Day in the Life

Dec 12, 1856

Journal Entry

December 12, 1856 ~ Friday

12th We are having a vary severe snow storm much snow is falling. I spent
the day in the office. I called at Presidents Youngs office. He is still quite
unwell. Elder O Hyde H. C. Kimball & G. D. Grant & myself was in the office
& H Stout & J. W. Cummings had just arived from Filmore the President
soon came in & they gave an account of their procedings while at Fillmore
the snow was two Feet deep on the road a part of the way they arived at
Fillmore monday morning they met with the Legislature through the day
they organized passed some resolutions & moved the seat of Government
to salt Lake City & Adjourned to meet in the Great Salt City on the
^18^ day of Dec 1856 & started for home during the evening they found
it vary cold & snowing nearly all the way home

A single key with teeth to the left A single key with teeth to the left On the night of the 3rd inst, the night before J. M. Grant was buried
Mrs Barsheba Smith wife of G. A. Smith dreamed that George A. Smith
was dead & that some other person wished to marry hier which troubled
her mind. On the same night Mrs Rose dreamed that George A. Smith
was hung in Washing[ton] by the members of Congress because he was a Mormon

People

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46 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Grant, George Davis
10 Sep 1812 - 20 Sep 1876
58 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Stout, Hosea
18 Sep 1810 - 2 Mar 1889
54 mentions
61 mentions
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
280 mentions
Apostle, Zion's Camp
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle

Quotes

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The following Dream was related by H. C. Kimball Nov 25 1856 Nov 25 I dreamed that I was travelling with a companion & we came to a powerful rapid stream of water like the Niagara River, the waves were rolling vary high & increasing in size the waters had been muddy but were getting Clear, as we came to this powerful stream we did not know how we should get over it. I turned my Eyes a few moments from my companion & when I look back I saw him on the other side of the river & climing a steep hill I did not know how he got there I wanted to cross so I called to him as loud as I could to stop & wait for me but He paid no attention to me but went on as Hard as He could then a person came to me & said you have an iron rod in your hand which I percieve I had several feet long the Angel said to me you must use this rod & feel your way over the river & I awoke
~ Heber C Kimball

Events

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December 30, 1856
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
1857
Church membership is 55,236.

Dec 12, 1856