Wilford spends time with family; officiates in marriage of sister Eunice to Dwight Webster on August 4.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 01, 1841 ~ Wednesday
Sept 1st The first day of fall I left New York
[FIGURE] on Board of Steem Boat Comet sailed
to Stoney Brook Long Island distance 60 miles
[FIGURE] on Board of Steem Boat Comet sailed
to Stoney Brook Long Island distance 60 miles
fare $1 when I landed I found Elder Hulse
& Priest Robt P. Wilson were waiting for me
I rode with them to Br Wilson & spent the
night. The New York Sun of to day contains
a most singular phenonimen ever recorded
in the last days A shower of flesh & blood, A
pillar of smooke, & a shower of manney.
I was introduced for the first time to Elder
2nd Quarters S. Sparks who I found was presi-
ding over about 40 Saints at Setauket I
preached in the evening at Stoney Brook &
spent the evening with Br Wilson
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Joseph Smith directs Church members to stop proxy baptisms in Mississippi River, wait for completion of Nauvoo Temple font.
Wilford and Phebe move into their own home for the first time in their married life.
Wilford is appointed to Nauvoo City Council.