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Day in the Life

May 12, 1852

Journal Entry

May 12, 1852 ~ Wednesday

May 12th The Rodeometer made the whole distance
from Great Salt Lake City via Sanpete to
Ceder Fort 314 1/2 miles 314 1/2 mils

[FIGURE] we met to day to organize the High Counsel & presidency
of the stake &c at Paroan having returned there this
morning John L Smith was appointed President
of the Stake. John Steel 1st & Henry Lunt 2nd Councellors
E H Groves M. Cruthers, R. Harmons Joseph Chatterly,
J Graham J. A. Little Wm H Dame, John D. Lee, Samuel
West, Eligah Newman Francis T. Whitney & Joel H. Johnson, The High Counsel

Philip Chicken Smith Bishop of Cedar City
Tarlton Lewis Bishop of Paroan
The above were ordained under the Hands of Elders
O Pratt W Woodruff & G A. Smith
10 High Priest 12 High Counsellors. 1 President
& 2 Counsellors of this Stake of Zion H. C. Kimball
addressed them

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Groves, Elisha Hurd
5 Nov 1797 - 29 Dec 1867
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Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
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Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
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Lunt, Henry
1824-1902
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Steele, John
1821-1903
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Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
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West, Samuel Walker
30 Mar 1804 - 22 Feb 1873
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1835 Southern Convert
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Dame, William Horne
15 Jul 1819 - 16 Aug 1884
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May 12, 1852