March 11, 1875
carriage & several other friends went up by different roads
& all met together at the Penitentiary & all went to gether into the
wardens room & spent about an hour with the President
He & the Sherriff was finally locked up in the Prision Cell with
Bishops daDame & Ricks for a short time President Young then
returned to the wardens room whare He was made as comfot-
able as prision life could expect to be This being the first time
that President Young was ever confined in prision by order
of any court I had a desire to spend the night with him
but my desire was not Granted Daniel H WellsCaymor
Young & another man was all that was allowed with him through
the night the rest of us went home
~ Friday
12. President Young arived home all safe & well about 1 oclk
I returned to the city from the field & called upon President Young
~ Saturday to ~ Sunday
13 & 14 I spent most of the time in the house writing the Geneology
of the Woodruff family commencing with Mathew Woodruff
one of the first setlers of Hartford Ct, then moved to Farmington
and was the Progenetor of the Woodruff in Farmington from
whom my Father decscended. I am also suffering at the present
time with a severe cold upon my lungs
~ Sunday
14. Sunday I attended Meeting in the 14 ward in the Afternoon
to Hear Elder George Q. Cannon speak He arived last night
from Washington He did not attend the Meeting & so Bishop Taylor had to do the preaching. I met with the Twelve for prayer
G. Q. Cannon was with us & spoke of his labors in the last
Session of Congress with much Pleausure
~ Monday to ~ Tuesday
15 & 16. It now snows nearly all the time I spent the time on the
Woodruff Geneology I find it to be an important work
March 11, 1875
carriage & several other friends went up by different roads
& all met together at the Penitentiary & all went to gether into the
wardens room & spent about an hour with the President
He & the Sherriff was finally locked up in the Prision Cell with
Bishops Dame & Ricks for a short time President Young then
returned to the wardens room whare He was made as comfotable as prision life could expect to be This being the first time
that President Young was ever confined in prision by order
of any court I had a desire to spend the night with him
but my desire was not Granted Daniel H WellsCaymor
Young & another man was all that was allowed with him through
the night the rest of us went home
~ Friday
12. President Young arived home all safe & well about 1 oclk
I returned to the city from the field & called upon President Young
~ Saturday to ~ Sunday
13 I spent most of the time in the house writing the Geneology
of the Woodruff family commencing with Mathew Woodruff
one of the first setlers of Hartford Ct, then moved to Farmington
and was the Progenetor of the Woodruff in Farmington from
whom my Father descended. I am also suffering at the present
time with a severe cold upon my lungs
~ Sunday
14. Sunday I attended Meeting in the 14 ward in the Afternoon
to Hear Elder George Q. Cannon speak He arived last night
from Washington He did not attend the Meeting & so Bishop
Taylor had to do the preaching. I met with the Twelve for prayer
G. Q. Cannon was with us & spoke of his labors in the last
Session of Congress with much Pleasure
~ Monday to ~ Tuesday
15 & 16. It now snows nearly all the time I spent the time on the
Woodruff Geneology I find it to be an important work
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," March 12, 1875 - March 16, 1875, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wmnr