Joseph Smith explains the need for all living and dead to receive saving ordinances.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 29, 1838 ~ Sunday
29 I rode to Buxton in company with Sister Foss I spent the day with Elder James Townsend I had a plesent
interview with him I returned & spent the night at fathers Carters 16 [miles]
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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Townsend, James Foss
20 Feb 1808 - 2 Apr 1886
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Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
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Wilford baptizes father Aphek, stepmother Azubah, and half-sister Eunice in Farmington, Connecticut.
Wilford called to serve as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Doctrine and Covenants 118
Wilford present for birth of his first child, Sarah Emma, in Scarborough, Maine.
Wilford returns to his mission in the Fox Islands.
Wilford receives news of his calling as an apostle; and call to go on mission to England with apostles.