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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham Owen Woodruff correspondence, 1885-1904
Contains letters to and from various family members, including: Wilford Woodruff, Emma L. Woodruff, Helen Winters Woodruff, Avery Clark Woodruff, Asahel Woodruff, and other family members. Also contains Woodruff's mission correspondence to his family. Dated 1885 to 1904.
Abraham Owen Woodruff correspondence, 1900-1904
Includes papers regarding the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming, miscellaneous receipts, and miscellaneous correspondence (including invitations and announcements and letters from DeForrest Richards, governor of Wyoming), autobiography of Avery Clark Woodruff Lambert, and material relating to the reburial of Abraham and Helen Woodruff. Letters are filed in alphabetical order. Dated 1900 to 1904.
Abraham Owen Woodruff miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1894- 1904
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.
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.