. Mutual Improvement Association for years He presides over the Dry Goods departmen of Zions
Merchantiledryinstitution where they sell some
$4000000 dollars worth of Goods Annually And
He purchases the goods mostly in New York. ^He performed
a good Mission of about 2 year in England^ Abraham Owen has filled a Mission of two
years & a quarter in JGermanny & performed a good
work. He was called & ordained into the quorum
of the Twelve Apostles in the fall of 1897 And is
Thoroughly fulfilling his Mission as An Apostle. Emma lost one Daughter in childhood but
raised four to Motherhood All Noble women.
PhebeCarterWoodruff My first wife bore me
Nine children 4 sons & 5 daughters. 3 sons died
in Early child hood. Wilford is still living
50 years of Age, spent one Mission in England
of some two years. He is now laboring in Salt Lake
Temple. He came to this valley with his Father
and Mother in 1850. Phebe Lost 2 Daughters
in childhood & 3 grew to womanhood & Motherhood
My wife Sarah Brown Woodruff bore me 4 sons
2 are still living Brigham Y drowned at 20 years
of age, Randolph died at Birth she also bore me 3 daughter Arabell & Sylvia are Mothers, Mary is teaching
school in the Provo Academy
I spent the day at the office attending to my duties, and in the
evening Emma & her children met with us at the house, & spent the time,
in singing, talking and enjoyment
.
Mutual Improvement Association for years
He presides over the Dry Goods departmen of Zions
Merchantileinstitution where they sell some
$4000000 dollars worth of Goods Annually And
He purchases the goods mostly in New York. He performed
a good Mission of about 2 year in EnglandAbraham Owen has filled a Mission of two
years & a quarter in Germanny & performed a good
work. He was called & ordained into the quorum
of the Twelve Apostles in the fall of 1897 And is
Thoroughly fulfilling his Mission as An Apostle.
Emma lost one Daughter in childhood but
raised four to Motherhood All Noble women.
PhebeCarterWoodruff My first wife bore me
Nine children 4 sons & 5 daughters. 3 sons died
in Early child hood. Wilford is still living
50 years of Age, spent one Mission in England
of some two years. He is now laboring in Salt Lake
Temple. He came to this valley with his Father
and Mother in 1850. Phebe Lost 2 Daughters
in childhood & 3 grew to womanhood & Motherhood
My wife Sarah Brown Woodruff bore me 4 sons
2 are still living Brigham Y drowned at 20 years
of age, Randolph died at Birth she also bore me 3 daughter
Arabell & Sylvia are Mothers, Mary is teaching
school in the Provo Academy
I spent the day at the office attending to my duties, and in the
evening Emma & her children met with us at the house, & spent the time,
in singing, talking and enjoyment
"Journal (April 1897 – September 1898)," March 1, 1898, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 14, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/MJ75