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English
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John Woodhouse : His Pioneer Journal, 1830-1916
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Salt Lake City
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Elbert C. Kirkham Co.
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"Born near Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1830. Methodist. Joined LDS Church, 1849. Ordained priest. Emigrated to America, 1851. At St. Louis, 1851-52. To Utah, 1852. Worked in Salt Lake City that winter. To Cedar City, 1853. Bishop's clerk. Married Annie Creswick, 1855. Called to lead mining mission at Las Vegas, 1855. Back to Cedar. Married Emma Smith Thomas, 1856. Saltpetre mission, 1857-58. White Mountain Mission, 1858. Moved to Beaver City, 1858. Probate and county clerk and recorder. East to bring emigrants, 1862. Moved to Lehi, 1864. Justice of the Peace. Mission to England, 1874-76. Unexpected success as speaker. President of Leeds and Bradford conferences. Worked as sewing machine agent to support self. Instructed not to stress polygamy. Secretary of sixty eighth Quorum of Seventy. Ordained high priest, c. 1900. Secretary and treasurer of Lehi Irrigation Company. Deputy assessor and tax collector. Introductory material, pp. 18. Journal written as series of "articles." Diary entries for period 9 August 1874 to 13 January 1875. [Abstract from Davis Bitton's Guide to Mormon Diaries and Autobiographies, 1977]