Phebe's fifth child Joseph dies at age 16 months in Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 17, 1846 ~ Thursday
17th I drew Hay to day met in council
in the evening some of the Bishops
made a report of there wards, we herd
a letter read from Br Holebrook
at the Punka Nation who had been
to search out a road to Fort Larame
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Holbrook, Joseph
1806-1885
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Wilford recovers enough to resume work on cabin for his family.
Of 483 people living in Winter Quarters, 334 are sick, 53 are wives of Mormon Battalion soldiers, and 75 are widows.
Church membership is 34,694.
Wilford organizes "adopted" family (40 heads of households) under covenant to abide rules.