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Day in the Life

Feb 13, 1859

Journal Entry

February 13, 1859 ~ Sunday

13th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle Gilbert Clements
Preached upon the first principles of the gospel was followed by
Elder O Hyde with a strong exertation He objected to any
person selling whiskey & then coming into this desk to preach
which Brother Clements had done yet he did not call him
by name. I met my Quorum my son Wilford Prayed
& I was mouth in the circle. The first Patriarch of the
church Joseph Smith sen blessed me & my wife Phebe he
said I should have sons who should bear the Holy Priesthood
& be great men in the Earth & be honorable men in Zion
while he [Wilford] was praying I thought of my Blessing. I spent
an hour with President Young in the afternoon. He spoke upon
the subject of the Book published by Mother Smith called Joseph
Smith the Prophet He said he wished us to take up that work
& revise it & correct it that it belonged to the Historians to
attend to it that there was many fals statements made in
it and he wished them to be left out and all other statements
which we did not know to be true, and give the reason why they
are left out. G. A. Smith & Elias Smith should be present

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, Elias
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
182 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
29 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2227 mentions
Smith, Joseph (Sr.)
12 Jul 1771 - 14 Sep 1840
127 mentions
Smith, Lucy Mack
8 Jul 1775 - 14 May 1856
42 mentions
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
670 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
Family

Places

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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.

Feb 13, 1859