Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 14, 1846 ~ Saturday
14th I called upon Henry Woodford And
Had a few moments of vary plesent conver-
sation with him. There was A hard rain
through the day & night And A great body
of snow is going off & the Farmington River
is rising so fast that is is with difficulty
I can get home As the meadows are all
coverd with water But I bid mr Woodford
farewell And took the last look of the house
Hillss dales & Brooks of my Nativity whare I
was born & spent the days of my youth
I crossed the riiver over the Acquiduct And
wrode home in the midst of A Heavy shower
of rain 10 m[iles]
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Woodford, Henry
31 May 1804 - 21 Jan 1879
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Main exodus of Church members from Nauvoo. Brigham Young's family leaves February 15. Temperature -12 F on February 24.
On final day of work in temple, 600 received ordinances; total of 5,615 received endowments in Nauvoo.
Times and Seasons stops serial publication of the Manuscript History of the Church (history ends with events on August 11, 1834).
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Wilforn returns to his parents' house in Farmington, Connecticut.
Wilford's parents and cousin Betsey Cossett accompany him to Nauvoo, Illinois.
Woodruffs tour Nauvoo Temple with others.
Private dedication of Nauvoo Temple by Joseph Young.
Public dedication of Nauvoo Temple by Orson Hyde; Wilford attends with his parents, wife Phebe, and Mary Ann Jackson.
