Day in the Life

Nov 26, 1856

Journal Entry

November 26, 1856 ~ Wednesday

26th I called upon President J. M. Grant & found him
vary sick indeed I laid hands upon him & prayed for
him & rebuked his disease I spent most of the day in
the office. I Paid Silas Richards $29.25 to pay the taxes
of J. M. Bernhisel for 1856, & took receipt for the same
I attended meeting at the 7th ward with the Priesthood. Bishop perkins
27thwas present the teachers were asleep & it was cold & dull I herd the ward
represented then Brother Richards spoke & I followed him & we both exhorted
them to wake out of sleep

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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
815 mentions
Apostle
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Bernhisel, John Milton
23 Jun 1799 - 28 Sep 1881
Richards, Silas
18 Dec 1807 - 17 Mar 1884

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Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
very ill on the and and thus he continued to be. On the

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First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
Church membership is 55,236.

Nov 26, 1856