Zachary Taylor inaugurated as twelfth President of 30 United States.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 05, 1849 ~ Saturday
5th I parted with Father Jairus Sandford After orda
ining Br Sherman Barnes to the office of an Elder, I took
the cars rode to Boston. And Arived Home with my family
in the edge of the evening, & found them well, After being
Asbsent more than A month. I Found Father Carter had
Arived An hour or two before me. I was glad to meet with
him. I spent the night at home once more with my family 150 m
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Carter, Ezra, b. 1773
18 Mar 1773 - 10 Mar 1868
289 mentions
Family
Sandford, Jarius
1762-1851
11 mentions
Barnes, Sherman
abt. 1801-1860
6 mentions
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Constitutional convention held to form the State of Deseret. (to encompass present day Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and parts of California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho.
Wilford baptizes father-in-law Ezra Carter.
