Main exodus of Church members from Nauvoo. Brigham Young's family leaves February 15. Temperature -12 F on February 24.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 26, 1846 ~ Thursday
26th
[FIGURE] This was An exceding busy day I
made A purchase of such dry goods &
shoes, garden seeds &c As was Necessary
I Packed one Parsel of goods in the rifle
Box at Br Beers of $25, one package of shoes
of $21, towo tents $18 = $36 one water
proof tent floor $9.45 I bought one colts
revolvers for $10 I bought one quarter
of A flowering mill $80 = $20 one
{watch} from Ilus F Carter for {Phebe Woodruff} $85 & waggon &c
sundry other goods I obtained from
Ilus the following Address Luther Scammons
New Lancaster Allison P.O. I think
Monmouth Co Phebe And Mother has
spent her whole time with Mrs Carter
And Father And myself have spent our
nights there Ilus F. Carter has been exceding
kind to me And Father And Mother Woodruff before
I left He made me A present of A splended gold pencil worth
from $7 to $10 And Phebe A gold pen worth $4
People
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Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Azubah Hart
31 Jul 1792 - 21 Mar 1851
269 mentions
Family
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Scammans, Luther
7 Dec 1808 - 10 Jul 1878
73 mentions
Family
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
344 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Carter, Sarah Fabyan
8 Apr 1775 - 24 Jul 1845
91 mentions
Family
Events
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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.
