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Collection Name Wilford Woodruff collection, 1830-1898
Collection Description Journal, 1879 October 24-1881 January 31
Collection Number MS 5506
Collection Page 1-157
Source Link The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Introduction Wilford Woodruff's discourse, given during the Sunday afternoon public meeting May 3, 1846 in Nauvoo, Illinois, from Thomas Bullock's record.
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244 mentions
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3 mentions
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
26 Aug 1819 - 14 Dec 1861
20 mentions
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Cachaby
unk.-aft. 1888
6 mentions
Native American
8 mentions
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88 mentions
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35 mentions
Scriptural Figure
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Scriptural Figure
48 mentions
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Flavius Josephus
abt. 37-100 AD
9 mentions
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3 mentions
Native American
100 mentions
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169 mentions
Scriptural Figure
43 mentions
Scriptural Figure
25 mentions
Scriptural Figure
180 mentions
Scriptural Figure
9 mentions
84 mentions
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Masaatiwa
abt. 1850-aft. 1911
8 mentions
Native American
210 mentions
Scriptural Figure
104 mentions
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Pedro
unk.-aft. 1881
11 mentions
Native American
119 mentions
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Petone
abt. 1839-1881
21 mentions
Native American
Victoria of the United Kingdom
24 May 1819 - 22 Jan 1901
64 mentions
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7 mentions
2 mentions
94 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
William Coleman Allen
14 Feb 1843 - 17 Mar 1926
16 mentions
12 mentions
Reddick Newton Allred
21 Feb 1822 - 10 Oct 1905
4 mentions
Reddin Alexander Allred
21 Feb 1822 - 8 Jun 1900
28 mentions
22 mentions
Missionary
Milo Andrus
6 Mar 1814 - 19 Jun 1893
40 mentions
Zion's Camp
6 mentions
2 mentions
Millen Atwood
24 May 1817 - 17 Dec 1890
20 mentions
Missionary
6 mentions
3 mentions
39 mentions
Morris Barth
1850-1885
4 mentions
2 mentions
Clara Martisha Woodruff Beebe
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
419 mentions
Family
Francis Denton Benedict
27 Dec 1848 - 10 May 1882
8 mentions
John Bennion
1820-1877
5 mentions
John Milton Bernhisel
23 Jun 1799 - 28 Sep 1881
321 mentions
Jacob G. Bigler
4 Apr 1813 - 23 Feb 1907
27 mentions
2 mentions
2 mentions
William Blackhurst
22 Jun 1807 - 9 Sep 1864
9 mentions
5 mentions
James Godson Bleak
15 Nov 1829 - 30 Jan 1918
495 mentions
8 mentions
3 mentions
Noah Brimhall
1826-1918
5 mentions
50 mentions
Missionary
39 mentions
Thomas Bullock
23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885
128 mentions
3 mentions
Hubert R. Burk
abt. 1845-1933
8 mentions
15 mentions
Robert Taylor Burton
25 Oct 1821 - 11 Nov 1907
133 mentions
John Bushman
abt. 1843-1926
29 mentions
John Thomas Caine
8 Jan 1829 - 20 Sep 1911
76 mentions
David Orson Calder
18 Jun 1823 - 3 Jul 1884
34 mentions
Anson Call
13 May 1810 - 31 Aug 1890
23 mentions
Elizabeth Campbell Vance
23 Jan 1800 - 5 Nov 1884
3 mentions
John Goulder Campbell
25 Jun 1827 - 22 Dec 1903
3 mentions
Historical Figure
Angus Munn Cannon
