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Day in the Life

Dec 2, 1856

Journal Entry

December 02, 1856 ~ Tuesday

2nd I left Brother Grants family a short time in the morning called upon capt Hooper
found him quite sick I administered unto him then I went to my house got
a piece of fine linen & Mrs Woodruff accompanied me to Brother Grants
I gave them the linen to make a garment & Robes to lay out the body in. I
went to President Youngs to get Zina Young to go down & help make the
Robes she gave me a seat President Young came in & spoke of Brother
Grants Death said we had done all we could to save his life but the
powers the other side of the veil were stronger than we were & he was wanted
there. Sister Zina Young walked with me to President Grants & spent
the day with the sisters in makeing the robes. I felt sick & went home & went
to bed & was sick through the day. Leo Hawkins started for Filmore today

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
269 mentions
Apostle
Hawkins, Leo
19 Jul 1834 - 28 May 1859
17 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1546 mentions
Family
124 mentions
51 mentions

Events

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October 2, 1856
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).
December 30, 1856
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
1857
Church membership is 55,236.

Dec 2, 1856