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Day in the Life

Apr 14, 1847

Journal Entry

April 14, 1847 ~ Wednesday

14th After getting all things in readiness to leave I called
my family together & blessed my wife & childrens
and left them in the hands of the Lord. I bid farew
ell to father Woodruff & family and all around me
& took my leave of winter quarters & in company
with Elders O Pratt, Lyman G. A. Smith E. Snow & others
we again took the indian trail & rode through the
prairie to the Elk Horn & went over on a raft & camped
two miles below the ferry. & we had a splendid
supper composed of fried, cat fish, pork, beans, short
cake, honey comb, coffee, milk &c &c we all eat vary
harty, had prayers & retired to bed 25 miles

People

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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
289 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
540 mentions
Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
640 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1037 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family

Places

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Elkhorn River, unorganized U.S. Territory
Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. Territory

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Apr 14, 1847