Day in the Life

Apr 4, 1848

Journal Entry

April 04, 1848 ~ Tuesday

4th A single key with teeth to the right I went over the river And Baptized Sister Peck for
the remission of sins And also for her daughter who was dead
I also baptized 8 others who had not before been baptized
one of which was Samuel H. Smiths ownly son & one was Peter
Balentine
an Insane man I confirmed 4 persons I saw
Br McKeinzia who had just returned from a mission from
the south. He informed me that Br A. Lyman was on
his way to this place. He stated there was A revolution in france
the french had driven their King Louis Phillipi from the throne
& kingdom And also his family And the nation was in a state of
revolution much Blood had been shed

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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
297 mentions
Apostle
Louis Philippe I of France
6 Oct 1773 - 26 Aug 1850
10 mentions
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Smith, Samuel Harrison
13 Mar 1808 - 30 Jul 1844

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Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
Next On the I baptized a number among whom was Samuel H. Smith only son of Samuel H Smith brother of Joseph the Prophet. News reached us of the French reveolution and the abdication of King Louis Philippe General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held at the Log Tabernacle Potawattame County

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Apr 4, 1848