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These short biographies identify individuals by name; birth date and location; parentage; marriage date and location (if applicable); baptism date and location (if applicable); death date and location; and a brief description of their association with Wilford Woodruff. A biographical reference is included for individuals who are mentioned in the Papers but may not have associated directly with him, such as historical and scriptural figures.

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1 mention
Scriptural Figure
56 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire
21 Sep 1842 - 10 Feb 1918
5 mentions
Historical Figure
31 mentions
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
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3 mentions
Scriptural Figure
238 mentions
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
1 mention
Scriptural Figure
294 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
13 Aug 1792 - 2 Dec 1849
5 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
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1 mention
Scriptural Figure
2 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
26 Aug 1819 - 14 Dec 1861
20 mentions
Historical Figure
Alexander I of Russia
23 Dec 1777 - 1 Dec 1825
3 mentions
Historical Figure
Alexander II of Russia
29 Apr 1818 - 13 Mar 1881
3 mentions
Historical Figure
Alexander III of Russia
10 Mar 1845 - 1 Nov 1894
1 mention
Historical Figure
7 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Scriptural Figure
14 mentions
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
2 mentions
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1 mention
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2 mentions
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1 mention
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1 mention
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1 mention
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4 mentions
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1 mention
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
United Brethren
1 mention
United Brethren
2 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Anne of Cleves
22 Sep 1515 - 16 Jul 1557
1 mention
Historical Figure
Anne of Great Britain
6 Feb 1665 - 1 Aug 1714
3 mentions
Historical Figure
Antoninus Pius
19 Sep 0086 - 7 Mar 0161
2 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Historical Figure
3 mentions
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
Athelstan of Wessex
894–939
2 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Historical Figure
Augustus Frederick Von Hanover
27 Jan 1773 - 21 Apr 1843
3 mentions
Historical Figure
Aurelian of Rome
abt. 215-275
3 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Scriptural Figure
2 mentions
Scriptural Figure
5 mentions
Native American
1 mention
Native American
Chief Arapeen
unk.-1860
23 mentions
Native American
Chief Arimo
1820-1896
1 mention
Native American
1 mention
Native American
2 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
Historical Figure
1 mention
1 mention
Lewis Abbott
30 Nov 1793 - 30 Nov 1850
1 mention
Ralph Abercromby
26 Oct 1734 - 28 Mar 1801
1 mention
Historical Figure
John Abers
abt. 1800- abt.1880
Peter Abplanalp
2 Mar 1829 - 28 May 1900
5 mentions
Bishops in Letter
Lewis Sanford Abrams
1 Feb 1838 - 1 Dec 1916
Lois Amelia Abrams
1 Mar 1874 - 8 Oct 1874
4 mentions
1 mention
1 mention
2 mentions
Charles Adams
1843-1927
31 mentions
Missionary
Charles Augustus Adams
17 Aug 1824 - 15 Nov 1860
1 mention
Stationery Header
Daniel Adams
1773-1864
1 mention
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Stationery Header
Ezra Adams
1864-1925
2 mentions
Missionary
1 mention
Stationery Header
1 mention
Stationery Header
1 mention
James Adams
24 Jan 1783 - 11 Aug 1843
John Adams
30 Oct 1735 - 4 Jul 1826
3 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
3 mentions
John Quincy Adams
11 Jul 1767 - 23 Feb 1848
2 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Jonathan Adams
