Wilford appointed to the Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret (serves a total of 21 terms).
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 29, 1851 ~ Wednesday
29th I spent the day at home I received to day for the first
time the deserett Almanac got up By W W Phelps
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Phelps, William Wines
17 Feb 1792 - 7 Mar 1872
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many have arisen in these last days professing to be Elijah the prophet but they have bro- ught forth Nothing of interest to the people will any one tell me what the office of Elijah the prophet was to be to the Earth when he come the answer is to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers & the fathers to the children lest I come & smite the whole Earth with a curse the answer
~ Brigham Young
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Wilford moves his cabins from Old Fort to construct home on the corner of South Temple and West Temple.
Marriage sealings and endowments administered in the Utah Territorial Council House in Salt Lake City.
Wilford begins serving as member of Territorial Legislature.
Wilford's stepmother Azubah Hart dies in Burlington, Vermont.