Emma's first child Hyrum Smith Woodruff dies at age 13 months.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 17, 1858 ~ Friday
17th We travelled to the severe Baited our animals then drove
to Cedar Fort 450 miles & spent the night with Brother
Johnson
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Johnson, Luke
3 Nov 1807 - 8 Dec 1861
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Apostle
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I told the people to get the spirit of God & follow its dictates & to remember daily their prayers & to pray for the Presidency & all the Authorities of the Church & to pray for the President of the United States & for all men in Author- ity as the spirit of God shall dictate.
~ Wilford Woodruff
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Wilford serves ninth term as member of Territorial Legislature.
Wilford performs marriage of daughter Susan to Robert Scholes (first child to marry).