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Woodruff Ward (Utah)

congregation #8702
created 2019-01-21 by mpimport
official name: Woodruff Branch   (started: 26 Aug 1877?, ended: 1874?)
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official name: Woodruff Ward   (started: 26 Aug 1877?, started: 1874?)
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is a(n): branch   (ended: 1874?, ended: 26 Aug 1877?)
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is a(n): ward   (started: 26 Aug 1877?, started: 1874?)
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started: 24 Jul 1871   (source: Woodruff MH)
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ended: open
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religion: LDS
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location: 41°31'22"N, 111°9'51"W   (approximate size: 10000-100000 m, accurate within: 1000-10000 m)
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located at: Woodruff, Utah
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membership/population: 350   (on: 31 Dec 1930)
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part of: Bear Lake/Paris Stake   (ended: 6 Jun 1898)
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part of: Woodruff/Evanston Stake   (started: 6 Jun 1898)
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in group: stake congregations
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confidence in this page (0 to 1): 0.79
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see also: Encyclopedic History   (image: archive.org, source part: 963)
Woodruff settled 1870, branch Summer 1871, ward 26 Aug 1877
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see also: CHL Local Records   (catalog entry: catalog.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, source part: LR 10277)
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see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: -1941 Mem 027,421)
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see also: FHL Record of Members   (catalog entry: www.familysearch.org, source part: 1907-1948 E 027,421)
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appears in: Wilford Woodruff Journal   (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1865-1872, p.288)
22 Apr 1871: WW visits Woodruff, "Bishop Lee"
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appears in: Woodruff MH
27 July 1871: William Lee called by Pres. David Kimball as acting bishop or presiding elder
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appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1931:75)
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appears in: CDOL books   (source part: 1892:7)
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appears in: Bear Lake 1875-01-09
9 Jan 1875: Woodruff, Wm. H. Lee in list of "bishops in their wards"
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appears in: Bear Lake 1873-11-03
1 Nov 1873: Woodruff (Branch?), represented by Randolph Stewart of Randolph
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appears in: Directory 1873-03-19
19 Mar 1873: Woodruff, Henry Lee
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described by: Woodruff MH
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notes: Like other Bear Lake congregations, Woodruff is sometimes included in lists of "wards" and "bishops" from 1871 through 1876, but not as clearly as others. Perhaps Lee was just an acting bishop of a branch.
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Leaders:

Presiding Elder: William Henry Lee
FamilySearch: KWCF-VJ6 , Started: 1871 , Ended: 1877
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Bishop: William Henry Lee
FamilySearch: KWCF-VJ6 , Started: 1877 , Ended: 1890
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