Abraham O. Woodruff

23 November 1872–20 June 1904

Abraham Owen Woodruff was born to Wilford Woodruff and Emma Smith on 23 November 1872 just south of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He served as a missionary in the Swiss-German Mission from 1893 to 1896. On 30 June 1896, he married Helen May Winters. He was appointed a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 1896. Woodruff died in El Paso, Texas, on 20 June 1904.[1]

  1. [1] “Abraham Owen Woodruff,” in Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1901), 172–174; “Abraham Owen Woodruff,” in Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 3 (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History, 1920), 3:796–797.