Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 16, 1839 ~ Tuesday
April 8th I took the parting hand with the Saints in Rochester & left for Quincy with my family I passed through
Springfield [and] Jacksonsville, crossed the river at Philips ferry we arived in Quincy on the 16th being 8 days
on the road during which time I was severely afflicted with sore eyes the whole distance 120 miles
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At age 32 Wilford is ordained an Apostle at the temple site in Far West, Missouri.
Wilford receives the official call to serve his third mission.
Woodruffs move to Montrose, Iowa; live in abandoned barracks with Brigham Young's family.
Joseph Smith begins dictating history to scribe James Mulholland; used in Manuscript History of the Church.