Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 12, 1847 ~ Monday
12th The encampment moved up the platt 14 miles. the quorum
of the Twelve & others crossed the Horn & returned to the
city of Winter quarters on the Missouri River. 4 of us
followed an Indian trail & cut off about 15 miles it
was about 20 miles the way we went & 35 in the way the
waggons went. I again met with my family & spent the
night the distance of the day 20 miles
I attended a meeting in the evening with my company
the Twelve held a council but I was not present
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James Jackson Woodruff born (only child of Mary Ann Jackson and Wilford).