17 May 1834 - 7 Jun 1915
206 mentions
David Henry Cannon
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
167 mentions
Missionary
George Quayle Cannon
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2282 mentions
Apostle
Charles Ora Card
5 Nov 1839 - 9 Sep 1906
274 mentions
Missionary
Albert Carrington
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
232 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
Ilus Fabyan Carter
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
2 mentions
53 mentions
Ezra Thompson Clark
23 Nov 1823 - 17 Oct 1901
36 mentions
Moses Cluff
1828-1903
2 mentions
Eugenia Amelia Scholes Cody
21 May 1860 - 16 Sep 1955
60 mentions
Family
1 mention
Benjamin Coombs
27 Jun 1789 - 10 Jun 1851
18 mentions
Maine Mission
2 mentions
Francis Cope
1847-1889
6 mentions
Joseph Cordon
1858-1908
6 mentions
Matthias Cowley
7 Dec 1828 - 5 Jun 1864
10 mentions
Family
James Crane
1831-1886
13 mentions
2 mentions
9 mentions
34 mentions
Family
4 mentions
61 mentions
9 mentions
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2 mentions
Winnifred Blanche Woodruff Daynes
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
282 mentions
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James Deans
1844-1897
5 mentions
32 mentions
Family
Henry Waters Despain
28 Sep 1847 - 6 Dec 1925
5 mentions
37 mentions
1 mention
William Draper
24 Apr 1807 - 28 May 1886
21 mentions
55 mentions
23 mentions
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19 mentions
3 mentions
2 mentions
6 mentions
Horace Sunderlin Eldredge
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
143 mentions
Mary Boomali Eyring
20 Mar 1831 - 19 Jan 1913
8 mentions
Moses Franklin Farnsworth
5 Feb 1834 - 25 Feb 1906
173 mentions
Lorin Farr
25 Jul 1820 - 12 Jan 1909
76 mentions
200 mentions
Missionary
Joseph Henry Felt
9 May 1840 - 15 Jun 1907
21 mentions
Sarah Louisa Bouton Felt
5 May 1850 - 12 Feb 1928
5 mentions
1 mention
William Jordan Flake
3 Jul 1839 - 10 Aug 1932
18 mentions
William Harrison Folsom
25 Mar 1815 - 19 Mar 1901
81 mentions
Sarah Brackett Carter Foss
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
Family
7 mentions
12 mentions
3 mentions
4 mentions
2 mentions
Daniel Garn
1802-1872
8 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
Jacob Gates
9 Mar 1811 - 14 Apr 1892
73 mentions
Zion's Camp
28 mentions
Eliza Dana Gibbs
14 Apr 1813 - 5 Feb 1900
6 mentions
2 mentions
Ulysses S. Grant
27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885
29 mentions
17 mentions
8 mentions
4 mentions
Juan Antonio Gurule
abt. 1800-unk.
4 mentions
4 mentions
2 mentions
Jacob Hamblin
2 Apr 1819 - 30 Aug 1886
49 mentions
Levi Ward Hancock
7 Apr 1803 - 10 Jun 1882
35 mentions
Zion's Camp
10 mentions
Sylva Arabell Moses Handley Krause
24 Aug 1880 - 3 Jan 1983
2 mentions
Family
Augustus Poore Hardy
2 Mar 1831 - 23 Dec 1912
8 mentions
2 mentions
Leonard Wilford Hardy
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
233 mentions
Family
Milton Henry Hardy
26 Sep 1844 - 23 Aug 1905
23 mentions
Samuel Bradford Hardy
21 Sep 1804 - 9 Sep 1899
48 mentions
Joseph Harmon
1816-1890
9 mentions
Zion's Camp
43 mentions
6 mentions
20 mentions
Missionary
Abram Chase Hatch
3 Jan 1830 - 2 Dec 1911
39 mentions
Missionary
Ira Hatch
1835-1909
26 mentions
Lorenzo Hill Hatch
4 Jan 1826 - 20 Apr 1910
60 mentions
Charles Hayes
6 Apr 1810 - 6 Mar 1898
10 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
2 mentions
9 mentions
3 mentions
Arza Erastus Hinckley
15 Aug 1826 - 18 Feb 1901
76 mentions
