Wilford's daughter Phoebe Amelia is sealed to Lorenzo Snow as his eighth wife.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 24, 1859 ~ Sunday
254 Sunday John Taylor Preached in the forenoon I met with
my Quorum in the morning Brother Pugmire prayed Brother
Richard Bentley was mouth. I met with the Twelve in
the evening. E Snow prayed. C. C. Rich was mouth.
President Brigham Young D. H. Wells & G. A. Smith had
an interview with the Govornor Cummings. He talked vary
plain to him He told Governor Cummings he should not
go into that military camp alive for he should not live
5 minutes when he got there if they come to this city he
should not be here & He told his Excellency he should look
to him to protect his property & family and if the Army
shot a gun in to his house he would find it would be a
deer shot for they would hear a voice from the mountain
& they would find he would not be far off President
Young said He was willing to go before any civil court
and all the men on Earth might testify against him if they
would tell the truth they could not testify that He had
been guilty of any crime or sanctioned any criminal
act but he would not go into a military court to be linched
He said I will stay in these mountains while I live &
If I cannot live in peace I will destroy all the property
in the Territory and our Enemies shall find it as barren
as we did when we came here He said "I will not take
the council of any man that lives on the Earth but God"
Himself Our Enemies are not at war with me but
they are at war with God & his kingdom & the Holy
Priesthood, & If I would renounce my religion
I could go into Camp Floyd or any whare in the
world & be respected & treated kindly but I will not
renounce my religion but I will maintain it while
I live I care nothing about property or a good name
among the world all I ask is the favor of God & to do his
will" And many other things He said to Gov Cummings
I spent a short time in the Presidents office with the Twelve
& others. The Eastern mail came in containing 23 sacks
two weeks mail not much News It was not decided
whether their would be an European war or not.
People
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Cumming, Alfred
1802-1873
74 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
697 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1432 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1954 mentions
Apostle
Pugmire, Jonathan (Jr.)
7 Dec 1823 - 18 Sep 1880
26 mentions
Bentley, Richard
1 Oct 1820 - 24 Mar 1906
32 mentions
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"I will not take the council of any man that lives on the Earth but God" Himself our Enemies are not at war with me but they are at war with God & his kingdom & the Holy Priesthood, & If I would renounce my Religion I could go into Camp Floyd or any whare in the world & be respected & treated kindly but I will not renounce my religion but I will maintain it while I live I care nothing about property or a good name among the world all I ask for is the favor of God & to do his will"
~ Brigham Young
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