5 Jul 1782 - 10 Apr 1861
1 mention
1 mention
11 mentions
Orson Bennett Adams
9 Mar 1815 - 4 Feb 1901
Samuel Adams
27 Sep 1722 - 2 Oct 1803
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Susann Smith Adams
30 May 1819 - 23 Jan 1892
2 mentions
William Britton Adams
14 Feb 1814 - 6 Jan 1861
1 mention
Stationery Header
1 mention
1 mention
Host
1 mention
Historical Figure
Minnie Gibbs Adkins
26 Nov 1878 - 16 Jun 1965
95 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Louis Agassiz
28 May 1807 - 12 Dec 1873
1 mention
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Joseph Agnoe
abt. 1822-aft. 1870
4 mentions
Missionary
2 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
1 mention
11 mentions
Willis Aikman
abt. 1798 - bef. 1850
Wright Aikman
bef. 1813-aft. 1835
Robert Aitken
22 Jan 1800 - 11 Jul 1873
1 mention
2 mentions
John Albiston, b. 1782
9 Jun 1782 - 2 Jun 1849
John Albiston, b. 1814
4 Apr 1814 - 2 Apr 1891
James Albon
1 May 1793 - 21 Sep 1870
Mary Ann Eacock Albon
11 Oct 1793 - 4 Feb 1880
Susanna Elizabeth Albon Ware
14 Mar 1820 - 10 Oct 1885
John Albright
abt. 1805-1842
1 mention
Amey Cecelia Cooper Aldrich
30 Jun 1804 - 13 Jul 1852
Joseph Aldrich
10 Aug 1801 - 17 Nov 1874
5 mentions
Missionary
1 mention
Elizabeth Alexander Allen
1 Mar 1819 - 23 Mar 1869
1 mention
1835 Southern Convert
Jonathan Alexander
abt. 1785-aft. 1859
Myrza Nix Alexander
20 Sep 1815 - 23 Jul 1880
8 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Randolph Alexander
22 Mar 1802 - 12 Mar 1879
56 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
1 mention
Stationery Header
1 mention
Russell Alexander Alger
27 Feb 1836 - 24 Jan 1907
1 mention
Historical Figure
Samuel Alger
14 Feb 1786 - 24 Sep 1874
1 mention
Historical Figure
1 mention
2 mentions
Andrew Jackson Allen
5 Sep 1818 - 18 Jul 1884
Ann Baylis Allen
27 Feb 1801 - 3 Mar 1865
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Edwin Allen
abt. 1853-unk.
Ethan Allen
21 Jan 1738 - 12 Feb 1789
1 mention
Historical Figure
George Allen
1801- aft. 1865
16 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
1 mention
1 mention
James Allen
14 Aug 1806 - 16 Sep 1886
23 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
2 mentions
1 mention
Zion's Camp
Lewis Allen
abt. 1819–1851
1 mention
Family
Lewis Allen, b. 1813
11 Jun 1813 - 24 Jan 1883
6 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
125 mentions
1 mention
Nancy Allen
5 Jan 1809 - 26 Mar 1878
1 mention
1835 Southern Convert
1 mention
Family
1 mention
Rufus Chester Allen
22 Oct 1827 - 7 Dec 1915
1 mention
William Coleman Allen
14 Feb 1843 - 17 Mar 1926
George Alley
31 Dec 1792 - 18 Nov 1859
Ahira Alling
21 Apr 1806 - 9 Jan 1886
Lewis Alling
23 Feb 1801 - 4 Sep 1877
William Boyd Allison
2 Mar 1829 - 4 Aug 1908
4 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
1 mention
Zion's Camp
James Allred
22 Jan 1784 - 10 Jan 1876
23 mentions
Zion's Camp
1 mention
1 mention
Zion's Camp
Reddick Newton Allred
21 Feb 1822 - 10 Oct 1905
Reuben Warren Allred
18 Nov 1815 - 4 Oct 1896
1 mention
William Moore Allred
24 Dec 1819 - 8 Jun 1901
Reddin Alexander Allred
21 Feb 1822 - 8 Jun 1900
1 mention
1 mention
1 mention
1 mention
Betsey Cossett Alvord
19 Jan 1805 - 16 Feb 1884
103 mentions
Family
Eliphaz Alvord
17 Jan 1741 - 15 Apr 1820
2 mentions
Family
Esther Hart Alvord
4 Apr 1742 - 18 Nov 1818
1 mention
Family
Gideon William Alvord
8 Feb 1841 - 4 Dec 1918
1 mention
Family
Joseph Alvord
1733-bef. 1809
1 mention
Family
Submit Chapin Alvord
1747-aft. 1811
1 mention
Family
Thaddeus Alvord
28 Oct 1781 - 19 Feb 1874
10 mentions
Family
Betsey Hudson Ames
10 Dec 1793 - 23 Nov 1882
Daniel Ames
abt. 1814-1852
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Ebenezer Ames
abt. 1775-bef. 1850
15 mentions
Host, Maine Mission
Hezekiah Ames
1790-1858
7 mentions
Maine Mission
Ira Ames
22 Sep 1804 - 15 Jan 1869
Justus Ames
14 Oct 1789 - 5 Jun 1861
61 mentions
Maine Mission
Lucy Frye Ames
1825-aft. 1869
1 mention
Maine Mission
Mary Ames Banks
4 Oct 1811 - 13 Jul 1876
Oliver Ames (Jr.)
