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Day in the Life

Oct 3, 1839

Journal Entry

October 03, 1839 ~ Thursday

3rd I spent the day at Fathers I was blessed with the happy privilege of once more administering
the ordinance of Baptism to one of my friends. I repaired to the water about the setting of the
[FIGURE] [sun] accompanied by a few friends & I administered the ordinance of Baptism to Cousin BETSEY COSSET
[FIGURE] Betsey Cossett in Farmington River In the Same Place whare father & his houshold & other friends
were baptized the year before

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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
574 mentions
Family
Alvord, Betsey Cossett
19 Jan 1805 - 16 Feb 1884
103 mentions
Family

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Farmington River, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Daybook (8 August 1839 - 12 January 1840)
3rd I spent the day at Fathers I was blessed with the happy privilege of once more administering the ordinance of baptism to one of my friends. I repaired to the water about the setting of the sun acco mpanied by a few friends & I administered the ordinance of Baptism to cousin Betsey Cossett in Farmington River in the same place whare father & his hou sehold & other friends were Baptized the year before
Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
On the I baptized my cousin Betsey Cossett My uncle Adna died on the next day Thus my relatives were droping into eternity one after another. But thank God there is a power in the plan of salvation to redeem from the grave. I was baptized for my uncle

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November 1839
Times and Seasons, official Church newspaper, first published in Nauvoo, Illinois (continuously published until February 1846).

Oct 3, 1839