Wilford Woodruff - Historical Summary

Historical Summary

  • 1807, March 1; Wilford Woodruff is born in Farmington Hartford County, Connecticut, to Beulah Thompson Woodruff and Aphek Woodruff
  • 1808; June 11; His mother dies at age 26.
  • 1821; Begins work as a miller.
  • 1832; Moves with his brother Azmon and Azmon’s wife to Richland, Oswego County, New York, where they purchase a farm.
  • 1833; Baptized and confirmed by Zera Pulsipher.
  • 1835; Leaves Missouri for his first full-time mission, preaching the gospel in Arkansas and Tennessee.
  • 1837, May 31; Leaves Kirtland, Ohio, to serve a mission in the Fox Islands, off the coast of the state of Maine.
  • 1839, August 8; Leaves for a mission in England.
  • 1847, participated in Vanguard company's exploration of the Mormon Trail to the Salt Lake Valley.
  • 1887, assumed leadership of the Church as the senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles upon the death of President John Taylor.
  • 1889, ordained as President of the Church.
  • 1890, October 6; Members of the Church attending general conference unanimously sustain the revelation President Woodruff received regarding plural marriage.
  • 1894, November 13; Oversees the establishment of the Genealogical Society of Utah.
  • 1898, September 2; Dies in San Francisco, California, after a brief illness.

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