Day in the Life

Jul 5, 1844

Journal Entry

July 05, 1844 ~ Friday

5th I rode in company with Father Carter to
Saco & spent most of the day with Luther
& Rhoda Scammans they had sold their place
but could not get away on account of la law suit
that Albert Scammans had in order to get his children
which would not be closed untill late in the fall
Rhoda seemed much anxious to go with me & let
Luther come when he settelled his business.
we returned back to father Carters & spent
the night. Elder Toughs from Nauvoo arived
in the evening, & four of us spent the night
together viz S. B. Stodard, M. Holmes, Br Touffs
& myself distance of the day 10 mile

People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.

Scammans, Albert G. Scamman
2 Jun 1807 - 9 May 1876
Tufts, Elbridge
5 Oct 1812 - 27 Nov 1850
Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
288 mentions
Family
Scammans, Luther
7 Dec 1808 - 10 Jul 1878
73 mentions
Family
Holmes, Milton
16 Jan 1811 - 30 Apr 1881
218 mentions
Maine Mission
Scammans, Rhoda Farnham Carter
13 Mar 1809 - 23 Dec 1896
63 mentions
Family

Places

Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.

Events

View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.

Meeting where majority of Church members sustain the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as governing body of the Church.
Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.

Jul 5, 1844