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Day in the Life

Jan 30, 1859

Journal Entry

January 30, 1859 ~ Sunday

30th Sunday I was quite unwell I did not attend the
Meeting. John Taylor preached upon the first principles
of the gospel in the Tabernacle. I met with my prayer
circle at 2 oclok I did not dress R. L. Campbell prayed
Bishop Hunter was mouth in the Circle. I did not meet
with the Twelve E. T. Benson prayed. Erastus Snow was
mouth in the Circle

[FIGURE] At half past 6 oclok P.M. I gave my Daughter
Susan Cornelia Woodruff to Robert Scholes and Joined
them in the Holy bonds of Matrimony. this is the first child
I ever gave in marriage. The eastern mail came in I
looked over the papers but found but little news. I

People

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270 mentions
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
366 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Campbell, Robert Lang
21 Jan 1825 - 11 Apr 1874
106 mentions
Missionary
Scholes, Robert
19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891
94 mentions
Family
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
357 mentions
Family

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Adobe Tabernacle, 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.

Jan 30, 1859