
14 May 1867 - 27 Dec 1928
163 mentions
Family
5 mentions
4 mentions
Foss, Phebe Carter Sessions
2 Nov 1831 - 25 Jul 1913
21 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
177 mentions
Family
Foss, Sarah Elizabeth Cowley Fox
26 Dec 1827 - 14 Jun 1899
32 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Winnifred Blanche Daynes
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
237 mentions
Family

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Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory
Woodruff Farm, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Aug 25, 1889