Wilford performs marriage of daughter Susan to Robert Scholes (first child to marry).
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 14, 1859 ~ Monday
14th
we found about one foot of snow on the ground this
morning the Eastern mail came in this morning I spent
an hour in the Presidents office looking over the mail but
we did not find much News I received one paper & a letter
from Elder Lorenzo Snow, and a letter to his sister E. R. Snow
which I delivered to her and had some conversation with her
concerning her Brother Lorenzo. I wrote to Brother Snow
an answer to his Letter I spent the evening in the office G. A. S
was present & herd the Book Entitled Joseph Smith the prophet red
and found many errors in it
I had a conversation with D Huntington upon the subj[ec]t
of a conversation with Arrowpene & Ben Simons as
follows. Arrowpene had Been to camp Floyd for several
days He came to Dimick Huntington & spent the night also
Ben Simons they lay and whispered to gether all night and
Brother Huntington[t] said he was full of Hell Arrowpene was
sullen and he said in the morning the mormons was the cause
of the death of Pintets. Huntington asked who told him so he
was silent a while then said Nobody. H. yes sombody told
you so was it the Black bearded man. He said yes then Ben
Simons said that Dr Hurt had said that the Mormons had
teased the Govornor to send the soldiers to chastize them
the Indians & this was the cause why they shot Pintets
Ben Simons said some body had got to die for shooting
at him last winter in the mountains he did not say
who it would be their is no dout but what Dr Hurt has
tried all the time to stir up the Indians to war against
the morning Arrowpene said that He could not tell what He
should do untill the snow should go off.
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Cumming, Alfred
1802-1873
74 mentions
10 mentions
Native American
Chief Arapeen
unk.-1860
23 mentions
Native American
Huntington, Dimick Baker
26 May 1808 - 1 Feb 1879
30 mentions
Snow, Eliza Roxcy
21 Jan 1804 - 5 Dec 1887
51 mentions
Hurt, Garland
abt. 1820-1903
15 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1437 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2386 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
701 mentions
Apostle, Family
2 mentions
Native American
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Wilford's daughter Phoebe Amelia is sealed to Lorenzo Snow as his eighth wife.