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Jun 22, 1837

Journal Entry

June 22, 1837 ~ Thursday

22nd Returned to Brother Benedict from thence to I
walked in company with Fracis K Benedict jr to beach hill
in Colebrook, Litchfield County Con[necticut] here I had the
happy privilege of again embracing my sister Eunice
Woodruff
face to face we saluted each other with a harty
shake of the hand {and a kiss} it had been five years since we
last parted with each other. I found sister Eunice teaching
school in the rock schoolhouse near Alpha Sage's after
an interview & dining with my sister we visited the Still-
man neighbourhood in order to find Elder Dexter Stillman
from thence we walked to Mr Daniel Nortons in New
Marlboro
Barkshire Coun[ty] Mass from thence to Father
F. Benedict's the whole distance 40 miles

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Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 15 Jun 1853
258 mentions
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Benedict, Francis Knapp, b. 1810
11 Apr 1810 - 12 Jan 1889
7 mentions

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
on the to Beach Hill in Colebrook Lichfeld Co. Connecticut Here I had the happy privilege of again embracing my sister Eunice Woodruff. It was five years since we last parted from each other. I found my sister teaching school in the Rock School house. After the interview of our first meeting and dinner with my sister was over Eunice and I visited the Stillman neighbourhood in order to find Elder Dexter Stillman from thence together we walked to Mr Daniel Norton's in New Marlborough Berkshire Co Mass and thence to father Benedict's. The whole distance of the day was forty miles.
Autobiography 1858 Deseret News
——I walked 48 miles.

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Woodruffs live with Jonathan and Olive Hale; Wilford records patriarchal blessings for Joseph Smith Sr.

Jun 22, 1837