Day in the Life

Sep 8, 1898

Journal Entry

September 08, 1898 ~ Thursday

Thursday Sept 8th The remains having been put into as good a condition as
possible were viewed by a great many of the family and friends and the
authorities of the Church. The casket was borne to the hearse and the
cortege left the Woodruff Villa at 920 am. Thousands thronged the streets
on the way from 5th East to 6th South, then to State, north to South Temple
thence West to East Temple North round the Temple Block to north Temple
gate at 1005 a.m. The casket was carried by six pall bearers into the
Tabernacle, viz Dr L. W Snow, Dr M. W. Snow, Wilford S. Woodruff, James
Woodruff Jr, George Scholes, & Wilford Woodruff Beattie. The family followed
and immediately after them the general authorities of the church & others.
The assembled thousands arose en masse which [when] the casket entered
and was placed upon a dais in front of the stand. ^The plate on the casket bore these words. Wilford Woodruff Died Sept 2, 1898 aged 91 years^

The funeral ceremonies commenced at 10435 a.m. (for full
statement see clipping herewith marked (10))

The accompanying clippings are placed in this record to make
the same as complete as possible having been preserved for this
purpose by Elder L. John Nuttall

People

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Scholes, George Woodruff
18 Nov 1869 - 21 Jul 1899
15 mentions
Family
3 mentions
Family
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
432 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
Snow, Milton Woodruff
7 Feb 1868 - 24 Jan 1943
24 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford Smith
25 Sep 1871 - 26 Nov 1955
15 mentions
Family
Beatie, Wilford Woodruff
20 Dec 1872 - 2 Oct 1964
39 mentions
Family

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Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Woodruff Villa, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

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Sep 8, 1898