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Wilford Woodruff Home |
Wilford Woodruff Home
Nauvoo, Illinois |
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Biography |
Wilford Woodruff was born March 1, 1807 at Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut and baptized December 31, 1833 at Richland, New York. He married Phoebe W. Carter April 13, 1837 at Kirtland, Ohio.He was ordained a member of the Twelve Apostles on April 16, 1839 and moved to Nauvoo October 6, 1841 where he was elected to the Nauvoo City Council October 30, 1841. He was endowed in the upper floor of Joseph Smith's General Store December 2, 1843. Woodruff became the fourth president of the Mormon Church April 7, 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. | |
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Wilford Woodruff Home
Nauvoo, Illinois |
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Entry from Wilford Woodruff's Journal |
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"I have had for several days past some conversation with a number of the brethren concerning building a house for myself and family. As I had spent most of my time in the vineyard for the last ten years and would probably spend much of my time to come in the same way, I desired to have a house for my family to abide in and be comfortable in my absence. Several of the brethern proffered to assist me to brick and other materials and help me put it into a house. Brother John Fidoe would superintend the building. So, on the 22nd day of May we went onto the ground and staked out the ground for my house the dimensions of which are as follows laid out in Lot No 1 in Block 106 in the city of Nauvoo fronting Durphy Street on the east. It is to be 32 by 20 in the clear. Two stories high built of brick. I cleared away my ground and commenced digging my cellar for my house." (1) | |
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References |
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1. Kenney, Scott G., ed. "Wilford Woodruff's Journals: 1833-1898" (Midvale, UT: Signature Books, 1983). | | |
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