Day in the Life
Journal Entry
23rd I rode with Brother & sister Russell to Chatham & called upon
His son George H. Russell He recieved me vary kindly A Preacher
of the congregational church called & opposed Br Russell in his
Religion but Br Russell used him up, & he went away we returned
back in the evening to Br Russells & spent the night 14 m[iles]
I walked out in the evening to visit Br Russell Burying
ground for His family It was surrounded by A cluster
of tall pine trees it contained the bodies of 7 children 2 sons
& 5 daughters viz James & Thomas, Elizabeth, Jennett, Agness,
& two infants the sons & Daughters of Joseph & Agness
Russell. All died in infancy & childhood except Thomas
who was 22 years of Age He was holding the office of
A priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of L. D. S. & Died strong
in the faith. these seven bodies were taken from the various
places whare they were buried And all laid together upon
this Island And surrounded by a wall of solid mason work
12 feet square 7 feet high with a cope stone. I recieved
A letter from Br Gibson giving me News of the Epistle of
the Twelve that the Quorum of the Twelve was filled
up with the following persons Lorenzo & Erastus Snow,
Charles C. Rich, and Franklin D Richards, were Appointed
to fill the Quorum. Therey are all indeed excellent men
A better choice could not have been made. I was also
informed that Capt Dan Jones had lost 50 of his me
company with the cholera from St Josephs to the bluffs
And that the cholera was raging at St Louis And some
of the Saints had fallen
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