Jonathan Harriman Holmes
11 Mar 1806 - 18 Aug 1880
18 mentions
Milton Holmes
16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881
218 mentions
Maine Mission
Sarah Ingersoll Harvey Floyd Holmes
21 Sep 1816 - 26 Feb 1889
3 mentions
5 mentions
2 mentions
23 mentions
41 mentions
Edward Hunter
1793-1883
278 mentions
21 mentions
Orson Hyde
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
698 mentions
Apostle
30 mentions
James Jack
1829-1911
117 mentions
68 mentions
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2 mentions
John Jaques
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
450 mentions
4 mentions
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David John
1833-1908
47 mentions
Missionary
Benjamin Franklin Johnson
28 Jul 1818 - 18 Nov 1905
34 mentions
10 mentions
41 mentions
63 mentions
2 mentions
Hiram Judd
30 Aug 1823 - 7 Oct 1894
12 mentions
Wilford Woodruff Judd
9 Jan 1880 - 5 May 1945
2 mentions
3 mentions
1 mention
4 mentions
Heber Chase Kimball
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1463 mentions
Apostle
Mary Smithies Kimball
7 Oct 1837 - 8 Jun 1880
2 mentions
Thomas Stephen Kimball
10 Aug 1862 - 29 Oct 1939
6 mentions
Missionary
1 mention
8 mentions
George Lake
15 Sep 1838 - 23 Mar 1898
63 mentions
1 mention
14 mentions
2 mentions
3 mentions
9 mentions
2 mentions
Henry Lunt
1824-1902
48 mentions
10 mentions
Amasa Mason Lyman
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
299 mentions
Apostle
Francis Marion Lyman
12 Jan 1840 - 16 Nov 1916
277 mentions
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43 mentions
3 mentions
37 mentions
16 mentions
1 mention
John Daniel Thompson McAllister
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
662 mentions
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Daniel Duncan McArthur
8 Apr 1820 - 3 Jun 1908
93 mentions
Missionary
2 mentions
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7 mentions
6 mentions
2 mentions
1 mention
24 mentions
Missionary
William Athol McMaster
1816–1887
5 mentions
6 mentions
2 mentions
Marriner Wood Merrill
25 Sep 1832 - 6 Feb 1906
164 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
William Milo
1827-1911
2 mentions
23 mentions
32 mentions
Elias Morris
1825-1898
47 mentions
8 mentions
Jesse Tilton Moses, b. 1848
9 May 1848 - 26 Feb 1928
119 mentions
Family
Phoebe Arabell Woodruff Moses
30 May 1859 - 7 Sep 1939
167 mentions
Family
46 mentions
Missionary
23 mentions
Amos Milton Musser
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
110 mentions
26 mentions
John Nebeker
1813-1886
13 mentions
1 mention
20 mentions
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8 mentions
Missionary
James William Nixon
1836–1882
20 mentions
Leonard John Nuttall
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
432 mentions
Leonard John Nuttall (Jr.)
5 Dec 1859 - 14 Oct 1949
6 mentions
19 mentions
5 mentions
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6 mentions
2 mentions
Edward Partridge, b. 1833
25 Jun 1833 - 17 Nov 1900
31 mentions
Missionary
3 mentions
10 mentions
Benjamin Franklin Pendleton
13 Mar 1818 - 11 Nov 1881
7 mentions
Charles William Penrose
4 Feb 1832 - 16 May 1925
169 mentions
7 mentions
1 mention
24 mentions
5 mentions
78 mentions
Missionary
45 mentions
Tom Polacca
bef. 1861-1911
10 mentions
Native American
Laron Pratt
1847-1908
6 mentions
5 mentions
Orson Pratt
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1087 mentions
Apostle
William Bowker Preston
24 Nov 1830 - 2 Aug 1908
212 mentions
Jonathan Pugmire (Jr.)
