Wilford at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa when Captain Allen arrives to recruit Mormon Battalion.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 16, 1846 ~ Sunday
16th Sunday I met A large congregation
of Saints And the quorum of the Twelve
at the meeting ground at Cutlers Park in
the morning. O. Pratt deliverd an interesting
discourse in the fore noon upon the celestial
law of God. And the the dealings of the Priesth-
ood with the Church was followed by Father
John Smith And President Young closed the
meeting by Preaching A discourse to the Sisters
which was truly interesting I laid hands upon
A number who were sick
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, John, b. 1781
16 Jul 1781 - 23 May 1854
75 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
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Woodruffs reach Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mormon Battalion recruited by United States Army.
Woodruffs cross Missouri River to Cutler's Park, Nebraska.
Wilford rebaptized second time; rebaptizes Phebe, Sarah E. Brown, Mary C. Barton, Mary Ann Jackson, and Rosetta King.
Wilford expels Sarah Elinor Brown and Mary Caroline Barton from his family for misconduct.
Wilford severely injured by falling tree while cutting logs to build his family a cabin: breaks breastbone, three ribs, suffers internal injuries.