Day in the Life

Aug 29, 1847

Journal Entry

August 29, 1847 ~ Sunday

[FIGURE] A hand pointing to the right A hand pointing to the right A hand pointing to the right Sunday
[page covered] [2]9th We travled in the fore part of the day 15 miles
nooned by a spring 15 miles west of Mathews Cave
we here were met by our messengers who had been on
[page covered] [to] meet the camp Br E. T. Benson & others they were truly
welcome messengers, for our Anxiety had been vary great to hear
from our families & the camp, & to our joy we herd from them
[page covered] [th]is day. the camp No near 600 waggons, & divided into 9 co
[page covered] [m]pinies I also recieved 3 letters from Mrs Woodruff & one from
[page covered] [A]. O. Smoot Mrs Woodruffs letters brought me intelligence of
[page covered] [a]ll matters appertaining to my cattle, cows, Business matters & fami
[page covered] [ly] concerns, & I find that some persons who I have tried to do
[page covered] [g]ood & save, are filled with folly & the poison of Asps are under
[page covered] [t]heir tongue & are tatling, lying, & destroying themselves & using
[page covered] [e]vry exhertion to destroy the peace of my family. The letters
[page covered] [i]nform me that Father Woodruff is coming along & is well
Also Mary Jackson is along in his waggon, Br & Sister Armstrong
[page covered] [h]as one of my waggons, Mother Woodruff has gone Back to
Iowa to live with Dwight & Eunice Woodruff & And it would
have been for the peace & Happiness of my family if B. C &
M. J. had been with them for they are foolish & do not those
[page covered] [t]hings which are right & righteous. We obtained much news
[page covered] [o]f interest from the mail about matters in general. we camp[ed] [page cut off]
[page covered] [f]or the night within 4 miles of Bear River distance 26 m

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Woodruff, Aphek, b. 1779
11 Nov 1779 - 28 May 1861
580 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Azubah Hart
31 Jul 1792 - 21 Mar 1851
269 mentions
Family
Alvord, Betsey Cossett
19 Jan 1805 - 16 Feb 1884
103 mentions
Family
Webster, Dwight
13 Apr 1814 - 19 Aug 1868
134 mentions
Family
Webster, Eunice Hart Woodruff
19 Jun 1821 - 14 Jun 1853
272 mentions
Family
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
378 mentions
Apostle
Armstrong, John Christopher
27 Nov 1813 - 7 Jun 1881
21 mentions
Ross, Mary Ann Jackson Woodruff
18 Feb 1818 - 25 Oct 1894
41 mentions
Family
7 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1581 mentions
Family

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Bear River, unorganized U.S. Territory
Iowa

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Aug 29, 1847