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Day in the Life

Jun 12, 1837

Journal Entry

June 12, 1837 ~ Monday

June 12th I took the parting hand with Elders Page & Blakesley
& many other Saints & travled in company with 6 other
brethren to the branch of Church in leeds distance 30 miles
We met together in the evening at Brother Carnes &
bore testimony to the work in which we are ingaged Elders
John Goodson, H. Hale M Holmes & John Snider followed
each other in testimony I then followed them the spirit of
of God rested upon us all. I called upon Sister Carnes to
present before us two of her children which were sick
one was a suckling child lay at the point of death I took
it in my arms presented it before the Elders they lade
their hands upon it while in my arms & we healed it in
the name of Jesus Christ & I returned it whole to its Mother
the other child was also healed the Parents praised God
for his goodness I spent the night at Brother Eeton's

People

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2 mentions
Host
Blakesly, James
18 Jul 1802 - 18 Dec 1866
30 mentions
112 mentions
Apostle
17 mentions
Snider, John
11 Feb 1799 - 19 Dec 1875
28 mentions
Hale, Jonathan Harriman
1 Feb 1800 - 4 Sep 1846
148 mentions
Missionary
217 mentions

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Leeds Township, Leeds County, Upper Canada, British North America

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

——I preached in a schoolhouse in West Avon to an attentive congregation; after meet- ing I baptized my uncle, Ozem Woodruff, his wife and son, John, in fulfillment of a dream which I had at ten years of age. I visited most of my relatives in Conn., and preached the gospel to them.

Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal

with them, and on the , I baptized my uncle, Ozem Woodruff, his wife Hannah, and his son John, and we rejoiced together, for this was in fulfillment of a dream I had in 1818, when I was eleven years of age.

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

with them, and on the 12th of June, 1837, I baptized my uncle, Ozem Wood- ruff, his wife Hannah, and his son John, and we rejoiced together, for this was in fulfillment of a dream I had in 1818, when I was eleven years of age.

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1

On the I parted from Elders Page and Blakesley and many other Saints and traveled in company of six other brethen to the Branch of the Church in Leeds. We met together in the evening at brother Carnes' to present ourselves before the Lord and b^e^are testimony of his work. Elders John Go^o^dson H Hale M. Holmes and John Snider followed each other in testimony and I testified next. The Spirit of God rested upon us all. I called upon sister Carnes to present before the Lord two of her children who were sick, that we might administer unto them One was a sucking child and lay at the point of death. I took it in my arms and presented it before the Elders who laid their hands upon it while in my arms and we healed it in the name of Jesus Christ I then returned it whole to its mother. The other child was also healed; and the parents praised God for his goodness. I spent the night at brother Eetons.

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May 1837
Woodruffs live with Jonathan and Olive Hale; Wilford records patriarchal blessings for Joseph Smith Sr.

Jun 12, 1837