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Collection Name Historian's Office histories of the Twelve, 1856-1858, 1861
Collection Description Wilford Woodruff, autobiography, 1857-1858
Collection Number CR 100 93
Collection Page 1-41
Source Link The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Introduction Wilford Woodruff discourse at General Conference in Salt Lake City, April 1852, from Historian's Office general Church minutes, 1839-1877.
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119 mentions
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Betsey Hudson Ames
10 Dec 1793 - 23 Nov 1882
15 mentions
Ebenezer Ames
abt. 1775-bef. 1850
15 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Justus Ames
14 Oct 1789 - 5 Jun 1861
61 mentions
Maine Mission
Mercy Thompson Andrus
23 Jan 1739 - 6 Sep 1822
10 mentions
Family
Jane Homes Benbow
12 Jan 1792 - 27 Nov 1846
55 mentions
1840 British Convert
John Benbow
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
173 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren

Francis Knapp Benedict, b. 1810
11 Apr 1810 - 12 Jan 1889
7 mentions
James Blakesly
18 Jul 1802 - 18 Dec 1866
32 mentions
Lilburn Williams Boggs
14 Dec 1796 - 14 Mar 1860
52 mentions
William Burton, b. 1809
1809–1851
8 mentions
1 mention
George Cannon
3 Dec 1794 - 19 Aug 1844
7 mentions
George Quayle Cannon
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2266 mentions
Apostle
Ezra Carter (Jr.)
29 Apr 1804 - 11 May 1887
176 mentions
Family
Ezra Carter, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
291 mentions
Family
Joseph Fabyan Carter
11 Dec 1798 - 30 Sep 1873
56 mentions
Family
Ebenezer Waterman Carver
1 Dec 1804 - 8 Jan 1896
37 mentions
Maine Mission
Darwin Chase
25 Feb 1816 - 4 Feb 1863
19 mentions
Hiram Clark, b. 1795
22 Sep 1795 - 28 Dec 1853
118 mentions
William Clayton
17 Jul 1814 - 4 Dec 1879
116 mentions
John Cleveland
21 May 1790 - 24 Nov 1860
11 mentions
John Coltrin
1775-1846
29 mentions
Zebedee Coltrin
7 Sep 1804 - 21 Jul 1887
43 mentions
Missionary
Alfred Cordon
28 Feb 1817 - 13 Mar 1871
108 mentions
Alpheus Cutler
29 Feb 1784 - 10 Jun 1864
35 mentions
2 mentions
William Stuart Douglass
12 Dec 1799 - 16 Jun 1882
54 mentions
Maine Mission
William Draper
24 Apr 1807 - 28 May 1886
21 mentions
Melana Ames Dyer
22 Jul 1816 - 8 Jul 1901
9 mentions
Maine Mission
Horace Sunderlin Eldredge
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
143 mentions
Joseph Fielding
26 Mar 1797 - 19 Dec 1863
39 mentions
6 mentions
Elijah Fordham
12 Apr 1798 - 9 Sep 1879
38 mentions
John E. Goodson
abt. 1808-abt. 1892
17 mentions
6 mentions
Jonathan Harriman Hale
1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846
151 mentions
Missionary
Olive Boynton Hale
30 Jul 1805 - 8 Sep 1846
13 mentions
Adna Thompson Hart
abt. 1797-1839
49 mentions
Family
13 mentions
Jonathan Harriman Holmes
11 Mar 1806 - 18 Aug 1880
18 mentions
Milton Holmes
16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881
218 mentions
Maine Mission
Nathaniel Holmes
15 Aug 1775 - 20 Feb 1849
37 mentions
9 mentions
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Orson Hyde
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
695 mentions
Apostle
Benjamin Kent
17 Jun 1798 - 9 Feb 1882
16 mentions
Maine Mission
David Wells Kilbourne
12 Apr 1803 - 26 Apr 1876
6 mentions
Heber Chase Kimball
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1458 mentions
Apostle
Sarah Melissa Granger Kimball
29 Dec 1818 - 1 Dec 1898
16 mentions
Thomas Kington
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Isaac Laney
1814–1873
11 mentions
102 mentions
Apostle
4 mentions
Host
George Miller
1794- abt. 1856
38 mentions
10 mentions
Jesse Tilton Moses, b. 1848
9 May 1848 - 26 Feb 1928
119 mentions
Family
Julian Moses
11 Apr 1810 - 12 Apr 1892
14 mentions
Gideon J. Newton
28 Jul 1787 - 17 Feb 1859
45 mentions
Maine Mission
Joseph Bates Noble
14 Jan 1810 - 17 Aug 1900
51 mentions
John Edward Page
25 Feb 1799 - 14 Oct 1867
123 mentions
Apostle
Edward Partridge
27 Aug 1793 - 27 May 1840
56 mentions
Martha Long Peck
1788–1858
5 mentions
1 mention
Ute Perkins
15 Jul 1761 - 11 Mar 1844
7 mentions
Morris Phelps
1805-1876
13 mentions
Mary Pitt
1806–aft. 1844
16 mentions
1840 British Convert
William Hill Pitt
16 Aug 1813 - 23 Feb 1873
66 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Orson Pratt
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1084 mentions
Apostle
Parley Parker Pratt
12 Apr 1807 - 13 May 1857
548 mentions
Apostle
Willard Richards
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
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Sidney Rigdon
19 Feb 1793 - 14 Jul 1876
220 mentions
Isaac Russell
1807- aft. 1842
14 mentions
8 mentions
Norman B. Shearer
abt. 1821-1901
8 mentions
Don Carlos Smith, b. 1816
25 Mar 1816 - 7 Aug 1841
49 mentions
Elias Smith, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
190 mentions
George Albert Smith
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1436 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Hyrum Smith
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
426 mentions
Apostle
Joseph Smith (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2382 mentions
Joseph Smith (Sr.)
12 Jul 1771 - 14 Sep 1840
136 mentions
Abraham Owen Smoot
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
John Snider
11 Feb 1800 - 19 Dec 1875
30 mentions
John Taylor, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1959 mentions
Apostle
Leonora Cannon Taylor
6 Oct 1796 - 9 Dec 1868
47 mentions
29 mentions
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28 mentions
Family
16 mentions
Family
James Foss Townsend
20 Feb 1808 - 2 Apr 1886
93 mentions
7 mentions
Maine Mission
Theodore Turley
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
143 mentions
Jesse Turpin
1816-1854
44 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Eunice Hart Woodruff Webster
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family
Lyman Wight
9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858
197 mentions
Apostle
Aphek Woodruff, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
579 mentions
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Azmon Woodruff, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
365 mentions
Family
Azubah Hart Woodruff
31 Jul 1792 - 21 Mar 1851
269 mentions
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Bulah Thompson Woodruff
22 Apr 1783 - 11 Jun 1808
76 mentions
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Hannah Day Hart Woodruff
20 Mar 1799 - 26 Dec 1887
63 mentions
Family
John Woodruff
15 Oct 1818 - 17 Sep 1886
26 mentions
Family
Ozem Thompson Woodruff
22 Dec 1804 - 28 Dec 1893
221 mentions
Family
Ozem Woodruff, b. 1787
3 Nov 1787 - 18 Feb 1871
160 mentions
Family
Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1583 mentions
Family
Brigham Young
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3457 mentions
Apostle, Family
Joseph Young
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
311 mentions
Mary Ann Angell Young
8 Jun 1803 - 27 Jun 1882
50 mentions

