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    Part of Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

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    THE DESERET NEWS. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. No. 18. FILLMORE CITY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1858. VOL. VIII. [Column 1] HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. (FROM HIS OWN PEN.) IN tracing the history of my fathers, I find it difficult to obtain a satisfactory account of the Woodruff family for more than three gen- erations. My great grandfather, Josiah Woodruff, lived nearly one hundred years, and possessed an iron constitution and performed a great amount of manual labor nearly up ...
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    November 11, 1778 July 31, 1792 November 29, 1801 November 29, 1802 December 22, 1804 March 1, 1807 March 1, 1807 June 11, 1808 November 9, 1810 November 29, 1811 March 11, 1814 March 12, 1816 June 1, 1816 June 19, 1818 March 22, 1820 June 19, 1821 November 25, 1827 December 29, 1833 December 31, 1833 January 2, 1834 February 1, 1834 April 11, 1834 April 25, 1834 May 1, 1834 May 7, 1834 November 5, 1834 January 13, 1835 January 18, 1835 January 19, 1835 July 1, 1838 October 18, 1838 August 4, 1841
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    Part of Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

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    THE DESERET NEWS. TRUTH AND LIBERTY. No. 19. FILLMORE CITY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1858. VOL VIII. [Column 1] HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. (FROM HIS OWN PEN.) -[CONTINUED.]- March 2—We cut down a large cotton wood tree, and in two days dug out a canoe four feet wide and twelve long, put on a pair of oars and then rowed down the Arkansas river, 125 miles to Little Rock, begging our food by the way, a meal at ...
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    March 2, 1835 March 24, 1835 March 27, 1835 April 4, 1835 June 23, 1835 June 28, 1835 July 23, 1835 November 15, 1835 February 26, 1836 May 27, 1836 May 28, 1836 May 31, 1836 June 19, 1836 June 29, 1836 July 14, 1836 July 30, 1836 July 31, 1836 August 11, 1836 August 29, 1836 September 2, 1836 September 19, 1836 September 20, 1836 October 20, 1836 October 28, 1836 November 17, 1836 November 25, 1836 November 29, 1836 December 20, 1836 January 3, 1837 January 25, 1837 January 29, 1837 January 30, 1837 February 19, 1837 March 23, 1837 April 4, 1837 April 6, 1837
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    Part of Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)

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    old three wives 3 children & a lamanite Boy called Moroni [FIGURE] I returned to My house & confirmed them all March 18, 1856 ~ Tuesday [FIGURE] 18th March 1856 Mrs Phebe W. Woodruff & myself in company with our two oldest children Wilford & Phebe repaired to the house of the Lord that our children might receive their endowment I washed & anointed my son Wilford and ordained him to the office of an Elder & sealed upon him all the Blessings ...
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    March 18, 1856 March 19, 1856 March 22, 1856 March 23, 1856 March 24, 1856 March 29, 1856
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    Part of Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)

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    have Children who should have the priesthood. I would not ask the Lord for any greater blessing than this for myself the Lord Promised him that the various ordinances of his Kingdom should be administered through his posterity forever where ever the kingdom of God existed. Then let evry child for the future be begotten in Holiness and remember this one thing live your religion I now want to speak of another thing. A vary small portion of our time was spent in the Temple at
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    Part of Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)

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    and when once made cannot be broaken by the Devel when we return to Zion & build the great Temple which Joseph saw & the centre of Zion is Esstablished the glory of God will rest upon it by day & by night & those that are prepared will see the face of the sun of man & they will see Joseph & Hiram in the flesh in their resurrected bodies. Then will the armies of Israel be terrible to all Nations then will one chase a ...
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    Part of Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)

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    under Heaven who now hold these blessings & know & see the things of God in the true light. Hence the Lord requires this people to call upon God day & night for the redemption of this branch of the House of Israel that his promises may be fulfilled concerning them. Inasmuch as we cannot do any thing for the Jews but give them our prayers we should not with hold that blessing from them. Again let us turn our thoughts to the Lamanites of who are of the linage of Joseph ...
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    December 13, 1855 December 14, 1855
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    Part of Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)

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    A Saviour which is Christ the Lord" This is the Saviour born in Bethlehem of Judea. He said one cause of his ^why I^ taking this tex[t] was ^is^ that a school teacher in Great Salt Lake City asked her whole school if they would tell her whare Jesus was born born & not one of them could tell her it is true they were mostly small schollars but there was one almost a man grown & he could not tell. I think there is a neglect among ...
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    Part of Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)

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    I Printed the Times & seasons & Nauvoo neighbor in company with John Taylor for two years we sterrotyped the Doctrins & Covenants I Printed 2500 copies of the Millennium Star I Published 3000 copies of the Doctrins & Coven[an]ts And secured the copy wright in England I published 20,000 Proclamations of the Twelve Apostles I have been ordained during the foregoing period To the office of Teacher Priest Elder member of the second quorum of seventies first quorum of seventies & to the quorum ...
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    Part of Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)

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    Dec 11, 1869 Man of a Higher Priesthood then He would her But Even A man Holding the office of a deacon may magnify that calling so that he would be more worthy & have a higher Exaltation than many High Priest it is not so much the office a Man Holds as it is of the magnifying of that portion of the office He does hold. Some ordinances cannot Be given without A temple All children Born Before Parents are sealed to the Altar will have to be
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    Part of Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)

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    June 22nd 1870 ~ Wednesday B Young Jr Prayed President Young spoke 38 M[inutes] He said If I was to ask how many there are here today who was in Jackson Co I think there would be but few, or in Kirtland or far west but few I contrast the groth of this people with these days In the days of Joseph it was a hard Matter to get the people to believe in Revelation. But I told the people the day ...
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    June 22, 1870