[President Wilford Woodruff Journal] Sunday Sept 4th Prest Jos. F Smith and members of the Twelve now in the city, viz. Lorenzo Snow, F D Richards, B. Young Geo Teasdale, H. J. Grant, A. H Lund, & M. F Cowley, some twenty five members of Pres Woodruff's family, L John Nuttall, and several other prominent members of the Church left the City on the Rio Grande Western train at 5.30 am. and arrived at Ogden in 45 minuts, where they awaited the arrival of the Southern Pacific train at 6.45 am. The special car containing the remains the "El Discanso" was attached to the R.G.W. train, and many of the Saints of Ogden passed through the car, after which the train started and arrived at Salt Lake City at 8.40 a.m.
Thousands of people were at the depot. Elder Joseph E. Taylor of the Salt Lake Stake Presidency and undertaker took charge of the body and the procession being formed passed along 2d South Street to [5th?] East Street then south to late residence.
Here Elders L. John Nuttall, Samuel W. Bateman, Andrew Smith & Chas H Wilcken, (Elders Nuttall & Smith having been closely associated with Pres Woodruff during the past years of his sickness, & Elders Batman & Wilcken as occasion required) arranged to take charge of the remains and assist in preparing them for the funeral, and remain with them until that time. The body was in a condition that notwithstanding all was done to make the face presentable it could not be viewed by the people. The family however took a look thereon.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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