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Wilford Woodruff
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Clear AllBorn in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1807 March 1
Date Details
Occurred On 1807 March 1
Birth
Relationships
Father
Aphek Woodruff
Mother
Beulah Thompson
Baptized by Zera Pulsipher
1833 December 31 (Age 26)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Early Church Mission: North America Mission
1835 January 12 (Age 27)
1835 January 12 (Age 27)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Start Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Single
Residence When Called
Clay County, Missouri
Priesthood Office When Called
Priest
Location Served
Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Married Phebe Whittemore Carter
1837 April 13 (Age 30)
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1837 May 31 – 1838 April (Age 30)
1837 May 31 – 1838 April (Age 30)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1838 April
Departed from the Field
Additional Dates
Occurred On 1838 July 8
Appointed To Council Of Twelve
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Ohio
Priesthood Office When Called
Seventy
Location Served
New York, Canada, Eastern States, Fox Islands
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 118:6
1838 July 8 (Age 31)
Additional Information
Additional Notes
Doctrine and Covenants 118:6 in Far West, Missouri.
Doctrine and Covenants 124:129 in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Doctrine and Covenants 136:13 in Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
Doctrine and Covenants 138:53 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Official Declaration 1 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Departed from Home as Missionary
Central States Mission
1839 April 18 (Age 32)
1839 April 18 (Age 32)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1839 April
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Quincy, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Far West, Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Other
Called as Apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
1839 April 25 – 1889 April 7 (Age 32)
1839 April 25 – 1889 April 7 (Age 32)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1889 April 7
New Assignment
Departed from Home as Missionary
British Mission
1839 August 8 – 1841 April 21 (Age 32)
1839 August 8 – 1841 April 21 (Age 32)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1841 April 21
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Montrose, Iowa
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Additional Notes
On the way to England he preached in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and New York.
Media
Mission Photo
Mission Photo
Departed from Home as Missionary
Central States Mission
1842 (Age 34)
1842 (Age 34)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Start Date Not Found
Released
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
St Louis, Missouri
Mission Qualifier
Other
Additional Notes
He went to purchase paper for the Times and Seasons newspaper.
Departed from Home as Missionary
Eastern States Mission
1843 July 9 – November 19 (Age 36)
1843 July 9 – November 19 (Age 36)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1843 November 19
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Departed from Home as Missionary
Joseph Smith Presidential Campaign Mission
1844 May 13 – August 6 (Age 37)
1844 May 13 – August 6 (Age 37)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1844 August 6
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
Mission Qualifier
Other
Additional Notes
He was sent to visit conferences in these states and to campaign for Joseph Smith as US President.
Arrived in the Field as Mission President
British Mission
1845 January 3 – 1846 April 23 (Age 37)
1845 January 3 – 1846 April 23 (Age 37)
Start Date Details
Arrived in the Field
End Date Details
Ended On 1846 April 23
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Illinois
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Mission Companionship
Phoebe Whittemore Carter Woodruff
Married Mary Ann Jackson
1846 April 15 (Age 39)
Married Sarah Elinor Brown
1846 August 2 (Age 39)
Joined Brigham Young Vanguard Company
1847 April 16 – July 21 (Age 40)
Start Date Details
Joined When Organization was Formed
End Date Details
Ended On 1847 July 21
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Additional Notes
Called to help organize a company for the westward journey (D&C 136:12-14).
Called as Mission President
Eastern States Mission
1848 April 22 – 1850 April (Age 41)
1848 April 22 – 1850 April (Age 41)
Start Date Details
Called
End Date Details
Ended On 1850 April
Departed from the Field
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Winter Quarters, Nebraska
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Location Served
Eastern States, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and adjacentislands
Mission Qualifier
Proselytizing
Appointed as Company Captain
Wilford Woodruff Company
1850 June 16 – October 14 (Age 43)
1850 June 16 – October 14 (Age 43)
Start Date Details
Appointed
End Date Details
Ended On 1850 October 14
Organization was Ended
Additional Information
Married Mary Meek Giles
1852 March 28 (Age 45)
Married Clarissa Henrietta Hardy
1852 April 20 (Age 45)
Married Sarah Brown
1853 March 13 (Age 46)
Married Emma Smith
1853 March 13 (Age 46)
Married Sarah Delight Stocking
1857 July 31 (Age 50)
Departed from Home as Missionary
California Mission
1872 September 9 (Age 65)
1872 September 9 (Age 65)
Start Date Details
Departed from Home
End Date Details
Ended On 1872 September
Arrived at Home
Additional Information
Marital Status at Start of Position
Married
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
Priesthood Office When Called
Apostle
Priesthood Quorum When Called
Quorum of the Twelve
Mission Qualifier
Other
Set Apart By
Twelve Apostles
Additional Notes
California As Delegate For Agricultural Society
Married Eudora Lovina Young
1879 March 1 (Age 72)
Sustained as Young Men General President
General Young Men Organization
1880 – 1898 (Age 72)
1880 – 1898 (Age 72)
Start Date Details
Started Circa 1880
Sustained
End Date Details
Ended Circa 1898
Died in Position
Sustained as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
First Presidency
1889 April 7 – 1898 September 2 (Age 82)
1889 April 7 – 1898 September 2 (Age 82)
Start Date Details
Sustained
End Date Details
Ended On 1898 September 2
Died in Position
Died in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
1898 September 2 (Age 91)
Date Details
Occurred On 1898 September 2
Died
Media
Wilford Woodruff (1807 - 1898) Profile
Mission Photo
Mission Photo