Day in the Life

Jan 19, 1856

Journal Entry

January 19, 1856 ~ Saturday

189th The company was to start at 4 oclock to go to Nephi to Breakfast some
of the waggons started out at that hour. T. Bullock J. C. Wright myself
& others started out at 4 oclock to walk thinking that our waggons would
soon be along, but they did not start till 2 hours afterwards, we walked 7 mils
and it was so exceding cold in the snow, & on &so high an altitude that we
thought we should freeze so we stoped in a patch of Greesewood & struck
a fire & staid by it 2 Hourse before the waggons came up. Several frooze
their feet & fingers. when we arived at Nephi we were thoroughly chilled
through. we got warm took dinner & rode to Pason & spent the night [with]
Brother Hancock Bishop we rode 45 miles to day Lorenzo Snow & myself J M.
Grant
& J. C. Little & Ladies spent the night at Brother Israel Calkins He charged
us all 50 cts per meal & 25 for lodging

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Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
693 mentions
Apostle, Family
Bullock, Thomas
23 Dec 1816 - 10 Feb 1885

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Wilford serves on Board of Directors of Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society.
Wilford rebaptizes family members over the age of 8 (3 wives, 3 children, and "Lamanite" boy Moroni).

Jan 19, 1856