Wilford arrives in Boston to attend convention; nominate Joseph Smith for President of the United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 28, 1844 ~ Sunday
28th Sunday We took the propeller Hereles for Chicago
at 10 oclok fare in cabin $7. I spent a part of the
day in writing we had good state rooms and was
comfortable we spoke of our families freequently
and the death of Joseph and Hiram we felt anxious
to get home. I conversed with the quorum of the Twelve
Elder B. Young expressed his feelings to me upon a variety
of subjects among others wished me to keep an account
of things as he should look to me for his Journal some
day. Brothers Kimbal and Pratt were quite sociable as
to Elder Lyman Wight we were always on good terms
we had an interesting time together, we talked over old
times and looked forward to new ones. He informed
me that Joseph told him while they were in Jeal [jail] that
he should not live to see forty years but told him not
to reveal it untill he was dead. Br Wight as well as the
rest of us feels his death deeply
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Hyrum
9 Feb 1800 - 27 Jun 1844
425 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2369 mentions
Wight, Lyman
9 May 1796 - 31 Mar 1858
197 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
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He informed me that Joseph told him while they were in Jeal that he should not live to see forty years but told him not to reveal it untill he was dead.
~ Lyman Wight
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Wilford attends Jeffersonian Democracy Convention in Boston to nominate Joseph Smith.
Work on the Nauvoo Temple resumes.
Wilford returns to Nauvoo with other members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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.
Wilford and Phebe baptized in Mississippi River for deceased relatives.