5 Nov 1807 - 9 Mar 1877
Rufus Ames
abt. 1820-1896
1 mention
Maine Mission
2 mentions
Valentine Ames
abt. 1814-1865
13 mentions
Maine Mission
Elizabeth Ockey Amphlett
20 Mar 1814 - 20 Nov 1885
Andrew Kornberg Andersen
6 Aug 1859 - 5 Jan 1890
3 mentions
Missionary
Lars Strib Andersen
16 Apr 1829 - 7 Sep 1901
1 mention
Oluf Bernhard Andersen
29 Jul 1848 - 13 Jan 1936
2 mentions
Missionary
Anders Peter Anderson
8 Dec 1847 - 9 Apr 1932
6 mentions
Bishops in Letter
1 mention
Stationery Header
21 mentions
Missionary
1 mention
2 mentions
Missionary
5 mentions
1 mention
Historical Figure
2 mentions
3 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
3 mentions
Missionary
8 mentions
Missionary
2 mentions
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Washington Franklin Anderson
6 Jan 1823 - 21 Apr 1903
2 mentions
Missionary
1 mention
Family
1 mention
1 mention
Stationery Header
1 mention
James Andrews
1769-1846
1 mention
Maine Mission
John Andrews
24 Nov 1816 - 17 Jul 1888
5 mentions
1 mention
Family
1 mention
Historical Figure
2 mentions
Milo Andrus
6 Mar 1814 - 19 Jun 1893
40 mentions
Zion's Camp
Alma Truman Angell
12 Jan 1834 - 12 Jun 1911
1 mention
Historical Figure
Solomon Angell
21 Apr 1806 - 20 Sep 1881
4 mentions
Zion's Camp
Truman Osborn Angell (Jr.)
27 Feb 1852 - 10 Apr 1933
Truman Osborn Angell
5 Jun 1810 - 16 Oct 1887
3 mentions
Mark Antony
83-30 BC
4 mentions
Historical Figure
3 mentions
4 mentions
1 mention
William Ivins Appleby
13 Aug 1811 - 20 May 1870
2 mentions
Historical Figure
James Appleton
16 Jan 1825 - 5 Nov 1845
1 mention
John Howard Appleton
3 Feb 1844 - 8 Feb 1930
1 mention
Historical Figure
1 mention
Native American
1 mention
1 mention
Ebenezer Arey
14 Oct 1769 - 17 Jan 1854
3 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
Host, Maine Mission
Thomas Arey
abt. 1779- aft. 1839
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Thomas Arey, d. 1891
abt. 1803-1891
8 mentions
Maine Mission
1 mention
United Brethren
1 mention
John Christopher Armstrong
27 Nov 1813 - 7 Jun 1881
3 mentions
Benedict Arnold
14 Jan 1741 - 14 Jun 1801
2 mentions
Historical Figure
1 mention
1 mention
Lucy Taysom Arnold
15 Feb 1820 - 5 Dec 1841
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
1 mention
1835 Southern Convert
François-Marie Arouet
21 Nov 1694 - 30 May 1778
6 mentions
Historical Figure
Michael Arthur
19 May 1800 - 8 Aug 1884
1 mention
Missionary
2 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
2 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
3 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
2 mentions
James M. Ashley
24 Nov 1824 - 16 Sep 1896
1 mention
Elisha Askew
unk.-unk.
2 mentions
David Rice Atchison
11 Aug 1807 - 26 Jan 1886
3 mentions
Thomas Atkin (Jr.)
7 Jul 1833 - 18 Apr 1919
1 mention
3 mentions
3 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Dan Atwood
4 Nov 1787 - 17 Dec 1863
1 mention
Mary Atwood
1797- unk.
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Millen Atwood
24 May 1817 - 17 Dec 1890
20 mentions
Missionary
Miner G. Atwood
18 Mar 1823 - 21 Jul 1902
Polly Sawyer Atwood
12 Jun 1790 - 16 Oct 1875
Samuel F. Atwood
27 Feb 1825 - 1 May 1906
Edwin Nelson Austin
5 Sep 1840 - 23 May 1920
1 mention
2 mentions
Host
Allen A. Avery
(1812-1877)
1 mention
Zion's Camp
1 mention
Daniel Avery
1 Jul 1797 - 16 Oct 1851
Elroy McKendree Avery
14 Jul 1844 - 1 Dec 1935
1 mention
Historical Figure
Philander Avery
13 Jun 1822 - 9 May 1907
1 mention
Historical Figure