Abraham O. Woodruff
Abraham Owen Woodruff (November 23, 1872 – June 20, 1904) was an American missionary who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was also the son of LDS Church president Wilford Woodruff.
| Abraham O. Woodruff | |
|---|---|
| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| October 7, 1897 – June 20, 1904 | |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| October 7, 1897 – June 20, 1904 | |
| Reason | Removal of Moses Thatcher from Quorum of the Twelve; death of Abraham H. Cannon |
| Reorganization at end of term | Charles W. Penrose ordained |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abraham Owen Woodruff November 23, 1872 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, U.S. |
| Died | June 20, 1904 (aged 31) El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W |
| Spouse(s) | Helen M. Winters Eliza A. Clark |
| Parents | Wilford Woodruff Emma Smith |
Owen Woodruff was born near Salt Lake City, Utah Territory and grew up working on his family's farm. Then, as a young man, he attended the Latter Day Saints' College and obtained a job at the Zion's Saving Bank and Trust Company. After serving a mission in Germany, he was ordained an apostle at the relatively young age of 24. In this capacity, he traveled throughout the Intermountain West, Canada, and Mexico, attending stake conferences of the church and identifying areas for potential Mormon colonies. Woodruff played a major role in the establishment of a Latter-day Saint settlement at Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. During one of his trips to Wyoming in 1901, he met and married his second wife, thus practicing plural marriage eleven years after his father issued the 1890 Manifesto that ended polygamy as an official practice of the church. Woodruff contracted smallpox while visiting his second wife in the Mormon colonies in Mexico and died in 1904 at the age of 31.