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Woodruff met his first wife, Phoebe Carter, in Kirtland shortly after his return from his first mission through Southern Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Woodruff came to Kirtland on November 25, 1836, along with Abraham O. Smoot.

He was introduced to Phoebe by Milton Holmes on January 28, 1837.

She was a native of Maine and had joined the LDS Church in 1834.

Wilford and Phoebe were married on April 13, 1837, with the ceremony performed by Frederick G. Williams.

Their marriage was later sealed in Nauvoo by Hyrum Smith.

Phoebe was later numbered among the " leading ladies " who helped organize the Relief Society in Utah from 186 ?- 1880.