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Aug 29, 1839

Journal Entry

August 29, 1839 ~ Thursday

29th We passed through Indianapolis the capitol of the state rode two miles & stoped. But this was
a gloomy day to my soul & body both. Tehe enemy made a powerful grasp upon the life of Elder
^John^ Taylor he fainted several times & it seemed as though he would die. We were oblieged to stop
we called for a few hours in a house by the way side. we then took him into the waggon & drove
to Elder Eldridge & spent the day nursing Elder Taylor he took a course of Thompsonian medicine 10

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Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
138 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1836 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal Notes 1
to the rest of the Apostles for on the he fell to the ground as though he had been knocked down seemed to have fainted away but soon revived but on the following day it seemed as though the enemy made a powerful grasp upon his life. He fainted away several times and seemed as though he would die we stoped several times with him at a home by the way side we then took him into a waggon & drove to Brother Horace S Eldridge and spent the remainder of the day & night [feeding] him and in the morning Br Tayler recovered so for that he thought he would be able to ride so we started on our journey
Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
On the we passed through Indian- apolis. This was a gloomy day to us both in body and soul. The enemy made a powerful attack upon the life of Elder John Taylor. He fainted several times and it seemed that he would die. We were obliged to stop and tarried for a few house ^hours^ at a house by the way side We then took brother Taylor in the wagon and drove to brother Eldridge's and spent the remainder of the day in nursing Elder Taylor. Father Coltrin exchanged horses with Elder Eldridge and we continued on our journey 40 miles the next day over rough road. We were terribly shaken in our weak state. The day following we travelled to German- town where we were obliged to stop in consequence of brother
Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)
29th We passed through Indianapolis the capitol of the State & rode two miles & stoped But this was a gloomy day to my Soul & Body both The enemy made a powerful grasp upon the life of Elder John Taylor he fainted several times & it seemed as though he would die consequently we were obliedged to stop. We called for a few hours in a house by the way side. we then took him into the waggon & drove to Eldridge Elder Eldr- idge & spent the day nursing Elder Taylor he took a course of Tomsonian medicine

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Aug 29, 1839