Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)

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Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
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    December 11, 1837 ~ Monday Dec 11th Wrote a Letter to Elder DON C. SMITH & sent him five subscribers for the Journal and $5 dollars for the same for the following persons. Elisha Grant $1, David Stone $1, Coburn Tyler $1, John Brown $1, Robert Harsen $1. I also gave an account of fivethree ^3^ Baptized making the church 17 in all since Nov 20th. I Preached at night in the Mansfield district school house ...
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    December 19, 1837 ~ Tuesday Dec 19th I left Mrs Woodruff at Br Ames and walked in company with Valentine Ames to John Kents we then crossed the theroughfare in a wherry to the South Island I then took the parting hand with Br Valentine who returned home while in the name of Eligah's ^God^ I bend my way to search out the Blood of Ephraim on South Island, O my God assist me I pray in ...
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    December 28, 1837 ~ Thursday Dec 28th I spent the fore part of the day in conversation with Mr William Douglass the Methodist Priest he wanted me to work miracles to make him believe I reproved him for taking such a course and left him & walked to N[orth] I.[sland] on the neck & Preached in the schoolhouse & spent the night at Mr James Babbadge in company with Messrs Robert Thompson Esq. & James Thompson, from
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    for the Elders Journal. The spirit of God is like leaven in the midst of these Islands of the sea. the solemnities of Eternity is resting upon the people [Doctrine and Covenants 43:34], the word of God is like a sharp two edged sword in the hearts of men [Hebrews 4:12] I am now preachi- ng & Baptizing almost daily. O may the Lord roll on his work amid the Islands of the sea and give me a rich harvest of ...
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    IN 1837 I attended the solemn assembly and met twenty times with the quorum of the Seventies I traveled in Upper Canida and in six of the United States and visited three Islands of the sea making a distance in all of two thousand three hundred & fifty Miles 2,350 miles I held one hundred and eight meetings 108 ^I Planted three churches^ I Baptized twenty one persons three were ...
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    A synopsis of this volume IN 1834 I travled 1238 miles IN 1835 I travled 3248 Miles. Baptized 43 persons. Held 170 meetings, procured 20 subscribers for the Latter Day Saints Messenger & Advocate, & 2 for the reprinted Star Also 70 signers to the petition to the Governour of Missouri for redress of wrongs done the Church by the Jackson County mob Wrote 18 letters Ordained 2 Teachers and 1 Deacon held 3 debates and had 3 mobs rise against ME planted ...
  • Page 187

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    APHEK WOODRUFF's FAMILY RECORD ^Medad^ ^Ozem 90 ye. Elijah^ NAMES BORN MARRIED DIED First Gen. JOSIAH WOODRUFF lived nearly 100 years 2nd Gen. ELDAD WOODRUFF 1751 1806 = 55 y ^3rd Gen^ APHEK WOODRUFF BORN NOV 11, 1778 Aged 82 6 M[onths] May 28 [1]861 82 y[ears] 6 M[onths] BULAH THOMPSON BORN 1782 Nov 29 ...
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    EZRA CARTER's FAMILY RECORD NAMES BORN MARRIED DIED AGE 1st DANIEL CARTER Born in Newbury Port, Mass. the second Gen. from England EZRA CARTER 2nd Gen Feb 20th 1734 April 29, 1818 84 PHEBE WHITEMORE April 1736 June 1820 84 JOSHUA FABYAN ESQ MARCH AD. 1742 ...
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    Lorenzo Snow Married Phebe Amelia Woodruff Daughter of Wilford & Phebe W. Woodruff Lorenzo Snow born April 14, 1814. Married April 4, 1854 Names Births Marriages Deaths Age Mary Amanda June 1st Sept 4th 1860 Sept 5, 1860 1 day Wilford Leslie Woodruff Feb 7th 1862 11 oclok P.M. Orion Sept ...
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    WILLFORD WOODRUFF'S FAMILY RECORD A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z & & & & {Hebrew} {shorthand} NAMES BORN MARRIED DIED AGE ^4th Gen^ WILLFORD WOODRUFF March 1, 1807 April 13 1837 Nov. 10 [18]85 y[ear] 78 6 M[onths] PHEBE W. CARTER March 8 1807 April 13 1837 Nov. 10 [18]85
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    Sarah Brown was Born ^in Henderson^ Jefferson Co New York Jan 1st 1834 Sarah Brown Daughter of Henry & [blank] Brown Married to Wilford Woodruff Sen March 13 1853 NAMES Born Marri[e]d Died Age David Patten April 4th 1854 Brigham Young Jan 18th 1857 Aged 20 y[ears] drowned June 16 1877 ...
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    Emma Smith was Born at Diahman Davis County Missouri. March 1st 1838 Emma Smith Daughter of Samuel & Martecia Smith Married to Wilford Woodruff Sen March 13 1853 NAMES Born Married Died Age Hiram Smith at 4 oclok PM Oct 4 1857 Nov 24 1858 1 year 1 M[onth] 20 days Emma Manella July 4th 1860 ...
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    Robert Scholes ^Born Nov 19, 1835^ Married To Susan Cornelia Woodruff Dughter of Wilford & Phebe W Woodruff Jan 30, 1859 Names Births Marriages Deaths Age Eugenia Amelia 20 minuts to 3 oclock Mar 21st 1860 Nov 3rd 1883 Phebe Carter Oct 6 1862 Robert Dec 1st 1864
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    Sarah Delight Stockings Daughter of John & [blank] Stockings was married to Wilford Woodruff Sen July 31, 1857 She was born in Canton Hartford Co Connecticut July 28 1838 Names Births Marriages Deaths Age Marion June 1st 1861 Emeline July 25 30 m[inutes] past 9 PM 1863 Ensign 15 ...
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    Rebeca Brown born in vinal Haven Maine Oct 30, 1826 Sealed to W W ^June 15, 1867^ Died Aug 1839 Aged 13 year Mary Webste Giles Born ^About 1806^ in Boston Mass Sealed to W. W. March 28 1852 Died Oct 3rd 1852. Aged about 52 years On the 26 Febuary 1857 The followeing Persons were sealed to W Woodruff at the Alter in the Endowmt House By Brigham Young Phebe Whitmore Carter
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    Wilford Woodruff Jr Born March 22 [18]40 Married Emily Smith Born MDied May 8, 1878 Their Children Lucy ^Emily^ Born Jan 10 1869 Wilford 3rd Born Sept 25, 1871 Elias S Born Dec 15 1873 Asahel Born March 30, 1876 Emily Died Married SJulia Spencer May 18 1879 George Born March 1, 1880 Died Sept 22, 1881 [ Leo ] ...