Wilford returns to his mission in the Fox Islands.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
October 02, 1838 ~ Tuesday
2nd Elder Townsend has this morning started for the east to look up the camp of the Saints to see
whare they are & what they are about that they do not get along
I wrote a letter to Mr
William Simonton for Mr Whitley. I spent the day in diging potatoes for father Carter
People
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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
91 mentions
Simonton, William, b. 1793
1 May 1793 - 22 Dec 1855
3 mentions
Maine Mission
Whitley, William (Jr.)
abt. 1796-1860
11 mentions
Maine Mission
Events
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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.
Phebe deathly ill with brain fever; after her spirit leaves her body Wilford restores her to life.
While Church leaders remain in Liberty Jail, Church members are forced from Missouri and relocate in Illinois.