7 Dec 1823 - 18 Sep 1880
26 mentions
Alonzo Hazeltine Raleigh
7 Nov 1818 - 13 May 1901
77 mentions
507 mentions
Charles Coulson Rich
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
353 mentions
Apostle
14 mentions
Franklin Dewey Richards
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
818 mentions
Apostle
Heber John Richards
11 Oct 1840 - 12 May 1919
27 mentions
Joseph Hill Richards
5 Dec 1841 - 3 Jul 1924
36 mentions
Apostle
3 mentions
3 mentions
3 mentions
2 mentions
Thomas Edwin Ricks
21 Jul 1828 - 28 Sep 1901
438 mentions
Missionary
James Ritchie
12 May 1833 - 27 Feb 1902
4 mentions
Ebenezer Robinson
25 May 1816 - 11 Mar 1891
30 mentions
Albert Perry Rockwood
9 Jun 1805 - 26 Nov 1879
131 mentions
2 mentions
George Romney
14 Aug 1831 - 1 Feb 1920
64 mentions
Missionary
Samuel Roskelley
1 Jan 1837 - 10 Feb 1914
139 mentions
10 mentions
Horace Russell
abt. 1831 - bef. 1902
2 mentions
Levi Mathers Savage
11 Jan 1851 - 15 Mar 1935
25 mentions
Phebe Carter Scholes Saville
6 Oct 1862 - 29 Nov 1926
115 mentions
Family
Florence Augusta Scholes Sears
18 Aug 1878 - 13 Jan 1959
13 mentions
Family
George Woodruff Scholes
18 Nov 1869 - 21 Jul 1899
15 mentions
Family
Grace Maria Scholes
23 Mar 1876 - 16 Aug 1902
7 mentions
Family
Robert J. Scholes
1 Dec 1864 - 29 Dec 1908
11 mentions
Family
Robert Scholes
19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891
95 mentions
Family
Susan Cornelia Woodruff Scholes
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
362 mentions
Family
Wilford Woodruff Scholes
26 Sep 1867 - 19 Jan 1937
7 mentions
Family
6 mentions
John Sharp
9 Nov 1820 - 23 Dec 1891
69 mentions
Elijah Funk Sheets
22 Mar 1821 - 3 Jul 1904
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1 mention
1 mention
1 mention
8 mentions
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2 mentions
22 mentions
Alice Ann Richards Smith
24 Mar 1849 - 17 Jun 1940
16 mentions
8 mentions
Elias Smith, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
190 mentions
George Albert Smith
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1442 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Hyrum Smith
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
427 mentions
Apostle
Jared Smith
1842-1862
5 mentions
Jesse Nathaniel Smith
2 Dec 1834 - 5 Jun 1906
153 mentions
John Henry Smith
18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
300 mentions
Apostle
John Lyman Smith
17 Nov 1828 - 21 Feb 1898
42 mentions
John Smith, b. 1832
22 Sep 1832 - 6 Nov 1911
47 mentions
Joseph Fielding Smith
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4140 mentions
Apostle
Joseph Smith (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2392 mentions
Lot Smith
15 May 1830 - 21 Jun 1892
365 mentions
Missionary
Mary Merinda Garn Smith
5 Nov 1852 - 17 Mar 1916
12 mentions
40 mentions
Wilford Woodruff Smith
28 Dec 1879 - 14 Mar 1883
8 mentions
Willard Richards Smith
31 Jul 1872 - 29 Jul 1951
14 mentions
40 mentions
6 mentions
Abraham Owen Smoot
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Artemisia Beman Snow
3 Mar 1819 - 21 Dec 1882
7 mentions
Eliza Roxcy Snow
21 Jan 1804 - 5 Dec 1887
53 mentions
Erastus Snow
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
700 mentions
Apostle
Leslie Woodruff Snow
6 Feb 1862 - 28 Nov 1935
181 mentions
Family
Lorenzo Snow
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
704 mentions
Apostle, Family
Minerva White Snow
22 Mar 1822 - 1 Apr 1896
5 mentions
Phebe Amelia Woodruff Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
346 mentions
Family
Zerubbabel Snow
29 Mar 1809 - 27 Sep 1888
27 mentions
Zion's Camp
30 mentions
Missionary
Claudius Victor Spencer
2 Apr 1824 - 5 Jan 1910
35 mentions
24 mentions
Missionary
3 mentions
16 mentions
143 mentions
1 mention
3 mentions
8 mentions
9 mentions
Missionary
Polly Hendrickson Stringham
3 Apr 1803 - 5 Oct 1885
2 mentions
George Swan
1826-1899
4 mentions
4 mentions
Seth Benjamin Tanner
6 Mar 1828 - 3 Dec 1918
3 mentions
John Taylor, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1964 mentions
Apostle
John Whittaker Taylor
15 May 1858 - 10 Oct 1916
157 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Joseph Edward Taylor
11 Dec 1830 - 13 Feb 1913
69 mentions
Thomas Taylor
26 Jul 1826 - 8 Dec 1900
36 mentions
15 mentions
William Whitaker Taylor
11 Sep 1853 - 1 Aug 1884
7 mentions
George Teasdale
8 Dec 1831 - 9 Jun 1907
