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Wilford Woodruff, a distinguished determine within the records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), is the difficulty of an extensive autobiographical work, written by means of Woodruff himself. This historical account affords a firsthand study the life and reviews of a key leader within the LDS Church at some stage in the nineteenth century. Wilford Woodruff's autobiography gives a comprehensive narrative of his private adventure and his deep involvement inside the early days of the LDS Church. Born in 1807, Woodruff witnessed and performed a critical function in lots of pivotal occasions in the Church's records, consisting of the persecutions confronted by early Latter-day Saints, the trek to Utah as a part of the Mormon pioneers, and his eventual ascension to the location of President of the Church. Throughout his memoir, Woodruff shares insights into his religion, religious stories, and the challenges he and his fellow believers encountered as they sought to set up a new spiritual movement inside the American West. His writings additionally shed mild on the sizeable doctrinal traits and revelations in the LDS Church in the course of his leadership.

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Wilford Woodruff Sr. was an American religious leader who served as the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1889 until his death on September 2, 1898. In 1890, he prohibited the public practice of plural marriage among LDS Church members. After researching Restorationism as a young adult, Woodruff joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In Kirtland, Ohio, he met Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, before joining Zion's Camp in April 1834. Before returning to Kirtland, he served as a missionary in Missouri, preaching in Arkansas and Tennessee. That year, he married his first wife, Phebe, and served a mission in New England. In July 1838, Smith summoned Woodruff to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and he was ordained in April 1839. From August 1839 until April 1841, Woodruff worked as a missionary in England, guiding converts to Nauvoo. At the time of Smith's death, Woodruff was promoting Smith's presidential campaign. When he and Phebe returned to Nauvoo, they journeyed to England, where Woodruff preached and assisted local members. The Woodruffs returned to America just as the Saints were being forced out of Nauvoo, and Woodruff oversaw forty families at Winter Quarters, where he was sealed to his first plural wives.

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