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Wilford Woodruff


Birth22 March 1840Montrose, Lee, Iowa Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Wilford Woodruff Jr. (1840-1921), memorial #31206859.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Wilford Woodruff, ID: KWJC-JHB.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Wilford Woodruff, 6 May 1921; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States, image 165; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; DGS 4139727.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Wilford Woodruff, folder "Third 100, schedules, circa 1847 November" (#63), image 1, line 10.
Death6 May 1921Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Wilford Woodruff Jr. (1840-1921), memorial #31206859.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Wilford Woodruff, 6 May 1921; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States, image 165; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; DGS 4139727.
Burial10 May 1921Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Wilford Woodruff Jr. (1840-1921), memorial #31206859.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Wilford Woodruff, 6 May 1921; citing Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States, image 165; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; DGS 4139727.
FatherWilford Woodruff
MotherPhebe Whittemore Carter
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   • Emily Jane Smith
Married12 October 1867Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Brigham Young University-Idaho, Western States Marriage Index (Rexburg, Idaho: Brigham Young University-Idaho Special Collections, 2005), database, BYU-I Special Collections & Family History, entry for Wilford Woodruff Jr. and Emily Jane Smith (12 October 1867); citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, "Western States Marriage Index," marriage ID #253584.
          Children:
               Lucy Emily Woodruff
               Wilford Smith Woodruff
               Elias Smith Woodruff
               Asahel Smith Woodruff


   • Julia Spencer
Married25 May 1879St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Wilford Woodruff and Julia Spencer, ID: KWJC-JHB and ID: KWJC-JH1.
          Children:
               George Wilford Woodruff
               Leo Edgar Woodruff
               Phoebe Whittmore Carter Woodruff
               Emily Pearl Woodruff
               Julia Ellice Woodruff
               Frank Carter Woodruff


   • Maria Louisa Erickson
Married24 April 1896Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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    Utah County Clerks, Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940 (Utah: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Wilford Woodruff Jr. and Marie L. Erickson (24 April 1896); citing Salt Lake County, Utah, County Clerk, "Marriage licenses, bks. E-G 1893-1897 (copies of originals)," image 536; FHL microfilm 429056.

    Joseph Christenson, Joseph Christenson journals, 1888-1947, 24 April 1896.
          Children:
               Marie Woodruff
               Ezra Mozart Woodruff
               Ruth Woodruff

Residences Label
• 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census14th Ward, Gr't Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSugar House Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City, 14th Wd, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population Census8th District - First Precinct, Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population Census(Part of) Election District 10, Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage
• 1920 Population CensusPrecinct 113, Salt Lake, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Wilford Woodruff CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure16 Jun 1850
       Arrival14 Oct 1850
• Samuel D. White CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure15 Aug 1863
       Arrival15 Oct 1863

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