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Day in the Life

Jan 28, 1847

Journal Entry

January 28, 1847 ~ Thursday

278th [FIGURE] This was a vary busy day I let Br Burgess have
my team to go to Hunsakers ferry I also fitted
out Br Luce with two teams to go after corn I paid
him $11 to buy corn with. we had a snow storm
during the night after aranging my business, in company
with Mrs Woodruff & Sisters Taylor & Smoot I went to
the Council House in company with the quorum
of the Twelve & Seventies, we spent the day in the
worship of God by prayer, singing Music & going forth
in the dance together before the Lord we were merry
and rejoiced before the Lord. The High Council met
at 6 oclok at 8 oclok The Twelve with their families
again met & went forth in the dance untill 2 oclok in
the morning & had a good time. {Joseph [Herring] who had threatened my life was there.}

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Luce, Ephraim
30 Sep 1799 - 2 Mar 1880
35 mentions
13 mentions
2 mentions
Taylor, Leonora Cannon
6 Oct 1796 - 9 Dec 1868
47 mentions
94 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family

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Council House, Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. Territory

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1847
Church membership is 34,694.
January 19, 1847
Wilford organizes "adopted" family (40 heads of households) under covenant to abide rules.

Jan 28, 1847