Wilford Woodruff (1807-1898) served as the fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a young man, he was baptized in Richland, New York, just days after first hearing a message from the missionaries. President Woodruff’s remarkable legacy includes contributions of missionary work, thousands of pages of personal journals spanning decades, the Manifesto, the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple and presiding over the LDS Church when Utah gained statehood.
When President Woodruff turned 90 on March 1, 1897, he spent the evening greeting thousands of well-wishers in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. The following year, his health had deteriorated to the point that it was decided he should not repeat the strain of the previous birthday.
In August 1898, he journeyed to California to rest and, hopefully, recuperate. While there, he stayed at the home of Isaac Trumbo in San Francisco. On Sept. 1, President Woodruff experienced complete kidney failure and lapsed into a coma. He passed away the following day, Friday, Sept. 2, 1898, in the Trumbo home. The extant home is a four-story Victorian-style home in the Marina District of San Francisco. Further information is available on the "sites registry" link on the Mormon Historic Sites website at mormonhistoricsites.org.