Day in the Life

Sep 22, 1846

Journal Entry

September 22, 1846 ~ Tuesday

22nd A report reached us that A mob or
company of Armed men were coming toward
us from Missouri on the west side of the
river. We called the men together in the encamp
ment & organized them into A legion Brigham
Young occupied his former place as Major
General of the Legion Mr Stephen Markham
Appointed Collonel, Hosea Stout 1st Major
Mr [blank] Scott 2nd Major [blank]
And officers to fill
out the legion, the whole numbering about
500 men including three companies of Artillery
men of 25 each the day was mostly spent in
this way all were well armed and equiped
for self defence

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Stout, Hosea
18 Sep 1810 - 2 Mar 1889
54 mentions
Markham, Stephen
9 Feb 1800 - 10 Mar 1878
36 mentions

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Missouri
Missouri River, United States

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for they will rot in their own corruption and burn up but if any man wants to go & join the mob I hope he will get marked so as to stay marked untill the resurrection, other remarks were made & meeting dismissed
~ Brigham Young

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October 15, 1846
Wilford severely injured by falling tree while cutting logs to build his family a cabin: breaks breastbone, three ribs, suffers internal injuries.

Sep 22, 1846