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Day in the Life

Feb 15, 1860

Journal Entry

February 15, 1860 ~ Wednesday

15 It is warm & thawing to day I spent the day in the office reading
Letters I read the Letters of two months I spent one hour of the evening
with President D. H. Wells who has the inflamitory rheumatism, he
conversed vary freely upon a variety of subjects of past days. I then
called upon President Young I found him & Brother Kimball &
Bishop Hunter together after an hour O Hyde & Wm Price came in
President Young O Hyde W Woodruff & Edward Hunter laid hands
upon Wm Price & ordained him a Bishop to presidee over the Goshen
Brance [Branch] President Young was mouth. He gave him good advice

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
270 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
669 mentions
Apostle
9 mentions
Missionary

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1860
Church membership 61,000; population of Utah Territory 40,273, population of 33 United States 31,443,000.

Feb 15, 1860