Day in the Life

Dec 8, 1858

Journal Entry

December 08, 1858 ~ Wednesday

8th A plesant morning but cold I read the account of the death
of Brother Samuel Lever who was frozen to death Mr Vernon
manifested the spirit of a Brute in turning him with three
other men from his door in a freezing condition & one lost
his life and two of the others frooze their feet badly. Wilford
returned home this noon he had been out 9 days & a half in all the
cold weather he had become vary much chilled & frozen his
feet & fingers. I spent the evening with President Young
D. H. Wells G. A Smith J. W. Cummings A Carrington G. W.
Watt & some others Robert got home this morning evening
And reported my cattle doing well

People

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
232 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
125 mentions
61 mentions
1 mention
Scholes, Robert
19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891
95 mentions
Family
1 mention
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
719 mentions
Family

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Woodruff Home, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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December 1858
Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.

Dec 8, 1858