Joseph Smith directs Church members to stop proxy baptisms in Mississippi River, wait for completion of Nauvoo Temple font.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
October 03, 1841 ~ Sunday
3rd Sunday rode to camping grove crossed two
12 miles prairie & arived at Mr Collins home at
2 oclock his wife & family appeared glad to
se[e] him by request I preached in the evening
at the house of Elder Phineas Brunson the
people gave good attention I spent the night
with Br Brunson & my family with Mr Collins 25 m
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Bronson, Phineas
abt. 1802 -1878
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Wilford and Phebe move into their own home for the first time in their married life.
Wilford is appointed to Nauvoo City Council.
Wooden font dedicated in the unfinished basement of Nauvoo Temple.
Wilford witnesses first baptisms for the dead in the Nauvoo Temple.