| Show BIOGRAPHY OF THE PRE PRESIDENT r I 1 A conff long life consecrated to the churchon Church Cli of ills choice salt lake city sep 5 wilford woodruff fourth president of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints was born bora at F farmington armington now avon hartford artford II county connecticut on march 1 1807 and was the youngest of three children lie ile came of a long li lived ved stock nis his great grandfather josiah woodruff lived to the age of years and his grandfather eldad woodruff also attained a ripe old age in you youth tl and early manhood adford assisted his father in his business ol of a flour miller andlauer and later conducted a similar business on big own account in 1832 be purchased a farm and sawmill saw mill near richmond oiw oswego ego county N Y 7 and settled there lie ile joined the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in 1834 and in may of that year accompanied joseph smith the prophet and ills his little hand band to missouri in 1334 1834 he was ordained priest and went on a mission to arkansas tennessee and kentucky and la in may 1837 lie commenced a second mission sty ary tour this time vi visiting biting maine and fox in lands april 26 1839 9 lie he was elevated to the rank of apostle at far west vest mo in august following lie ho went to england on a mission and established the first branch of the mormon church in london lie ile returned to nauvoo in 1841 and two years later was waa again laboring as a missionary in the eastern states but returned to nauvoo on hearing of the assassination of joseph smith the pr prophet orbet in 1814 1844 he be made another mission mi onar rl trip to england returning antl in lime to join the exodus of the mormon people from nauvoo ue lie came across the plains with the tha earliest pioneers in 1817 leaving hit his family and friends at winter quarters he be traveled with brigham young and the lite pioneer company of men n tell a thousand miles across the deseret into the midst of the rocky mountains arriving arri in tb the valley ovalleY of great salt sall lake on 0 july 21 1817 1847 he assisted in laying out the future city of salt lake arid and to in building a fort in isis 1848 lie ha returned to the east on missionary work and came back to salt lake by bv wagon 1 in n 1850 ea elected acted to tho the in that a t y year ar bens he 0 senate of the provisional tato a of deseret and served 21 years yean in the legislative assembly asse abl 7 in utah at the general conf conference erenea of ft april 1880 he became the president of tho the church with george Q cannon bud and jossph F I 1 smith as counselors in addition to his work and respond ties ms as head of the church which required liim him to sign and approve of every draft and official document he was president of zions savings bank a and ud the Z CM I 1 L two immense financial finana c ial and mercantile establishments iia was waa also director in various companies nies and was identified with other minor business interests ile he had 33 31 children 21 of whom are living 94 04 grandchildren and a burn nurn number b ei of great grandchildren ills his wife mrs deml emica na woodruff is still alive and in goodbe good health alth she was born on march 1 18 1833 33 at independence mo and came to utah in 1819 1849 she was a mias smith daughter of samuel smith who died while crossing the plains |
