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Day in the Life

Aug 19, 1844

9

People
1

Place
10

Events

Journal Entry

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August 19, 1844 ~ Monday

19^th We took the Parting hand with Br Benbow
and Wilford, and returned home to Nauvoo
Sister Benbow accompanied us. Sister Ells and
Sister Brown was sewing for Mrs Woodruff.
I met in council with the quorum of the
[FIGURE] Twelve the[y] conversed some concerning the rout we should
take it was thought to be the healthyest to take
the northern route.

Elder Dunham was appointed to hold a council with
some visiting brethren concerning some temporal
business:

A letter was read directed to Dr Richards and some
dreams rehearsed one of which I told as follows
I met with Br Joseph Smith in the congregation
of the Saints, he had his old Hebrew and Jerman
Bible, and preached to the Saints. Be he seemed to
be two[o] thronged by the people and he rose up lifted
up a curtain and passed into another room where
the people could not distirb him and there he was
going to teach the people

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4 Mar 1808 - 31 May 1845

6 mentions

12 Jan 1792 - 27 Nov 1846

55 mentions

1840 British Convert

1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874

169 mentions

1840 British Convert, United Brethren

14 Jan 1800 - 28 Jul 1845

10 mentions

23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844

2225 mentions

4 Jan 1806 - 26 Mar 1875

14 mentions

Family

8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885

1543 mentions

Family

22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921

699 mentions

Family

24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854

519 mentions

Apostle

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Wilford arrives in to attend convention; nominate for President of the United States.

and are murdered while in .

Wilford attends Jeffersonian Democracy Convention in to nominate .

Work on the resumes.

Wilford learns of and death through newspaper article in Times.

Wilford returns to 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.

August 12, 1844

Wilford accepts call to preside over the European Mission for one year.

August 26, 1844

Wilford and baptized in for deceased relatives.

August 28, 1844

Wilford and and their children leave for ; Wilford's sixth mission.

Aug 19, 1844