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I was Married to Miss Phebe Whittemore Carter on the 13 Day of April 1837, I received my patri- archal Blessing under the hands of president Joseph Smith the patriach on the 15 day of April 1837 I felt impressed ^By the spirit of God^ to take a Mission to Fox Islands, on the East of Maine a country I knew nothing about I made my feelings known to some of the leading Apostles and they advised me to go
~ Wilford Woodruff
At the close of the conference we were called upon to administer to a woman who was possessed with the Devil she at times was dumb & greatly afflicted with the evil spirits that dwelt in her She believed in Jesus of Nazareth and in us as his servents, and wished us to administer to her four of us laid hands upon her head and commanded the Devil in the Name of Jesus Christ to come ^depart^ out of her, and it was immediately done and the woman arose with great joy and gave thanks and praise unto God for according to her faith she was made whole from that hour, a child also that was sick was made whole by the laying on of hands according to the word of God see Mark 16 ch 17.
~ Wilford Woodruff
I baptized my Uncle Ozem Woodruff & his wife Hannah, & his son John and we rejoiced together for this was in fulfillment of a dream I had in 1818 when I was eleven years of age We all rejoiced together.
~ Wilford Woodruff

when the time drew near for the fulfillment of this commandment of the Lord Brigham Young being then president of the Twelve (As Thomas B. Marsh had fallen) He called the Twelve together into [illegible] then at Quency Illinois to see what our Minds would be about going to Far West to fulfill the revelation Father Joseph Smith the patriarch and others who were present did not think it wisdom for us to attempt it as our lives would be at stake and thought the Lord would take the will for the deed But when president Young asked the Twelve what their feelings were upon the sub[ject] [page torn] We all of us as in the voice
~ Wilford Woodruff
Br Joseph saw that his eyes were glazed He speechless and uncon- cious He held his hand in his looking him in the sp face He says Br Fordham Do you not know me[?] at first he made no reply but we could all see the effects of the Spirit of God resting upon him He again said Elijah do you not know me[?] with a low whisper he said yes, He then said have you not faith to be healed, His answer a little planer was I am afraid it is to late if you had come sooner I think I might have been, He had the appearance of a man waking out of sleep, it was from the sleep of Death Joseph then said do you not believe that Jesus is the Christ, I do Br Joseph. Then the prophet of God spoke with a loud voice as in the Majesty of the GodHead Elijah I command you in the Name of Jesus of Nazareth to arise and be made whole. The words of the prophet was not like word of man but like the voice of God. It seemed to me that the House shook from its foundation, Elijah Fordham leaped from his bed like a man raised from the dead [to] life
~ Wilford Woodruff
Then Joseph arose and preached some precious things of the Kingdom of God unto us in the power of the Holy Ghost some of which I will mention from my journal Ever keep in exercise the principal of mercy and be ready
~ Wilford Woodruff
the first thirty days after my arrival in Herefordshire I had baptized forty five preachers, & 160 members of the United Brethren which put into my hands one Chapel & 45 homes licensed according to law to preach in, this opened a wide field for labor, this enabled me to bring into the Church through the blessings of God over eighteen hundred souls during eight month labor including all of the 600 united Brethren exept one persons it also included
~ Wilford Woodruff
The whole History of this Herefordshire Mission shows us the importance of carefully ^listening^ listeninig to the still small voice of the spirit of God, to listen ^to^ the revelations of the Holy Ghost. The Lord had a people there prepared for the Gospel, they were praying for light & truth, the Lord sent me to them I declared the Gospel of Life and Salvation unto them, and some eighteen hundred souls received it and many of them have been gathered to Zion in these Mountains and many of them have been called to officiate in the Bishoppric Bishopricks
~ Wilford Woodruff