716 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Ammon Meshach Tenney
16 Nov 1844 - 28 Oct 1925
249 mentions
12 mentions
45 mentions
Missionary
446 mentions
Apostle
8 mentions
Heber John Thompson
29 Apr 1860 - 2 Mar 1943
15 mentions
Family
Sylvia Melvina Woodruff Thompson
14 Jan 1862 - 7 Aug 1940
137 mentions
Family
William Henry Thompson
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
264 mentions
Missionary
1 mention
Isaac Turley
1837-1908
7 mentions
2 mentions
2 mentions
2 mentions
Daniel Tyler
abt. 1816-1906
26 mentions
110 mentions
Missionary
John Van Cott
7 Sep 1814 - 18 Feb 1883
87 mentions
John Vance
8 Nov 1794 - 24 Jan 1882
12 mentions
John Vickers
1822-1919
6 mentions
1 mention
9 mentions
3 mentions
4 mentions
18 mentions
39 mentions
Rebecca Hendricks Watson Roskelley
2 Nov 1835 - 11 May 1880
4 mentions
Eunice Hart Woodruff Webster
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family
Milo Burgess Webster
14 May 1842 - 7 Jan 1896
21 mentions
Family
Job Welling
1833-1886
2 mentions
1 mention
Daniel Hanmer Wells
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Junius Free Wells
1 Jun 1854 - 15 Apr 1930
90 mentions
2 mentions
Joseph Alva West
12 Sep 1851 - 17 Apr 1926
22 mentions
Missionary
Cyrus H. Wheelock
28 Feb 1813 - 11 Oct 1894
37 mentions
3 mentions
7 mentions
William David Williams
25 Aug 1848 - 16 Apr 1936
13 mentions
2 mentions
3 mentions
2 mentions
Abraham Owen Woodruff
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jun 1904
642 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Aphek Woodruff, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
579 mentions
Family
Asahel Hart Woodruff, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
708 mentions
Family
Azmon Woodruff, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
365 mentions
Family
Beulah Augusta Woodruff Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
261 mentions
Family
Bulah Thompson Woodruff
22 Apr 1783 - 11 Jun 1808
76 mentions
Family
David Patten Woodruff
4 Apr 1854 - 20 Jan 1937
228 mentions
Family
39 mentions
Family
Emma Manella Woodruff Woodruff
4 Jul 1860 - 30 Nov 1905
245 mentions
Family
Emma Smith Woodruff
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1038 mentions
Family
Henry Azmon Woodruff
20 May 1855 - 2 Feb 1939
138 mentions
Family
James Jackson Woodruff
25 May 1847 - 8 Dec 1927
90 mentions
Family
4 mentions
Family
1 mention
7 mentions
Family
4 mentions
Family
Josiah Woodruff, b. 1706
18 Aug 1706 - 8 May 1789
26 mentions
Family
Julia Spencer Woodruff
6 May 1856 - 1 Feb 1895
37 mentions
Family
Mary Woodruff, b. 1867
26 Oct 1867 - 15 Feb 1903
169 mentions
Family
Matthew Woodruff
28 Jul 1616 - 6 Sep 1682
11 mentions
Family
Newton Woodruff, b. 1863
3 Nov 1863 - 21 Jan 1960
157 mentions
Family
Phebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1589 mentions
Family
Sarah Brown Woodruff
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
707 mentions
Family
Sarah Delight Stocking Woodruff
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
171 mentions
Family
Sarah Woodford Woodruff
4 Jun 1714 - 28 Nov 1790
19 mentions
Family
17 mentions
Family
Wilford Woodruff (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
722 mentions
Family
William Thompson Woodruff
1 Aug 1859 - 7 Apr 1935
13 mentions
Family
Edwin Dilworth Woolley
28 Jun 1807 - 14 Oct 1881
125 mentions
Missionary
Jonathan C. Wright
abt. 1809-1880
25 mentions
Brigham T. Young
22 Aug 1853 - 27 Oct 1880
4 mentions
Brigham Young
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3466 mentions
Apostle, Family
Brigham Young (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
589 mentions
Apostle
Catherine Curtis Spencer Young
2 Oct 1836 - 20 Feb 1922
13 mentions
Harriet Amelia Folsom Young
23 Aug 1838 - 11 Dec 1910
5 mentions
John Willard Young
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
328 mentions
Apostle
Joseph Angell Young
14 Oct 1834 - 5 Oct 1875
76 mentions
Apostle
Joseph Young
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
312 mentions
Seymour Bicknell Young
8 Oct 1837 - 15 Dec 1924
90 mentions

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I am in the Hands of God, and so is the United States Government I glory in the Epistle & Testimony which I have bourn to our Nation and all the worlds from which that Extract was made and God will back up my testimony and the Testimony of all the righteous Though the Heaven and Earth pass away. The Testimony of inspiration will not pass away but will all be fulfilled as the Lord liveth
