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Day in the Life

Feb 26, 1847

Journal Entry

February 26, 1847 ~ Friday

26th I spent the day in aranging the papers of A. O. Smoot
Hundred and in the evening I met in council with
the Twelve whare a number of subjects was spoken
of and we recieved a visit from a man from New orleans
formerly he professed to be an Indian most of persons
believed him to be a descendant of Ham Br Hyde
baptized him in Nauvoo he was an eccentric charact-
er he was the most perfect natural musician I ever
saw on a flute, fife, sauce pan, ratler, whistle &c he was
invited into the council spent a few moments &
returned to Br Youngs. He married Br Stanton's daugh-
ter for a wife he went to Br Bensons to spend the
night we want to hear him make some music but
he was some disappointed angry & sullen & would not
make any music. His name was Wm Carey

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
8 mentions
Scriptural Figure
1 mention
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle
2 mentions

Places

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Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Events

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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.

Feb 26, 1847