Day in the Life

Feb 18, 1847

Journal Entry

February 18, 1847 ~ Thursday

18th I left winter Quarters in company with Br Smoot to go on
a mission to Kegg Creek Br Fowler returned the day before
with my team & I took it to go the journey we rode the first
day to Council Point Br James Alread was president of the
Branch & on orur arival we found them assembled for a
meeting we attended with them. After it was opened I addre
ssed the meeting was followed with By Br Smoot & others I r[ead] [page torn]
the revelation & took a vote on it. I spent the night at [page torn]
Br Hiydes distance of the day 20 [miles]

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Allred, James
22 Jan 1784 - 10 Jan 1876
23 mentions
Zion's Camp
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
on the th on our mission to Keg Creek. We rode to Council Point the first day where we found that Branch assembled for meeting We addressed the meeting and I read the revelation given at Winter Quarters and took a vote upon it

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

Feb 18, 1847