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Day in the Life

Sep 7, 1874

Journal Entry

September 07, 1874 ~ Monday

7. [FIGURE] Asahel was Better this morning & Emma was able
to sit up some I took Asahel to the City with me & we both
went to the top of a 12 foot lader in a high peach tree to gather
Peaches, while there the foot of the [ladder] gave way Asahel started
to fall & in trying to save him I fell under the lader abot
10 feet to the ground & struck on my right shoulder & hip &
hurt me vary much, it did not hurt Asahel much I was
vary sore & lame all night it seems as though the Devil still
persues me to destroy my life.

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Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
648 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Sep 7, 1874