Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 04, 1847 ~ Thursday
34th I spent the day at home. In the evening I
called my company together And organized them according
5thto the pattern given. I appointed with the voice of the
people A. O. Smoot capt of 100 Zera Pulsipher capt of 50
And John Benbow, E. F Sheets, C. W. Porter, John ^M^ Wooley,
Thomas Clark, David Evans, Robert C Petty and Andrew J.
Stewart captains of Tens. we had a good meeting I then
visited the meeting of the High council Herd President Young
deliver an address to the High council and Beef committee
People
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Stewart, Andrew Jackson
abt. 1819-1911
22 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3466 mentions
Apostle, Family
Porter, Chauncy Warriner
20 Oct 1812 - 3 Mar 1868
12 mentions
Evans, David
1804-1883
20 mentions
Sheets, Elijah Funk
22 Mar 1821 - 3 Jul 1904
125 mentions
Benbow, John
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
173 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Wolley, John Mills Woolley
1822-1864
23 mentions
Petty, Robert C.
abt. 1812-1856
34 mentions
Clark, Thomas Henry
31 May 1806 - 14 Oct 1873
44 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Pulsipher, Zerah
24 Jun 1788 - 1 Jan 1872
105 mentions
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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.