Mission - Mission Certificate for Dan Jones, November 1856
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
November 01, 1856 ~ Saturday
Nov 1st I spent most of the day in the office a part of the
day at my beet press. The Calafornia Mail got in this
evening. President Young & Ferrymore Little sent each
with a team of 4 mules on each waggon with feed to
their teams in the mountains who had gone after the
emigration one waggon had on 1800 lb the other 1500
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Little, Ferrymore
1820-1887
31 mentions
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4 deaths the day after we arived the 21st october 2 deaths the 2nd day & 15 burials the 3 day & 4 on sunday morning the day the expres left they had not heard from the 2nd company of Hand carts but Joseph Young & Wheelock went ahead with the news that help was coming G. D. Grant followed with 10 of the best teams there had been about 55 deaths in the first company in consequence of the cold The Captain of the Company dealt out all the provisions to the people the night before any help came & they did not know that any help was coming they dealt out 11 oz to men 9 to women & 6 to children there was but little help snow on the road till you got to rocky ridge 30 miles east of the pass but vary cold several of the brethren froze their feet Brother Wm Kimball had.
~ Wilford Woodruff
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Church-wide reformation includes rebaptizing, restructuring and recommitment to principles and covenants. First "home missionaries" introduced (precursor to ministering program).
Wilford helps dedicate baptismal font beside unfinished Salt Lake City Temple in Salt Lake City.
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).
Wilford serves seventh term as member of Territorial Legislature.
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
Church membership is 55,236.
Wilford and George A. Smith complete Manuscript History of the Church up to Joseph Smith's death in 1844.