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Day in the Life

Mar 22, 1840

Journal Entry

March 22, 1840 ~ Sunday
confirmed 6th

John Fidoe
Lydia Fidoe
John Benbow
Elizabeth Benbow
Elizabeth Woodyatt
Mary Cole
May Jones
Harriet Taylor

22nd Sunday I preached at Frums Hill. In the after
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^Willford Woodruff Jr was born 5 oclock Sunday March 22 1840^
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noon I preached at the Hill farm to a large congre
gation. I also met the Saints in the evening &
confirmed 6 persons, & according to the revelation
of the Holy Ghost & the voice of the Church I
Ordained Thomas Kington to the office of an Elder
& William Jinkins to the office of a priest. I also
broke bread unto the Saints the power of God &
the revelation of Jesus Christ rested upon me
& I had a good time I spent the night at the
Hill farm 2 miles

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2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Woodyatt, Elizabeth Elton
30 Nov 1812 - 30 Nov 1854
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Fidoe, John
30 Apr 1796 - 23 Jul 1881
21 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Fidoe, Lydia Pulling
28 Jun 1813 - 21 Oct 1894
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Cole, Mary James
30 Nov 1799 - 30 Nov 1866
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
2 mentions
1840 British Convert
Kington, Thomas
30 Nov 1795 - 1 Jul 1874
180 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
Family
Jenkins, William, b. 1814
10 Oct 1814 - 11 Dec 1893
23 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren

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Fromes Hill, Herefordshire, England
Hill Farm, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England

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Autobiography 1858 Deseret News

My daughter, Sarah Emma,

Autobiography 1865 Millennial Star

who was born . My daughter, Sarah Emma, had died

Autobiography 1857 Draft 1

seen he was born . I returned to New York and started for Nauvoo via the Lakes was badly wreked on Lake Michigan while in the steemer Chesapk

Mission - 1840 Record of British Converts

^ confirmed 6th^ John Fidoe Lydia Fidoe John Benbow Elizabeth Benbow Elizabeth Woodyatt Mary Cole May Jones Harriet Taylor

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Mar 22, 1840