Wilford returns to his mission in the Fox Islands.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 16, 1838 ~ Sunday
Sept 16 Sunday I rode in company with Brother Fabyan Carter to Buxton & spent the day with Elder Towns-
end we returned to Scarborough I spent the night at Sister Sarah Foss's distance of the day 20 miles
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Townsend, James Foss
20 Feb 1808 - 2 Apr 1886
91 mentions
Carter, Joseph Fabyan
11 Dec 1798 - 30 Sep 1873
56 mentions
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Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
185 mentions
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Wilford receives news of his calling as an apostle; and call to go on mission to England with apostles.
Governor Lilburn W. Boggs issues order expelling Church members from Missouri under threat of extermination.
Haun's Mill massacre in Caldwell County, Missouri; surrender of Church leaders in Far West, Missouri demanded.
Joseph and Hyrum Smith and other Church leaders surrender; General Samuel Lucas orders their execution.
Court hearings to determine Church leaders' fate; Joseph, Hyrum and others are incarcerated in Liberty Jail.