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Part of Autobiography 1858 Deseret NewsExcerpt:THE DESERET NEWS. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. No. 21. FILLMORE CITY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1858. VOL. VIII. [Column 1] HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. (FROM HIS OWN PEN.) -[CONTINUED.]- March 8, 1839—I attended a conference at Springfield, Illinois. —13—I took my family and started for Quincy, where I arrived on the 16th. I dined with Emma Smith at Judge Cleveland's. I then went on to the bank ...Dates:March 8, 1839 March 13, 1839 March 16, 1839 March 17, 1839 April 8, 1839 April 26, 1839 May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839 May 15, 1839 July 22, 1839 July 25, 1839 August 8, 1839 August 21, 1839 August 24, 1839 August 28, 1839 September 2, 1839 September 10, 1839 September 12, 1839 September 19, 1839 September 21, 1839 September 27, 1839 October 4, 1839 October 7, 1839 November 1, 1839 December 13, 1839 December 19, 1839 January 11, 1840 January 13, 1840 January 18, 1840 January 21, 1840 January 29, 1840 March 1, 1840 March 3, 1840 March 6, 1840 March 22, 1840 April 9, 1840 April 22, 1840 July 17, 1840 August 18, 1840 April 20, 1841 May 20, 1841 October 6, 1841 -
Excerpt:December 29th 1833 were neither contending nor receievi ng the faith once delivered to the Sain ts I could not discover the Church or body of Christ visible among men. I believed the Church of Christ was in the wilderness and that there had been a falling away from the pure and undefiled religion before God And I was a looking for the Church to arise and again to be esstablished upon the foundation of the ancient Apostles and Prophets Christ Jesus the Chief Corner Stone. After ...Dates:December 29, 1833 -
Excerpt:ORDAINED TO THE APOSTLESHIP. fulfilled this day should not be, and notwithstanding that ten thousand of the Saints had been driven out of the State by the edict of the governor, and though the Prophet Joseph and his brother, Hyrum Smith, with other leading men were in the hands of our enemies, in chains and in prison, we moved on to the temple grounds in the city of Far West, and held a council, and fulfilled the revelation ... -
Excerpt:of teams were raised to bring out the remainder of the poor from Missouri. President Young counselled the Twelve to locate their families for the time being in Quincy. I returned to Rochester for my effects. While at Springfield, I collected $70 for the relief of the Saints in Quincy, which I sent to them. I returned to Quincy on the 8th of April, where I left my family, and went to Far West ...Dates:April 8, 1839 April 26, 1839 May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839 -
Excerpt:Feb 3rd, 1863 2 officers wounded it is reported that Lieut Darwin Chase (once a Mormon Elder) Mortally wounded. He was ordained into the Quorum of Seventies on the cornor stone of the Temple in Far West at the Time that G. A. Smith and myself was ordained into the Quorum of the Twelve. But Chase went to Calafornia Apostitized Join the Army and a prospect of now Ending his career ...Dates:February 3, 1863 February 4, 1863 -
Excerpt:I Printed 2500 copies of the Millinnium Star in 1845 I Published 3000 copies of the Doctrins & Covenants in England & secured the copy right in Stationers Hall I Published 20000 copies of the proclamation of the Twelve Apostles By Order of Parley P Pratt On his responsibility I have been Ordained during the foregoing period to The office of Teacher, Priest, Elder, 2nd Quorum ... -
Excerpt:[Deseret Weekly News, March 6, 1897, 366.] THE DESERET WEEKLY. [Column 1] PRESIDENT WOODRUFF'S BIRTHDAY. BIOGRAPHICAL. On Sunday, February 28, 1897, at 2 p. m., and on the following day, Mon- day, March 1, at 10 a.m., were exer- cises in the Tabernacle in honor of the ninetieth anniversary of the birth of Elder Wilford Woodroff, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, and one of the first com- pany of Utah Pioneers that entered the valley of theDates:March 1, 1807 December 30, 1833 December 31, 1833 January 13, 1835 April 26, 1839 December 7, 1844 January 4, 1845 April 7, 1847 July 24, 1847 April 9, 1850 October 14, 1850 August 29, 1877 October 10, 1880 July 25, 1887 April 7, 1889 April 7, 1889 February 28, 1897 March 1, 1897 -
Part of Autobiography 1857 Draft 1Excerpt:March 13 I was pressed in spirit to go to Quincy Illinois and visit the the saints who had fled their from their persecuters in Missouri I immediately ^March 13^ I took my wife ^Family^ & child into my waggon and started on the 12th March and arived ^March 13 I took my family and started for Quincy where I arived^ in Quincy on the 16. I dined with Emma Smith at Judge Clevelands I then went on ...Dates:March 12, 1839 March 13, 1839 March 16, 1839 March 17, 1839 March 20, 1839 March 23, 1839 March 24, 1839 April 3, 1839 April 8, 1839 April 26, 1839 May 2, 1839 May 3, 1839 -
Excerpt:the weak things of the Earth. Your prayers have are acceptable before me & in answer to them I say unto you that you are now called im- mediately to make a solemn proclamation of my Gospel & of this Stake which I have planted, to be a corner stone of Zion, which shall be polished with that refinement which is after the samilitude of a palace. This proclamation shall be made to all the kings of the world to the four corners thereof to the honor- able president elect ... -
Excerpt:afar to lodge therein, therefore let it be a good house worthy of all accep- tation that the weary traveller may find health & saftey while he shall contemplate the word of the Lord, & the corner stone I have appointed for Zion. This house shall be a healthy habitation if it be built unto my name. And if the Governor which shall be appointed unto it shall not suffer any pollution to come upon it it shall be Holy or the Lord your God shall ^will^ not dwell therein. And ...