Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 09, 1847 ~ Thursday
9th I met in council with the Twelve & the presidency of the
Seventies John D Lee was brought up for trial for improper
conduct with his family After Hearing the testimonies upon the
subject President Joseph Young reproved Br Lee vary sharply for
trying to cover his faults & Justify himself in his errors for it w[as] [page covered]
evident he had done wrong President Brigham Young backed up
Br Joseph Youngs reproof, & reproved Br Lee himself & required h[im] [page covered]
to call his family together And to settle his difficulties [FIGURE]
I was in council with Br Young in the evening And part of the even[ing] [page covered]
I spent at his house
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3438 mentions
Apostle, Family
Lee, John Doyle
1812-1877
29 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
310 mentions
Events
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Wilford arrives in Council Bluffs/Kanesville, Iowa.
Log tabernacle built in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
First Presidency reorganized with Brigham Young as President of the Church.
Brigham Young sustained as President of the Church by Church membership.
Treaty signed ending Mexican-American War. Mexico cedes to United States: present day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, and Colorado.