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Day in the Life

Jan 16, 1840

Journal Entry

January 16, 1840 ~ Thursday

16th I dined at Sister Green & & had
drinking at Sister Nightengales. I
had an interview with Elder John Moon
& priest Hugh Moon they belonged to
the family that Elder Kimble baptized
ten of the members of it I spent a
plesant evening at Elder Richards
in company with Elders Taylors,

Richards, Fielding, Turley, Clark, &
myself. We truly rejoiced to have an
interview with President Fielding


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Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Clark, Hiram, b. 1795
22 Sep 1795 - 28 Dec 1853
111 mentions
2 mentions
Green, Jane
30 Nov 1797 - 30 Nov 1853
3 mentions
1840 British Convert
5 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Fielding, Joseph
26 Mar 1797 - 19 Dec 1863
37 mentions
Turley, Theodore
10 Apr 1801 - 12 Aug 1871
138 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

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1840
Church membership is 16,800; population of the 26 United States is 17,100,000.

Jan 16, 1840