Family

Understand more about Wilford Woodruff's wives and children and his family relationships through links to their individual biographies below.

Family

1837           
Phebe Whittemore Carter
Phebe Whittemore Carter
Birth

Mar 8, 1807

Death

Nov 10, 1885

Parents
Ezra Carter and Sarah Fabyan
Relationship

Wilford met Phebe in Kirtland, Ohio

Marriage / Sealing

April 13, 1837 in Kirtland, Ohio

Nov 11, 1843 in Nauvoo, Illinois

Mar 8, 1807 - Nov 10, 1885

Sarah Emma
Birth

July 14, 1838

Scarborough, Maine

Death

July 17, 1840

Nauvoo, Illinois

Wilford
Birth

March 22, 1840

Montrose, Iowa

Death

May 6, 1921

Salt Lake City, Utah

Phebe Amelia
Birth

March 4, 1842

Nauvoo, Illinois

Death

February 15, 1897

Salt Lake City, Utah

Susan Cornelia
Birth

July 25, 1843

Nauvoo, Illinois

Death

October 6, 1897

Sioux City, Iowa

Joseph
Birth

July 18, 1845

Liverpool, England

Death

November 12, 1846

Winter Quarters, NE

Ezra
Birth

December 8, 1846

Winter Quarters, NE

Death

December 10, 1846

Winter Quarters, NE

Shuah Carter
Birth

October 28, 1847

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Death

July 22, 1848

Lost Grove, Illinois

Beulah Augusta
Birth

July 19, 1851

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

January 13, 1905

Salt Lake City, Utah

Aphek
Birth

January 26, 1853

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

January 26, 1853

Salt Lake City, Utah

1846           
Mary Ann Jackson
Mary Ann Jackson
Birth

Feb 18, 1818

Death

Oct 25, 1894

Parents
William Jackson and Elizabeth Lloyd
Relationship

Woodruffs met Mary Ann on their mission in England

Marriage / Sealing

Aug 2, 1846 in Cutler’s Park, Nebraska

then resealed Dec 1878?

Divorced

May 11, 1848

Subsequent Marriage

David J. Ross Dec 13, 1857

Feb 18, 1818 - Oct 25, 1894

James Jackson
Birth

May 25, 1847

Winter Quarters, NE

Death

December 8, 1927

Salt Lake City, Utah

                     
Sarah Elinor Brown
Sarah Elinor Brown
Birth

Aug 22, 1827

Death

Dec 25, 1915

Parents
Charles Brown and Mary Arey
Relationship

Wilford met the Browns on his mission in Maine

Marriage

Aug 2, 1846 in Cutler’s Park, Nebraska

Divorced

Aug 29, 1846

Subsequent Marriage

Lisbon Lamb Feb 15, 1849

Aug 22, 1827 - Dec 25, 1915

                     
Mary Caroline Barton
Mary Caroline Barton
Birth

Jan 12, 1829

Death

Aug 10, 1910

Parents
William Allen Barton and Mary Ann Swain
Relationship

Marriage

Aug 2, 1846 in Cutler’s Park, Nebraska

Divorced

Aug 29, 1846

Subsequent Marriage

Erastus Curtis Feb 4, 1848

Jan 12, 1829 - Aug 10, 1910

1852           
Mary Meek Giles
Mary Meek Giles
Birth

Sept 6, 1802

Death

Oct 3, 1852

Parents
Samuel Giles and Elizabeth Reith
Relationship

Woodruffs met Mary on their mission in Massachusetts?

