Wilford Woodruff's Funeral Procession, September 8, 1898, Salt Lake City, Utah

Wilford Woodruff

Description Wilford Woodruff's funeral procession in Salt Lake City, Utah
Date Sept. 8, 1898
Artist or Photographer Charles Ellis Johnson
Location Salt Lake City, Utah
Journal Reference September 8, 1898 The casket was borne to the hearse and the cortege left the Woodruff VIlla at 9:20 am. Thousands thronged the streets on the way from 5th East to 6th South, then to State, north to South Temple thence West to East Temple North round the Temple Block to north Temple gate at 10:05 a.m. The casket was carried by six pall bearers into the Tabernacle, viz Dr L. W Snow, Dr. M. W. Snow, Wilford S. Woodruff, James Woodruff Jr, George Scholes, & Wilford Woodruff Beattie. The family folowed and immediately after them the general authorities of the church & others. The assembled thousands arose en masse when the casket entered and was placed upon a dais in front of the stand.
Identification of Image PH 3991
Source of Image https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/b111aca8-5957-43c7-984e-76918829cff8/0/42
Notes Courtesy of the Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints