Ensign Woodruff
Ensign Woodruff (1865-1955) was born 23 Dec. 1865 in Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He was the third child of Wilford Woodruff and Sarah Delight Stocking. He married Isabel Jeanette Shields on 15 Oct. 1889 in Salt Lake City; widowed. He married Anna Sofie Jacobsen on 28 Sep. 1933 in Salt Lake City. He died 4 May 1955 in Salt Lake City.
Footnotes
Ensign Woodruff (KWCD-GSJ), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 20 Feb. 2021). Ensign Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/ensign-woodruff, accessed 8 Feb. 2022). “Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985,” database, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 20 Feb. 2021), Ensign Woodruff and Isabelle Shields; Salt Lake Co., Utah. “Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985,” database,Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 20 Feb. 2021) Ensign Woodruff and Anna Hoggan; Salt Lake Co., Utah. “Utah State Archives Indexes,” database with images, Utah State Archives (https://archives.utah.gov, accessed 24 Feb. 2021); Utah Department of Health: Office of Vital Records and Statistics: Death Certificates, series 81448, file no. 77/0642 (1995), Ensign Woodruff. “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” Database, Utah Division of State History (https://utahdcc.secure.force.com/burials, accessed 20 Feb. 2021), Ensign Woodruff.
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Part of Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Excerpt: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 past 9 PM 1863 ... -
Part of Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)
Excerpt:Dec 22d 1865 Elder Taylor followed & backed up the Testimony of those who had spoke. He was followed by Elder Cannon all the Twelve present spoke & much of the Spirit of God rested upon us & we were Blessed & felt it good to be there Elder Taylor Prophesyed that the Twelve should be delivered from the bondage of the poverty under which they had been weltering for years At the close of the Meeting I went & got my sleigh & ...Dates:December 23, 1865 December 24, 1865 December 25, 1865 December 26, 1865 December 27, 1865 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)
Excerpt:February 3, 1875 ~ Wednesday Feb 3rd 18575 [FIGURES] I received 6 letters from Swan, Thatcher, Carter, Librarian Gardner & 14 ward I wrote 7 letters to Bador L & Phebe Snow Sarah, George Swan Moses Thatcher & Assistant Librarian sent $3. I went to the Endowment House there was Baptized 147 W Woodruff sealed 9 couple for the Dead. I called at the printing office, Historians Office &Dates:February 3, 1875 February 4, 1875 February 5, 1875 February 6, 1875 February 7, 1875 February 8, 1875 February 9, 1875 February 10, 1875 February 11, 1875 February 12, 1875 February 13, 1875 February 14, 1875 February 15, 1875 February 16, 1875 February 17, 1875 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)
Excerpt:Jan 18, 1877 [FIGURE] I wrote 1 Letter to A. O. Smoot we received the Jan 13 No of the News containing the account of the Dedication of the Temple [FIGURE] I received 3 letters from Phebe, Brigham, & Emeline. we ordained 8 Elders for the dead W Woodruff ordain 3, gave Endowment to 18 for the dead 1 for the living, B. Young Jr sealed 12 for the dead January 19, 1877 ~ Friday 19. Endowments given 1 ...Dates:January 19, 1877 January 20, 1877 January 21, 1877 January 22, 1877 January 23, 1877 January 24, 1877 January 25, 1877 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)
Excerpt:June 20, 1877 ~ Wednesday June 20. we baptized 200 to day in the Temple and gave Endowments to 797 Ordained 37 Elders W Woodruff sealed 2 couple and sealed 2 children to Parents D H Cannon sealed 37. [FIGURE] I wrote 2 letters to Phebe and Sarah June 21, 1877 ~ Thursday 21 we gave Endowments to 140. Ordained Elders 53, D H Cannon sealed 36 couple W Woodruff gave 8 Second Anointing [FIGURE] I ...Dates:June 20, 1877 June 21, 1877 June 22, 1877 June 23, 1877 June 24, 1877 June 25, 1877 June 26, 1877 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)
Excerpt:Sept 27, 1879 Lorenzo Hatch spoke 42 M[inutes], Jesse N Smith 30 M[inutes], W Woodruff spoke 10 M[inutes]. I met in the Evening with the Priesthood and we reguated the Price of Tithing in this country September 28, 1879 ~ Sunday 298 Sunday I administered to Br Greer. We met at 10 oclok John Bush Prayed Reports of the several Branches of the Stake were then given read By the Clerk John R Hewlett. The General ...Dates:September 28, 1879 September 29, 1879 September 30, 1879 October 1, 1879 October 2, 1879 October 3, 1879 -
Part of Letter to Emeline Woodruff, 26 June 1886
Excerpt:West Jordan, June 26, 1886 Emeline Woodruff My dear Daughter I received your letter of the 22. And I received one before that, I had not answered. The reason I had not written before is I have been at work getting up a synopsis of all my journals for 51 years, that I could record in my Last journal so I could lay them away, then I have to write from 2 to 8 letters a day myself on Church business. It is not because I have forgotten your or ...Dates:June 26, 1886 -
Part of Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)
Excerpt:[FIGURES] Oct 10th 1885 Mrs Phebe W Woodruff fell while walking across her room with a lighted lamp Broak the lamp to peaces but did not Explod she struck her head against the washboard & split the scalp of her head open for several inches knocked her sensless but she soon came to Dr Anderson sowed up her wound thought her skull was not cracked thoght she would recover Emeline Woodruff wrote that her sister Julia was vary sick with Typhoid fever.Dates:October 10, 1885 October 11, 1885 October 12, 1885 October 13, 1885 October 14, 1885 October 15, 1885 -
Part of Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)
Excerpt:February 2, 1885 ~ Monday Feb 2, 1885 [FIGURES] I received Letters from F M Lyman containing 2 from A. M. Tenney I wrote Letters to F. M. Lyman Orion Snow Phebe & J Jaques I held a Meeting with the Presidency, Bishops & cou[n]cil in the Temple upon the safety of the People and spent the Evening in our room February 3, 1885 ~ Tuesday 3 I spent the forenoon in theDates:February 2, 1885 February 3, 1885 February 4, 1885 February 5, 1885 February 6, 1885 February 7, 1885 -
Part of Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)
Excerpt:Feb 9, 1885 that can walk the streets of Salt Lake in safety Marshals are after him because He has obeyed the Patriarchal Law of Marriage. We held a Meeting at 10 oclok all the Authorities of the Church were Presented & sustained all voted for the Bishop Except 1. We held a meeting at 10 oclok. Edward Bunker spoke 35 M[inutes], Bishop Cox 12 M[inutes] G Teasdale 30, W Woodruff 5 m[inutes] [FIGURES] I wrote 1 Letter to E Snow ...Dates:February 9, 1885 February 10, 1885 February 11, 1885