Marriage

Mar 26, 1852 in the Woodruff’s home in Salt Lake City, Utah

Prior Marriage

Nathan Webster 1 May 1843

Sept 6, 1802 - Oct 3, 1852

                     
Clarissa Harriman Hardy
Clarissa Harriman Hardy
Birth

Nov 20, 1834

Death

Sep 3, 1903

Parents
Leonard W. Hardy and Elizabeth Harriman Nichols
Relationship

Woodruffs served with Leonard on their mission in England 1844-45

Marriage

Apr 20, 1852 in Brigham Young’s East Office in Salt Lake City, Utah

Divorced

June 4, 1853

Subsequent Marriage

Alonzo H. Russell Dec 11, 1853; Thomas W. Winter Feb 11, 1867

Nov 20, 1834 - Sep 3, 1903

1853           
Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown
Birth

Jan 1, 1834

Death

May 9, 1909

Parents
Harry Brown and Rhoda North
Relationship

Wilford met Harry Brown in New York in 1834

Marriage

Mar 13, 1853 in Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah

Jan 1, 1834 - May 9, 1909

David Patten
Birth

April 4, 1854

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

January 20, 1937

Long Beach, CA

Brigham Young
Birth

January 18, 1857

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

June 16, 1877

Smithfield, Utah

Phoebe Arabell
Birth

May 30, 1859

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

September 7, 1939

Clearfield, Utah

Sylvia Melvina
Birth

January 14, 1862

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

August 7, 1940

American Falls, Idaho

Newton
Birth

November 3, 1863

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

January 21, 1960

Salt Lake City, Utah

Mary
Birth

October 26, 1867

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

February 15, 1903

Provo, Utah

Charles Henry
Birth

December 5, 1870

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

February 2, 1871

Salt Lake City, Utah

Edward Randolph
Birth

February 2, 1873

Randolph, Utah

Death

February 8, 1873

Randolph, Utah

                     
Emma Smith
Emma Smith
Birth

Mar 1, 1838

Death

Mar 4,1912

Parents
Samuel Smith and Martisha Smoot
Relationship

Wilford met the Smiths on his mission in Kentucky

Marriage

Mar 13, 1853 in Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah

Mar 1, 1838 - Mar 4,1912

Hyrum Smith
Birth

October 4, 1857

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

November 24, 1858

Salt Lake City, Utah

Emma Manella
Birth

July 4, 1860

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

November 30, 1905

Vernal, Utah

Asahel Hart
Birth

February 3, 1863

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

July 2, 1939

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ann Thompson
Birth

April 10, 1867

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

April 11, 1867

Salt Lake City, Utah

Clara Martisha
Birth

July 23, 1868

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

December 29, 1927

Salt Lake City, Utah

Abraham Owen
Birth

November 23, 1872

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

June 21, 1904

El Paso, Texas

Winnifred Blanche
Birth

April 9, 1876

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

April 28, 1954

Salt Lake City, Utah

Mary Alice
Birth

January 2, 1879

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

January 14, 1916

Salt Lake City, Utah

1857           
Sarah Delight Stocking
Sarah Delight Stocking
Birth

July 26, 1838

Death

May 28, 1906

Parents
John Jay Stocking and Catherine E. Ensign
Relationship

Woodruffs knew the Stockings in Nauvoo

Marriage

July 31, 1857 in Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah

July 26, 1838 - May 28, 1906

Marion
Birth

June 1, 1861

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

February 5, 1946

Tremonton, Utah

Emeline
Birth

July 25, 1863

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

May 25, 1915

Salt Lake City, Utah

Ensign
Birth

December 23, 1865

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

May 1, 1955

Murray, Utah

Jeremiah
Birth

August 29, 1868

Fort Herriman, Utah

Death

December 16, 1869

Salt Lake City, Utah

Rosannah
Birth

April 17, 1871

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

October 22, 1872

Salt Lake City, Utah

John Jay
Birth

August 14, 1873

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

November 1, 1964

Boise, Idaho

Julia Delight Stocking
Birth

June 28, 1878

Salt Lake City, Utah

Death

January 8, 1954

Granger, Utah

1877           
Eudora Lovina Young
Eudora Lovina Young
Birth

May 12, 1852

Death

Oct 21, 1921

Parents
Brigham Young and Lucy Bigelow
Relationship

Wilford met Eudora in St. George, Utah

Marriage

Mar 10, 1877 in St. George Utah Temple

Prior Marriage

Moreland Dunford Oct 3, 1870

Divorced

Nov 25, 1878

Subsequent Marriage

Albert Hagen March 1, 1879

May 12, 1852 - Oct 21, 1921

Brigham Young
Birth

April 1, 1878

St. George, Utah

Death

April 1, 1878

St. George, Utah