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About Wilford Woodruff, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Wikipedia Biographical Summary:
"...Wilford Woodruff, Sr. (March 1, 1807 – September 2, 1898) was the fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1889 until his death. Woodruff's large collection of diaries provide an important record of Latter Day Saint history.
"...Woodruff was one of nine children born to Aphek Woodruff, a miller working in Farmington, Connecticut. Wilford's mother Beulah died of "spotted fever" in 1808 at the age of 26, when Wilford was just fifteen months old. As a young man, Wilford worked at a sawmill and a flour mill owned by his father..."
"...Woodruff issued the 1890 Manifesto which ended the church's official support of plural marriage in the territory of the United States and directed Latter-day Saints to only enter into marriages that are recognized by the laws in the areas in which they reside..."
"...Like many early Latter Day Saints, Woodruff practiced plural marriage. He was married to five (possibly six) women; however, not all of these marriages were concurrent. His wives were:
- Phoebe Whittemore Carter, m. 13 April 1837
- Mary Ann Jackson, m. 15 April 1846 (later divorced)
- Emma Smoot Smith (1838-1911), m. 13 March 1853
- Sarah Brown (1834-1909), m. 13 March 1853
- Sarah Delight Stocking (1838-1907), m. 1857[2]
Woodruff's wives bore him a total of thirty-three children, with thirteen preceding him in death..."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff
http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/presidents/controllers/potcControl...
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http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/people/wilford_woodruff.html
Wilford Woodruff
(1807-1898)
A member of the Mormon advance party that reached the Valley of the Great Salt Lake in 1847, Wilford Woodruff had joined the church in 1832 at its original settlement in Kirtland, Ohio. Made an Apostle of the Church in 1839, when the Mormons had re-settled at Nauvoo, Illinois, Woodruff traveled widely throughout the United States as a missionary for the faith and made two successful missionary trips to England in the early 1840's. In Utah, he was a community leader whose journal of those early days has become a key document in the history of the church.
Woodruff was appointed the official church historian in 1875, president of the Twelve Apostles of the Church in 1880, and succeeded to the church presidency in 1889. In 1890 he issued the "Manifesto" that brought the Mormon practice of plural marriage, or polygamy, to an end, and it was under his leadership that the church began its withdrawal from domination of social, political and economic life in Utah.
GEDCOM Note
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased
BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
~BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 4 Nov 1879
~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 28 Apr 2010, LVEGA.
Fourth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 7 2020, 8:38:41 UTC
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Wilford Woodruff, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints's Timeline
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March 1, 1807
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Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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March 7, 1807
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Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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December 31, 1833
Age 26
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July 14, 1838
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Scarboro, Cumberland, Maine, United States
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March 22, 1840
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Montrose, Lee County, Iowa, USA
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March 4, 1842
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Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
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July 25, 1843
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Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA
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July 18, 1845
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Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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