By Lorenzo Snow & President Joseph Young in the
afternoon the Ogden Stake of Zion we organized into
the United Order of Zion & Appointed a Presid[en]t
2 vice presidents 9 directors, 3 secretaries, speeches were
made By G. A. SmithD. H. Wells &c we took cars
& returned home distance of the day 80 M
While with Franklin Richards at Ogden
I got access to a Book Entitled Memorial
Genealogy & Ecclesiastical History of New Britain
Conn, which includes much History of Farmington from
AD 1600 to 1850. It gives some History of Asahel
Hart & his children including my step Mother Azubah
Hart, and the Woodruff family from the first settlement
of Farmington from AD 1600. Also the Thompsons from
whom my Mother Bulah Thompson descended I was vary
Much interesting in the work. It contained my Fathers Aphek Woodruff name Uncle Ozem, & Azmon
my oldest Brother
~ Monday
4. I went to the Endowm[en]t House we gave Endo[wme]nts to
28 persons D. H Wells sealed 20, W Woodruff 15.
I attended a Meeting of the directors of Zions Saving Bank I received 3 letters & wrote one to Shuah C Moulton
& sent my likeness
~ Tuesday
5 I went to the farm took grain to Mill, & sowed my carrotts
~ Wednesday
6. I spent the day sowing Beets planting corn, Mellons, &
cucumbers & returned to the city 6 miles
May 3rd 1874
By Lorenzo Snow & President Joseph Young in the
afternoon the Ogden Stake of Zion we organized into
the United Order of Zion & Appointed a President
2 vice presidents 9 directors, 3 Secretaries, speeches were
made By G. A. SmithD. H. Wells &c we took cars
& returned home distance of the day 80 Miles
FIGURES while with Franklin Richards at Ogden
I got access to a Book Entitled Memorial
Genealogy & Ecclesiastical History of New Britain
Conn, which includes much History of Farmington from
AD 1600 to 1850. It gives some History of Asahel
Hart & his children including my step Mother Azubah
Hart, and the Woodruff family from the first settlement
of Farmington from AD 1600. Also the Thompson from
whom my Mother Bulah Thompson descended I was vary
Much interesting in the work. It contained my Fathers
Aphek Woodruff name Uncle Ozem, & Azmon
my Oldest Brother
~ Monday
4. I went to the Endowment House we gave Endowments to
28 persons D. H Wells sealed 20, W Woodruff 15.
I attended a Meeting of the directors of Zions Saving Bank
FIGURES I received 3 letters & wrote one to Shuah C Moulton
& sent my likeness
~ Tuesday
5 I went to the farm took grain to Mill, & sowed my carrotts
~ Wednesday
6. I spent the day sowing Beets planting corn, Mellons, &
cucumbers & returned to the City 6 mils
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," May 3, 1874 - May 7, 1874, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed February 10, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/XoMV