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Wilford Woodruff


Birth1 March 1807Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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     Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Wilford Woodruff, 2 September 1898; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, p. 80; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; DGS 4139834.

    BillionGraves, database and images, memorial page for Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898), memorial #44049568.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "President Woodruff Dead," 3 September 1898, p. 1, columns 1-4, p. 5, columns 1-6, p. 7, column 4.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 38, entry 480, p. 42, p. 88, entry 1091, FHL microfilm 183393.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Wilford Woodruff, folder "Abraham O. Smoot's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#18), image 1, line 2; and entry for Willford Woodruff, folder "Third 100, schedules, circa 1847 November" (#63), image 1, line 8.
Death2 September 1898San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
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     Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Wilford Woodruff, 2 September 1898; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, p. 80; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; DGS 4139834.

    BillionGraves, database and images, memorial page for Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898), memorial #44049568.

    Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah: Tribune Pub. Co., 1871-1919), "President Woodruff Dead," 3 September 1898, p. 1, columns 1-4, p. 5, columns 1-6, p. 7, column 4.
Burial8 September 1898Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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     Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, Wilford Woodruff, 2 September 1898; citing San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, p. 80; Salt Lake County Management and Archives, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; DGS 4139834.

    BillionGraves, database and images, memorial page for Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898), memorial #44049568.
FatherAphek Woodruff
MotherBeulah Thompson
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   • Phebe Whittemore Carter
Married13 April 1837Geauga County, Ohio, United States
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    Ohio County Clerks, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (Ohio: County courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Wilford Woodruff and Phebe W. Carter (13 April 1837); citing Geauga County, Ohio, Probate Court, "Records v. A-C 1806-1842," p. 215; FHL microfilm 873461.
          Children:
               Sarah Emma Woodruff
               Wilford Woodruff
               Phoebe Amelia Woodruff
               Susan Cornelia Woodruff
               Joseph Woodruff
               Ezra Woodruff
               Shuah Carter Woodruff
               Beulah Augusta Woodruff
               Aphek Woodruff


   • Mary Ann Jackson
Married2 August 1846Cutler's Park, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), 2 August 1846.
          Children:
               James Jackson Woodruff


   • Sarah Elinor Brown
Married2 August 1846Cutler's Park, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), 2 August 1846.

   • Mary Caroline Barton
Married2 August 1846Cutler's Park, US Federal Territory (now Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States)
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    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), 2 August 1846.

   • Clarissa Harriman Hardy
Married20 April 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 42, FHL microfilm 183393.

   • Mary Meeks Giles
Married28 March 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 38, entry 480, FHL microfilm 183393.

    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), Journal (December 29, 1833 - January 3, 1838), p. 195.

   • Emma Smith
Married13 March 1853Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 88, entry 1092, FHL microfilm 183393.

    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), Journal (December 29, 1833 - January 3, 1838), p. 192.
          Children:
               Hyrum Smith Woodruff
               Emma Manella Woodruff
               Asahel Hart Woodruff
               Ann Thompson Woodruff
               Clara Martisha Woodruff
               Abraham Owen Woodruff
               Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
               Mary Alice Woodruff


   • Sarah Brown
Married13 March 1853Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 88, entry 1092, FHL microfilm 183393.

    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), Journal (December 29, 1833 - January 3, 1838), p. 191.
          Children:
               David Patten Woodruff
               Brigham Young Woodruff
               Phoebe Arabell Woodruff
               Sylvia Melvina Woodruff
               Newton Woodruff
               Mary Woodruff
               Charles Henry Woodruff
               Edward Randolph Woodruff


   • Sarah Delight Stocking
Married31 July 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Mrs. Delight Stocking Woodruff," 2 June 1906, p. 5, columns 2-3.

    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), Journal (December 29, 1833 - January 3, 1838), p. 195.
          Children:
               Marion Woodruff
               Emeline Woodruff
               Ensign Woodruff
               Jeremiah Woodruff
               Rosannah Woodruff
               John Jay Woodruff
               Julia Delight Stocking Woodruff


   • Eudora Lovina Young
Married10 March 1877
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    Wilford Woodruff, Wilford Woodruff journals and papers, 1828-1898 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), 10 March 1877.
          Children:
               Brigham Young Woodruff

Residences Label
• 1840Lee County, Iowa Territory, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, 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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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 67, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census14th Ward, Grt Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census14 Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City, 14th Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young Vanguard 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 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847
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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

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