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Day in the Life

Mar 1, 1889

Journal Entry

March 01, 1889 ~ Friday

March 1, 1889

[FIGURE] Wilford Woodruff
Born March 1, 1807
Aged 82 Years
May God Preserve
me to finish my
work

[FIGURE] Emma Smith Woodruff
Born 1838 March 1
Aged 51 Years
God Bless her to
Council my
Children

March 1, 1889 This is my Birth day I gathered
together My family At Emmas at the farm House.
I had of Emmas Children Asahel & wife Naoma and daughter
Roxey, And Clara & Husband Ovando Beebe & daughter
Vedi, And Wilford & wife Julia & Son Elias and also
Baby, and Bulah and Daughter Ellen And Emmas
son Owen & Daughters Blanch & Allice And Delight
& Son Marion wife & Child & Emeline Husband &
Child Wilford, and Ensign and John & Julia
& James & Daughter I had 67 sons and 5 daughters
Present and 68 grand children I also had G Q Cannon
Br ^C^ Wilken & John Galager Also the Salt Lake glee
club who came to serenade me and Many other friends
we staid untill 1 oclok and had a Joyous time I recd
several presents A nice Morning gown By A. C Brixon
and presents from friends

People

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
439 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
16 mentions
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
648 mentions
Family
3 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
248 mentions
Family
83 mentions
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
381 mentions
Family
2 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Elias Smith
15 Dec 1873 - 16 Nov 1941
22 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emeline Burrows
26 Jul 1863 - 25 May 1915
53 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Ensign
23 Dec 1865 - 4 May 1955
49 mentions
Family
1 mention
1966 mentions
Apostle
2 mentions
Family
Woodruff, James Jackson
25 May 1847 - 8 Dec 1927
85 mentions
Family
5 mentions
Woodruff, John Jay
14 Aug 1873 - 4 Nov 1964
11 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Julia Delight Stocking
28 Jul 1878 - 8 Jan 1954
16 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Julia Spencer
6 May 1856 - 1 Feb 1895
36 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Marion
1 Jun 1861 - 5 Feb 1946
44 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
181 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Naomi Abbott Butterworth
21 Mar 1864 - 15 Nov 1948
44 mentions
Family
Beebe, Ovando Collins
14 May 1867 - 27 Dec 1928
163 mentions
Family
Beatie, Phebe Eleanor Bynon
8 Oct 1869 - 27 Apr 1899
13 mentions
Family
9 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Delight Stocking
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
168 mentions
Family
Beebe, Vedi Clare Byer
5 May 1888 - 28 Feb 1964
24 mentions
Family
2 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Winnifred Blanche Daynes
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
237 mentions
Family

Places

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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
Woodruff Farm, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Mar 1, 1889