Show BIOGRAPHY OF atie PRESIDENT A borig I 1 ong I 1 if iff nm artl t tile ch cl enli r or of liol suit stilt liue aie city I 1 ap sip 5 6 vilfrid Vil Al foid foll woodruff fourth president of tile hie ellrich of jesus christ of latter latler dt di saints was boi n at 1 armington nov non avon county on march 1 1807 and w N as the 3 of abi ee children chil dien lie came of along lived block his great reat joseah woodruff Woud ruil lived to the alio age of scars and ills his grandfather eladid woodruff also alao attained ft a fript ol 01 oil I 1 age lit in youth and eaily inan manhood hood IN ilford assisted his f ather in ills his business of a flour miller and later conducted a film alm ilar business on ilia hia own it con count at in 1833 1832 lie pun pur ham has I 1 a farm farin and saw mill near richmond abs i go county N I 1 and settled se tiled there lie ile joined the church of jesus chust chiist of latter day saints in 1831 and in may of that year joseph smith tho the prophet and lits lilt little hand band to missouri in 1834 he was ordained oida ined priest and went on a mission to arkansas tennessee and kentucky and in may 1837 lie he commenced a second mission aay tour this thi tune tinie visiting maino maine and I 1 ox islands kaill 20 1839 he was elevated to the danl of apostle at rat FBI IN est mo blo in august following ho he vent to Iti england giand en cli a mission and 1 tile the fiest blanch of the in london ile ho re tinned to nauvoo in 1841 and two bearn later was again m n a missionary in the hie castern statch but I 1 out tied to on oil heal healing ing of tile the us of josept joseph smith tile prophet in 1844 made another trip to rn glaud ic turning in time to join the exodus of the mot monnon nion people from from nauvoo lie ile came across aarom the plains with the earliest ein sin in 1847 1 I laving caving hl bl family and atI at winter VInter quartets teis it in ld with and tile hie lioner company of 14 HI 1 int nun 11 a holmand aboss the tha ce I 1 ae r c it 10 into t 0 hit bildt of the lite rocky mountains at i iving in the valley of great salt alt take on oil july hily 14 4 1817 lie ile bleI in ladimir a air out the future city of salt r like ind ill buil buildings dinga foit tit in 1848 lie he rt iiii ned to the enst on missionary sot aik oik k c unit aim back bach to halt I 1 lake by amlott 11 friio it 3 ile liebi 14 AS kited to the sanate sini ilc of lit lite hie pt state of ducs CIA ei t and 21 yean in the algis dative in utah at tile general cne iAl of p abill lie he lin ame the tnt of fit uie the clinia mith gcorge Q cannon and jossph I 1 mieth us as in addition to his hia work and tin d cespon as lead head ut of alie chinch abich w hichi blin to sign and approve of eveia druff draft find document lie h mat at pt esitt t of zion aoa a Savi ngn bault batik and tin tile C M I 1 W two 0 immense liu meade final clil ci il and ito hu was vas also direct director oi in various compa n alen ies and was identified with ith other mincar I 1 lie I 1 i had 11 child I 1 en 21 of who N boin inara are living 94 1 giand chil hil iren and it a i oj of gi gibat eat gi and children ilia wife mrs Li cinitia nitia in haill detill allvenn alive and d in good slit lic N ati born on march I 1 ibis lit mu and dine came to utah in 1811 she he was a i misi sineth fl diug of mho bo died wai ile ci th the e plains |