Emma's first child Hyrum Smith Woodruff dies at age 13 months.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
November 08, 1858 ~ Monday
8th I spent the day in the office compiling History Robert started
this morning to draw lumber forom the mouth of the Cottonwood
for Wm Kimball G. A. Smith wento to Jordon Mill. I called
upon President Young & spent the evening with him & D H
Wells We read to him the Article of agreement Betwen Mr
Benson of New York & Samuel Brannan drawn up
By Amos Kendel. President Young said not [to] put it
in History But copy it in a Book & seal it up stating
on the outside of it what it is & let it lie untill we
want it it may be 20 years hence He said President
Polk was at the Bottom of it and Poke wanted to give
the Mormons a grant of Land some whare in the west
But secretary Marcy opposed him strongly & said if
he did it He would resign & do all he could against
him. There was a strong opposition against the Saints
& Thomas Benton had prepared an Armey to destroy
the saints in the wilderness & Nothing saved us ownly
our fitting out the Mormon Battalion to go to Mexico
at the call of the Government
It was reported that Peter Conover was drunk in a
store & nearly crazy. Hopkins Pendor a Polieceman
went in to take him when some of his friends said they
would take care of him He said that was all he wanted
was to have him taking care of. as he was leaving the
store Calvin Foss came to him and asked him if he
was the man that chased him the other night (as two
men were chased who had taken away a mans wife & daughter
for the purpose of whoredom & was shot at while in their
flight) He answered yes Foss then said dam you I will
shoot you if you ever follow me again you just try it again
& I will use you up. Hopkins Fendor went into the street
& told the Mayor of [it] he asked him why he did not knock
him down He said why did you not go into the street & get
help the remark was made that He ought to be taken up
{President Young} one said I would not take him up if he swas to threaten
my life in that way. Brother James Ida called upon
President Young for council to go to Calafornia to settle his
busines President Young advised him to remain & appoint some
men there to settle it this Brother Ida raised a large crop of wheat
for the saints in calafornia
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Benson, Alfred Grenville
1806-1878
4 mentions
Kendall, Amos
1789-1869
1 mention
Historical Figure
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3466 mentions
Apostle, Family
Foss, Calvin Ichabod
10 Jan 1826 - 21 May 1908
36 mentions
Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
801 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1442 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Pender, Hopkins C.
1824-1910
3 mentions
Polk, James Knox
2 Nov 1795 - 15 Jun 1849
24 mentions
Historical Figure, Eminent Men and Woman
Ide, James M.
1822-abt. 1878
1 mention
Conover, Peter W.
1807-1892
3 mentions
Scholes, Robert
19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891
95 mentions
Family
Brannan, Samuel
2 Mar 1819 - 5 May 1889
66 mentions
Benton, Thomas Hart
1782-1858
13 mentions
Historical Figure
Kimball, William Henry
26 Apr 1826 - 29 Dec 1907
47 mentions
Marcy, William Learned
1786-1857
2 mentions
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Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.