~ Tuesday
May 28 1861
Aphek Woodruff My Father Aphek Woodruff Died at 1 'oclok P.M.
Aged 82 years 6 month, & 17 days He was able to labor most of the time
untill within a few days of his death he complained several times of
faint turns before I started on my visit South. I being absent from
Home could not be with him in his sickness death and burial. He was
sick about 3 or 4 days He sat in his chair a few minutes befor he
died. He asked to be laid upon his bed, and in a few moments he fell
asleep without a groan or a sigh like a candle going out, every thing was
done for him in his sickness, death, & burial, that could be done. I should
have been pleased to have been with him in his last moments but it was ordered
otherwise and all was right
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~ Tuesday
May 28 1861 [FIGURE] Aphek Woodruff My Father Aphek Woodruff Died at 1 oclok P.M.
Aged 82 years 6 month, & 17 days. He was able to labor most of the time untill within a few days of his death he complained several times of faint turns before I started on my visit South. I being absent from Home could not be with him in his sickness death and burial. He was sick about 3 or 4 days. He sat in his chair a few minutes befor he died. He asked to be laid upon his bed, and in a few moments he fell asleep without a groan or a sigh like a candle going out, every thing was done for him in his sickness, death, & burial, that could be done. I should have been pleased to have been with him in his last moments but it was ordered otherwise and all was right
