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Day in the Life

Nov 1, 1846

Journal Entry

November 01, 1846 ~ Sunday

15th
Oct
15th
1846
[FIGURES]
This was a serious day to me, I took
my ax and went into the woods to cut
some board timber in company with
two other brethren while falling the
third tree I steped back from the
tree several feet but when it fell it
shot back of[f] the stump several feet
& bounded and struck me in the brea-
st & knocked me several feet into the air

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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.
1847
Church membership is 34,694.

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