Attack on wagon train of emigrants and massacre at Mountain Meadows.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
October 04, 1857 ~ Sunday
4th Sunday I attended meeting in the bowery the missionaries
spoke during the day mostly I attended prayer meeting in the evening
Emma Woodruff had a son born at 4 oclock PM.
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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
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Woodruff, Hyrum Smith
4 Oct 1857 - 24 Nov 1858
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United States Army Colonel Alexander's letter threatens Church members with extermination if they oppose Army.
United States Army winters at Camp Scott, Wyoming, 100 miles from Salt Lake City.
Alfred Cumming charges Brigham Young with treason; declares Utah citizens in rebellion against the United States.