~ Wilford Woodruff
I advised all the Members of the Church who bore away portion of the Priesthood that was called upon to speak in public never to make any Excuses for being called upon to speak to the people but to bear their testimony and say what the spirit Directs
~ Wilford Woodruff
I was born 1807 the first day of March [4/9] I was to Live till 1887 I should be 80 years of age but how long I shall live & remain in the flesh God ownly knows, this year opens with a prospect of Great Hostility of our Government against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and the Kingdom of God esstablished in Utah and adjoining Territories in the Rocky Mountains the Everlasting hills given to old Father Jacob & his Posterity. But God reigns and our trust is in Him. He will guide his saints as He has in days gone by, And when this year is past we will see what state bothe the Nation and the Saints will be in at the End of the year. Our Nations is rapidly Hastening to Destruction and is ripening in iniquity and is doomed to Destruction in fulfillmet of the word of Lord who has spoken concerning them
~ Wilford Woodruff

I Prayed the Lord to give me His Holy spirit and light and truth I went to Bed filled with Prayer and Meditation I fell asleep & slept untill about midnight I awoke and the Lord Poured out his spirit upon me and opened the vision of my Mind so I could & [FIGURE] comprehend in a good measure the mind & will of God and his purposes concerning our Nation and the Inhabitants of Zion And when the vision of my mind was open to to comprehend the situation of our Nations their wickedness, Abomi- nations & corruptions and the Judgments of God and Destruction which awaited them, and when I comprehended the Great & Mighty responsibility which rested upon the Quorum of the Apostles in the sight of God and the Heav- enly Hosts, my pills Head became a fountain of tears and my pillow was wet as with the Dews of Heaven and sleep Departed from me, and the Lord revealed unto me our Duty, Even the Duty of the Twelve Apostles and all the faithful Elders of Israel And the following is a portion of the will of the Lord to me while Dweling in the shepherds tent in the Wilderness surrounded by the drifting snows of the Mountains while wraped in the visions of the night
~ Wilford Woodruff
January 28, 1880 ~ Wednesday (Jan 28. We had a hard snow storm this Morning it snowed all day In the night I was wraped in vision for hours concerning the Nation & Zion It was again Manifet to me the Duty of the Apostles & Elders to go unto the Temple is St George & other Holy places & bear testimony to God and the Heavenly Hearts against the wickedness of the Nation My pillow was wet with the fountain of tears that freely flowed as I beheld the judgments of God upon the wicked)
~ Wilford Woodruff
As it was a Jubilee $800000 of the perpetual Emigrating fund, was rejected forgiven to the poor Also ^$^ 75899.01 of Back Tithing was forgiven the poor. 1000 cows was to be given to the Widows and the poor & the Church give 300 of them 5000 sheep was to be given to the poor & 2000 to be furnished by the Church. The female relief Society was to Loan 34000 bushels of their wheat to the poor to sow. Bishops to be responsible for the return of the same
~ Wilford Woodruff
I pray the Lord to preserve me and my family in Purity and I pray the Lord to preserve the first presidency, Twelve and all the faithful Saints in Zion and Bless & Protect Br Cannon in Washington and hedge up the way of our Enemies that they shall not have power over the Saints of God
~ Wilford Woodruff
President Taylor said that who did not pay their tithing & keep the Law of God should not have a recommend to go to the House of the Lord to get Endowments or to get Married
~ Wilford Woodruff
W Woodruff spoke one hour showed By revelation that Joseph Smith the prophet had received all the keys of the Aaronic & Melchezedec Priesthood for the last Dispensa tion from John the Baptist & Peter James & John, Moses, Elias & Elijah and had sealed these keys upon the Twelve Apostles and that the prohet had laid these responsibilities upon the shoolders of the Twelve Apostles to bear off this Kingdom then exhorted the young men to qualify themselves & stop forth and magnify their calling
~ Wilford Woodruff