Woodruff, Abraham Owen, 1872-1904
Dates
- Existence: 1872 - 1904
Biographical History
Abraham Owen Woodruff (1872-1904) was a Latter-day Saint missionary and apostle.
Citation:
Register to the Abraham O. Woodruff (1872-1904) collection, 1998.RLIN, Mar. 20, 2003 (hdg.: Woodruff, Abraham Owen, 1872-1904; usage: Abraham Owen Woodruff; Abraham O. Woodruff)
Post-manifesto polygamy, 2009: ECIP t.p. (Owen Woodruff) galley (Abraham Owen Woodruff; b. 11/23/1872)
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Heber J. Grant letter
Handwritten and signed letter dated 17 Aug. 1903 and addressed to Abraham Owen Woodruff (1872-1904). Grant was in Japan on a mission for the Mormon Church when he wrote this letter. Grant informs Woodruff that he would be unable to return to the United States to attend the October General Conference of the Mormon Church.
Jonathan Golden Kimball letter
Typed letter addressed to the Mormon Apostle Abraham O Woodruff. The item expresses a concern regarding the "tyranical" rule of the Bear Lake Stake President, William Budge, and his first counselor, James Henry Hart, as well as certain bishops in relation to young men in the Mormon Church. Kimball expresses a fear of the "apostacy" of the youth and debates the concept of repentance.
Abraham Owen Woodruff papers
Diaries and correspondence. The journals were kept when Woodruff was serving on a mission to Germany for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also included is extensive correspondence between Woodruff and other apostles and church leaders. The material also deals with Woodruff's attempt to settle Latter-day Saints in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. Dated 1895 to 1904.