John Jay Woodruff
John Jay Woodruff (1873-1964) was born 14 Aug. 1873 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory. He was the sixth child of Wilford Woodruff and Sarah Delight Stocking. He married Annie Leonora Elizabeth Nielson on 24 Jun. 1903 in Salt Lake City. He died 1 Nov. 1964 in Boise, Ada Co., Idaho.
Footnotes
John Jay Woodruff (KWJZ-PHP), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 20 Feb. 2021). John Jay Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/john-jay-woodruff, accessed 8 Feb. 2022). Utah County Clerk, “Marriage Records, 1887-1966: Index of Marriage Certificates A-C 1887-1915 Certificates A-C 1887-1915,” p. 70, David Creeland Burrows and Emeline Woodruff; Cache County Court, Logan, UT; microfilm 430301, DGS 4540805, image 290/613. “Idaho Death Indexes,” database with images, Idaho Health and Welfare (https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/, accessed 4 Feb. 2021); Idaho. Department of Health and Welfare: Idaho Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics: Death Certificates, file no. 5633 (1964), John J. Woodruff.“John Jay Woodruff,” Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake Co., UT; Find A Grave, 1 Feb. 2000, memorial no. 57794 (https://findagrave.com, accessed 2 Feb. 2021).
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Excerpt:Sarah Delight Stockings Daughter of John & [blank] Stockings was married to Wilford Woodruff sen July 31. 1857 She was born in Canton Hartford Co Connecticut July 28 1838 Names Births Marriages Deaths Age Marion June 1st 1861 Emeline July 25 30 m past 9 PM 1863 ... -
Excerpt:West Jordan, June 26, 1886 Emeline Woodruff My dear Daughter I received your letter of the 22. And I received one before that, I had not answered. The reason I had not written before is I have been at work getting up a synopsis of all my journals for 51 years, that I could record in my Last journal so I could lay them away, then I have to write from 2 to 8 letters a day myself on Church business. It is not because I have forgotten your or ...Dates:June 26, 1886 -
Excerpt:March 1, 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 & wifeDates:March 1, 1889 -
Excerpt:November 1, 1888 ~ Thursday November 1, 1888 [FIGURE] I signed 42 Recommends. I received 20 letters I wrote 7 Letters 5 Pub & to Jack & Jaques I spent the Evening with James Sharp family November 2, 1888 ~ Friday 2 [FIGURE] I signed 32 Recommends. I received 16 Letters I wrote 11 Letters 6 Pub & to McAllister and Cannon Atkin, Sarah & Jaques. I went ...Dates:November 1, 1888 November 2, 1888 November 4, 1888 November 5, 1888 November 6, 1888 November 13, 1888 -
Excerpt:December 14, 1889 ~ Saturday Dec 14, 1889 I spent the day at the farm Emma was quite sick with somthing like inflamitory Rheumatism December 15, 1889 ~ Sunday 15 Sunday I spent the day at the farm December 16, 1889 ~ Monday 16 I signed ^10^ Recommends I received ^8^ Letters I wrote ^2^ Letters to Phebe & Susan Scholes & sent them $20 for Christmass. I wrote toDates:December 14, 1889 December 15, 1889 December 16, 1889 December 17, 1889 December 18, 1889 December 19, 1889 -
Excerpt:March 22, 1887 ~ Tuesday March 22 1887 I was quite poorly this morning I wrote 4 Letters to Bulah, [FIGURE] Ella, Willie & Birdie Betie March 23, 1887 ~ Wednesday 23. [FIGURE] I wrote 5 7 Letters to Delight, Emeline, Marion, Ensign John & Julia Woodruff to Sarah & Milton W. SnowDates:March 22, 1887 March 23, 1887 March 24, 1887 March 24, 1887 March 25, 1887 March 25, 1887 March 26, 1887 March 27, 1887 March 28, 1887 -
Excerpt:April 24, 1887 I laid hands upon Sister Emma Thompson who was commencing in Labor I then Administerd to Mother Cottam went to my chamber and received ^11^ Letters from 3 Jaques Emma, M Thatcher, ^[FIGURE]^ Joseph F Smith, Roskelley, Sarah, Bell, Newton, & Mary I then went to bed April 25, 1887 ~ Monday 25 [FIGURES] SisterDates:April 24, 1887 April 25, 1887 April 26, 1887 April 27, 1887 April 28, 1887 April 29, 1887 April 30, 1887 May 1, 1887 May 2, 1887 -
Excerpt:May 26, 1887 We were weighed & measured this morning Woodruff weighed 172 lbs measured 42 1/2 inches around the breast, 43 around the waist was was 5 feet 7 inches in highth F M Lyman weighed 245 lbs, 48 inches around the Breast, 44 around the waist, 6 feet 2 inches in highth John Henry Smith weighed 236 lbs, 44 inches around the breast 40 around the waist 6 feet 1/2 inch in highth We spent the day together vary plesantly in conversing upon ...Dates:May 26, 1887 May 27, 1887 May 28, 1887 May 29, 1887 May 30, 1887 May 31, 1887 June 1, 1887 -
Excerpt:3 PRESIDENT'S OFFICE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. P.O.BOX B. Salt Lake U.T. 188 Sarah Delight Woodruff 5 Marion Woodruff 1 Bertha Stevenson WAoodruff 1 Ella Woodruff 1 E Barrows Barrow 1 Emaline W Barrow 1 Wilford W Barrows 1 Ensign Woodruff 1 John Woodruff 1 Julia Woodruff 1 14 ...