Letter from Henry Lewis Woodruff, 1 November 1892
Macon Ga, .
Rev. Wilford Woodruff,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Sir,
I have been engaged for many years,
in collecting materials for a History of the
"Woodruff Family." From my early boyhood,
I have had an intense desire, to learn
something of my Ancestry. The "Old Family
Bible," was authority for two or three gen-
erations, and back of that time, was a
profound mystery. As the years rolled
by, that youthful desire developed into
a passion, which has dominated my life,
and spurred me on to make an earn-
est individual effort to rescue our
family history from oblivion.
Unfortunately, I have not had the means,
to enable me to devote my time wholly
to this object, but have had to rely mainly
