John Stillman Woodbury diaries 1851-1877

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John Stillman Woodbury diaries 1851-1877

13 v.; (0.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6340834

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Latter-day Saints' College (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was formed in 1830 in New York by Joseph Smith, Jr. Its members later migrated to the American West, specifically the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. Shortly after the founding, missionaries were sent out to teach their message. From the guide to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints flannel board missionary discussions, Circa 1950-1970, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The documents in this collection span the early year...

Woodbury, John Stillman, 1825-1914.

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John Stillman Woodbury was born on November 20, 1825, in New Salem, Massachusetts. His family was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1841 and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, and then to Salt Lake City in 1847. In 1850 Woodbury was called on a mission to the Sandwich Islands by Brigham Young, traveling first with Parley Pratt to California before arriving in Hawaii in 1851. Woodbury remained in Hawaii for four years and returned to Salt Lake in 1856, when he also divorced...