Abraham Owen Woodruff
Abraham Owen Woodruff (1872-1904) was born 23 Nov. 1872 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He was the sixth child of Wilford Woodruff and Emma Smith. He married Helen May Winters on 3 Jun. 1897 in Salt Lake City; officiated by his father; participated in plural marriage. He was ordained an Apostle by his father on 7 Oct. 1897 in Salt Lake City. He died 20 Jun. 1904 in El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas.
Footnotes
Abraham Owen Woodruff (KWC8-S2J), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 8 Feb. 2022). Abraham Owen Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/abraham-owen-woodruff, accessed 8 Feb. 2022). Abraham O. Woodruff, The Journal of George F. Richards, (https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/george-f-richards/people/abraham-o-woodruff, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:Emma Smith was Born at Diahman Davis County Missouri. March 1st 1838 Emma Smith Daughter of Samuel & Martecia Smith Married to Wilford Woodruff sen March 13 1853 Names Born Married Died Age Hiram Smith at 4 oclock pm Oct 4 1857 Nov 24 1858 1 year. 1.M ... -
Excerpt:Nov 10 1872 [FIGURE] The City of Boston has been burning now for 24 hour ^$^100000000 dollar worth of property Destroyed. Telegraph say 300 Acres of the Heart of the City burned. I red in Meeting the latter part of the 4' section of the Doctrins & Covenants containing the commandment of the Lord to Newel K Whitney to go to the cities of Albany New York, & Boston & warn those cities of the utter Desolation which awaited them if they rejected the ...Dates:November 10, 1872 November 11, 1872 November 12, 1872 November 13, 1872 November 14, 1872 November 15, 1872 November 16, 1872 November 17, 1872 November 18, 1872 November 19, 1872 November 20, 1872 November 21, 1872 November 22, 1872 November 23, 1872 November 24, 1872 -
Excerpt:November 25, 1872 ~ Monday Nov 25, 1872 25 I spent the day at home choreing & attended A council in the Evening in the [FIGURE] City hall I received a letter from David November 26, 1872 ~ Tuesday to November 28, 1872 ~ Thursday 26, 27, 28. I spent the time husking corn & putting up fodder November 29, 1872 ~ Friday 29. I came to the City spent several hours with Col Saxe Paid him ...Dates:November 25, 1872 November 26, 1872 November 27, 1872 November 28, 1872 November 29, 1872 November 30, 1872 December 1, 1872 December 2, 1872 December 3, 1872 December 4, 1872 December 5, 1872 December 6, 1872 December 7, 1872 December 8, 1872 December 9, 1872 December 10, 1872 December 11, 1872 -
Excerpt:November 20, 1876 ~ Monday to November 24, 1876 ~ Friday Nov 20, 1876 20 to 24. [FIGURES] I spent this week and most of the time since I have been in St George In preparing the names of the Hart family for sealing in the Temple when I have an oppertunity also the Woodruff family. I have 360 sealing for the Hart family, and a good many for the Woodruff November 25, 1876 ~ Saturday 25 [FIGURES] I received 5 Letters from Phebe,Dates:November 20, 1876 November 24, 1876 November 25, 1876 November 26, 1876 November 27, 1876 November 28, 1876 November 29, 1876 November 30, 1876 -
Excerpt:December 10, 1876 ~ Sunday Dec 10, 1876 Sunday Met at 10 oclok B Young spoke 50. ^Afternoon^ E Snow spoke 1 Hour & 7 M[inutes] W Woodruff spoke 35 Minuts. At the close of the Meeting we drove to Solon Fosters and spent the night 10 M[iles] December 11, 1876 ~ Monday [FIGURE] ^11th^ On our return to the city we found President Young vary poorly with Rheumatic fever the pain in hise feet was so ...Dates:December 10, 1876 December 11, 1876 December 12, 1876 December 13, 1876 December 14, 1876 December 15, 1876 December 16, 1876 December 17, 1876 -
Excerpt:Dec 17, 1876 Sunday Meeting opened by Prayer By Br G Hougan B Young jr spoke 44 M[inutes], T O Angel 4 W Woodruff 30 M[inutes]. I then rode with Br Hougan to Tokerville & held a Meeting in the Meeting House W Woodruff spoke to the People 55 Minuts then the Meeting was Dismissed I spent the Evening in conversation with the Brethren & visiting John M Higby He was 72 yers old & in poor Health I spent the night with Bishop ...Dates:December 18, 1876 December 19, 1876 December 20, 1876 December 21, 1876 December 23, 1876 December 24, 1876 -
Excerpt:May 23, 1877 we gave Endowments to 130, Ordained 44 Elders J. D. T McAllister sealed 26 Eldcouple and 2 Adoptions May 24, 1877 ~ Thursday 24. we gave Endowments to 134, Ordained 44 Elders. J D T McAllister sealed 15 couple D H Cannon 21 J McAllister Adopted 3 persons & gave second Anointings to 4 persons This is the first day W Woodruff has presided at the Temple since he was sick May 25, 1877 ~ ...Dates:May 24, 1877 May 25, 1877 May 26, 1877 May 27, 1877 May 28, 1877 May 29, 1877 May 30, 1877 -
Excerpt:August 14, 1877 ~ Tuesday Aug 14, 1877 we drove to St George over a vary rough road as it was yesterday. I telegraphed to President Young of my arival and had one in return August 15, 1877 ~ Wednesday 15. I spent the day in the Temple we gave 55 Endowments Ordained 22 Elders J D T McAllister sealed 5 couple & ^[FIGURE]^ D. H. Cannon 6 I wrote 2 letters to MrDates:August 14, 1877 August 15, 1877 August 16, 1877 August 17, 1877 August 18, 1877 August 19, 1877 August 20, 1877 -
Excerpt:April 6, 1879 find me alive and a free man God knoweth April 7, 1879 ~ Monday 7. we had a terrible sand storm to day the wind blew so hard that it was almost impossible for a man to work out of Doors John W Young Placed his water ram in the creek to day He had 12 feet fall water rum through a 1 1/2 inch p[i]pe 100 feet rise which brought the water into the fort on top of the hill which was a vary ingennous invention April ...Dates:April 7, 1879 April 8, 1879 April 9, 1879 April 10, 1879 April 11, 1879 April 12, 1879 April 13, 1879 April 14, 1879 April 15, 1879 April 16, 1879 -
Excerpt:May 19, 1879 ~ Monday May 19, 188179 [FIGURE] I wrote to day 8 Letters to McAllister ^4^ Bleak LB Phebe, Emma, Nellie, Asahel, Clara, Owen, Blanch & J Jaques May 20, 1879 ~ Tuesday 20 I wrote 4 Letters to day to McAllister LB & Bleak & Julia Spencer I sent toDates:May 19, 1879 May 20, 1879 May 21, 1879 May 22, 1879 May 23, 1879