Susan Cornelia Woodruff Scholes
Susan Cornelia Woodruff Scholes (1843-1897) was born 25 Jul. 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. She was the fourth child of Wilford Woodruff and Phebe Whittemore Carter. She married Robert Scholes on 30 Jan. 1859 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, and they had seven children. She was baptized by Wilford Woodruff on 25 Jul. 1852. She died in 1897 in Sioux, Woodbury Co., Iowa.
Footnotes
Susan Cornelia Woodruff (KWVG-XRZ), Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). Susan Cornelia Woodruff Scholes, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/susan-cornelia-woodruff-scholes, accessed 19 Mar. 2022). Susan Woodruff, The Emmeline B. Wells Diaries (https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/search?q=%22Susan+Woodruff%22&lang=eng, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). Susan Cornelia Woodruff Scholes, The First Fifty Years of Relief Society (https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/people/susan-cornelia-woodruff-scholes, accessed 17 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:December 16, 1865 ~ Saturday Dec 16th 1865 I spent the day in the Endowment House we gave Endowments to 31. H. C. Kimball sealed 4 couple, G. Q. Cannon 24 couple it is vary cold winter weather it is snowing most of the day December 17, 1865 ~ Sunday 17. We had a large fall of snow last night & it took me nearly all Sunday day to get the snow off my roofs I did not go to Meeting ...Dates:December 16, 1865 December 16, 1865 December 17, 1865 December 18, 1865 December 19, 1865 December 20, 1865 December 21, 1865 December 22, 1865 -
Excerpt:May 23, 1869 ~ Sunday May 23rd 1869 Sunday I met the largest Assembly at Fort Harriman that I had Ever seen in that place & spoke to them twice during the day A number of them bore testimony May 24, 1869 ~ Monday 24 Jeremiah carried me home to S L City distance both ways 40 40 Miles It Rained mostly through the day May 25, 1869 ~ Tuesday 25 It rained hard all day May 26, 1869 ~ ...Dates:May 23, 1869 May 24, 1869 May 25, 1869 May 26, 1869 May 27, 1869 -
Excerpt:May 27, 1869 it was Hard to put him under the Influence of cloriform & hard to come out of it Presidt Young Came a short time But his leg was taken off when he got there. It has stoped Raining & cleared up to day I wrote a letter to Wilford [FIGURE] May 28, 1869 ~ Friday 278. [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to A. O. Smoot we got a letter from [FIGURE] Susan I went to the ...Dates:May 28, 1869 May 29, 1869 May 30, 1869 May 31, 1869 June 1, 1869 June 2, 1869 -
Excerpt:January 1, 1870 ~ Saturday Jan 1, 1870 This is New Years day I attended the school of the Prophets Joseph F Smith Prayed B Young jr spoke 28 Minutes G Q Cannon 21 M[inutes], D. H. Wells 28 & three other Brethren spoke 2 or 3 M[inutes] January 2, 1870 ~ Sunday 2nd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended Meeting at the Tabernacle H W Nesbit ...Dates:January 1, 1870 January 2, 1870 January 3, 1870 January 4, 1870 January 5, 1870 January 6, 1870 January 7, 1870 January 8, 1870 -
Excerpt:Jan 8, 186970 I met with the school of the Prophets & D. H. Wells O Pratt W. Woodruff & some others addressed the Meeting President Young is quite sick to day January 9, 1870 ~ Sunday 9. Sunday [FIGURE] I received 2 letters from Wilford & Susan she has another son & call his name George I met with my Quorum in the Morning & Attended Meeting in the Tabernacle ...Dates:January 9, 1870 January 10, 1870 -
Excerpt:March 27, 1870 A sorrel mare colt. I did not attend meeting in the fore noon I Attended in the Afternoon A visitor Layman spoke in the Afternoon 66 minutes his whole subject was to Believe in Jesus He was followed By S. W. Richards who gave an account of his mission East I went to President Youngs office & conversed with D. H. Wells G Q. Cannon & Joseph A Young upon the signs of the times then ...Dates:March 28, 1870 March 29, 1870 March 30, 1870 March 31, 1870 April 1, 1870 -
Excerpt:April 2, 1870 ~ Saturday April 2nd 1870 I Attended the school of the prophets & speeches were made By Pres- ident Wells & several of the Twelve I went to the News office & signed the Protest against the Passage of the Cullom Bill By the senate. A contribution was taken up in the school to pay for sending the Papers & Pamphlet to each Member of Congress some $75 was collected. I attended the funeral of Mother Jordan R L ...Dates:April 2, 1870 April 3, 1870 April 4, 1870 April 5, 1870 April 6, 1870 April 7, 1870 -
Excerpt:July 10th 1870 when the woman touched him. All may not be healed that I lay hands upon, but many are healed. If man did not taste the bitter He could not know the sweet or com- prehend the contrast, all who are fallen will be redeemed in there time & day except the sons of perdition & it requires a Divine sacrafice to redeem any world July 11, 1870 ~ Monday July 11 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Wilford & went to the ...Dates:July 10, 1870 July 11, 1870 July 12, 1870 July 16, 1870 July 17, 1870 July 18, 1870 July 19, 1870 July 20, 1870 July 21, 1870 July 22, 1870 July 23, 1870 July 24, 1870 July 25, 1870 -
Excerpt:Aug 134 1870 Afternoon the People met in the New Tabernacle to hear the finishing speeches in the Discussion O. Pratt spoke first one hour & answered Dr Newman arguments he was followed by Dr Newman who labored hard to make truth an Error He had no scripture to maintain his ground. I met with the Presidency & Twelve for Prayer August 15, 1870 ~ Monday to August 18, 1870 ~ Thursday 15 to 18. I spent the time stacking & Threshing wheat I met on Friday with ...Dates:August 14, 1870 August 15, 1870 August 18, 1870 August 19, 1870 August 20, 1870 August 21, 1870 August 22, 1870 August 25, 1870 August 26, 1870 August 27, 1870 August 28, 1870 August 29, 1870 August 30, 1870 -
Excerpt:October 11, 1870 ~ Tuesday Oct 11, 1870 President B. Young & G. A. Smith with most of the Twelve & several others took a car at 5 oclok at Salt Lake Depo for a trip to Evanston we stoped in provo [Ogden] a short time then took cars to the East went through Echo to Evanston there Met with Mr Ames the President of the Union Pacific Rail Road & Mr Sidney Dillon Vice-President ...Dates:October 11, 1870 October 12, 1870 October 13, 1870 October 14, 1870 October 15, 1870 October 16, 1870 October 17, 1870 October 18, 1870 October 19, 1870