Show BIOGRAPHY PRESIDENT A Long Life Consecrated to the Church of or Ills HIli Choice Salt Lake Lalta City Sep 5 Wilford Wilford Woodruff fourth president of the Church CJ of of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints was born at Farmington now Avon Aron Hartford rd county Connecticut on March 1 1807 and was the youngest of three children He lIc came of ofa a long- long lived stock stocIe Isis His great grandfather Josiah Woodruff lived to the age of years and his grandfather Eldad Woodruff also albo attained a ripe 01 old 1 age In youth and early manhood Wilford assisted his father in his business of u a Hour flour OUI miller and later conducted a similar similar similar sim sim- ilar business on his bis own account In 1832 1333 he purchased a farm farID and saw sawmill near Richmond Os Oswego go county N. N Y and he settled tiled there lie Ite joined the Church of Jesus Christ Christof of Latter Latter-da Latter day Saints in 1834 and in May of or that year ear accompanied Joseph Smith the prophet and his little band to Missouri S SIn In 1834 he heas was as ordained l priest and went Tent on a mission to Arkansas Tennessee Ten Ten- and l Kentuck Kentucky and in May 1 1837 he be commenced a second missionary missionary mission mission- al' al ary tour this time v visiting Maine and Fox islands Ap April il 26 1839 he lie was was was' elevated to the tho rank of apostle at Far Fat West Mo In August following he be went to England on a mission and established established the first branch of the Mormon church In London He lIe returned returned re re- turned to Nauvoo in to 1841 and two years later V was S again laboring as a a. missionary in the eastern states but returned to Nauvoo on hearin hearing of the tho assassination of Joseph Smith the I 7 n 4 1 I prophet prophet- 0 In 1844 ISH ho made mace another missionary trip to England returning in time to join the tho exodus of the Mormon people from Nauvoo lIe He came across the plains with kith the earliest pioneers in 1847 18 Leaving his family and friends at Winter Quarters he be traveled with Brigham Young and the pioneer company of men a thousand miles across the deseret into the midst of the no Rocky ky mountains arriving in tho valley of Great Salt Lake on ou July 24 1847 He lie assisted in inlaying la laying ing out the future city of Salt Lake and in iu u building a a. fort sort In 1848 he returned to the east on missionary work w ork and came back to Salt Lake by vi wagon agon in 1850 In 10 that year he was elected to the senate of the provisional state of Des- Des ciet cret and nd sewed served 2 21 1 years in hi ri the legis legislative legislative assembly in is Utah At the general conference of April 1889 he became the life president of the church with George Q Cannon and Jossph Joseph F. F South Smith as counselors In addition to his work and responsibilities as head of the church which required him to sign and approve of every draft and official document he was president of f Zions Zion's Savings bank and the Z C. C M. M I. I two immense financial financial finan finau cial vial and mercantile establishments He was s also director in various companies companies compa compa- nies hies and was identified with other minor business interests He Ite had 32 33 children 21 of whom are living 04 grandchildren and a a. number of great grandchildren His IUs wife Sirs Mrs Emma Woodruff is still alive and in good good health She was born on born on MarchI March 1 I 1838 at Independence Mo and came camo to Utah in 1849 She was a Miss Smith daughter of Samuel Smith who die died while crossing th the c plains |