Fell into a cauldron of boiling water. It took nine months before his life was considered out of danger.
Fell from the great beam of the family barn, landed face first on the floor, and almost broke his neck.
Broke his arm when he fell down the stairs when playing at home.
Broke his other arm falling off uncle's porch onto a pile of lumber.
Escaped being gored by a bull that wanted the pumpkin he took from it to give to his cow.
Broke his leg in a saw mill accident after it got caught between the headlock and fender post.
Saved from suffocation after wagonload of hay was overturned on top of him.
Uninjured when a horse bolted down a hill and flipped the wagon he was riding in.
Fell 15 feet from a tree and landed flat on his back, knocked unconscious; his cousin thought he was dead so ran home to tell his parents. Wilford recovered and met his family on their way to retrieve his body.
Rescued after drowning in 30 feet of water and "suffered much in being restored to life."
Almost froze to death in a blizzard; saved by passerby who saw him crawl into a hollow tree in a daze.
Split open his foot with an ax "nearly clear through," crippling him for nine months.
Bitten by a rabid dog but the bite did not break through his skin.
Thrown 16 feet over the head of a runaway horse; landed on both feet braking left leg in two places and dislocating both ankles.
Almost crushed when water was released into the mill while he was holding onto the shaft and using an ax to remove ice from the wheel.
Almost crushed by the 20-foot breast wheel of a flour mill when helping to de-ice the wheel.
Suffered a severe bout of pneumonia.
Dragged headfirst between a team of horses for more than 300 feet with his sleigh on top of him.
A rifle accidentally discharged and the ball passed within a few inches of his body.
A heavily-loaded musket pointed at his chest was accidentally discharged, but misfired.
January 13, 1835 - Preserved from a mob of about 60 people.
January 19, 1835 - Preserved from a black bear and a large pack of wolves..
November 15, 1835 - Rescued by divine intervention after wandering for five hours in a tremendous storm.
May 5, 1837 - Left unhurt when a tornado removed the building he was standing in.
April 1839 - Thrown from the axle tree of a wagon, head and shoulder were dragged on the ground for half a mile.
August 8, 1839 - Contracted malaria but left for England to serve his mission with members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Hit in the head with rocks thrown by a mob while he was baptizing.
September 25, 1841 - Survived shipwreck on Lake Michigan.
July 23, 1842 - Bedridden for 40 days with bilious fever and struggled between life and death.
September 12, 1843 - Survived train crash; passenger cars smashed, baggage cars caught fire, engineer killed.
September 17, 1844 - Helped ship captain extinguish fire on board the ship he was traveling on with his wife Phebe.
October 5, 1846 - Crushed by falling tree; broke breast bone and three ribs and suffered severe internal injuries.
Before 1848 - Survived shipwreck on Lake Michigan.
July 5, 1848 - Inspired to move carriage and family from spot near tree; thirty minutes later a whirlwind uprooted the tree and the tree fell where his carriage had been.
April 18, 1850 - Inspired not to take Saints on steamboat; it later caught fire and passengers burned or drowned.
April 21, 1856 - Poisoned by infected animal; he arm was severely affected, and the poison caused him to temporarily lose his senses; he was restored to health by a priesthood blessing.
October 26, 1859 - Severe lung fever "nearly blew out the lamp of life" and his "spirit fluttering between life and death".
October 13, 1860 - Thrown from his mule, head and shoulders hit the ground, then he was dragged behind the mule.
July 25, 1872 - Dragged by runaway horse, but narrowly avoided being run over by the wagon.
September 25, 1973 - Mild stroke "it seemed to be paralysis and death."
May 4, 1979 - Severe bout of bilious colic; attacks took his breath away and he didn't think he'd live through one more.
September 13, 1886 - Mild heart attack or stroke; couldn't see or speak for about 30 minutes; priesthood blessing restored him.
June 1, 1893 - Severest bout of bilious colic “lay at the point of death;” prayers of Saints saved him.
