Of 483 people living in Winter Quarters, 334 are sick, 53 are wives of Mormon Battalion soldiers, and 75 are widows.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 14, 1847 ~ Sunday
14th Sunday I attended meeting in the morning with Elder
G. A. Smith at Bishops Hunters ward Br Smith preached I
followed had a good time. At 1 oclok I met with Bishop
Spencers ward & preached to them; at early candlelight
I met with my own ward or Bishop Smoots & preache [page torn]
to them & had a good time
People
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Spencer, Daniel
20 Jul 1794 - 8 Dec 1868
65 mentions
Hunter, Edward
1793-1883
277 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
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Church membership is 34,694.
Wilford organizes "adopted" family (40 heads of households) under covenant to abide rules.
Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.