Day in the Life

Jan 29, 1861

Journal Entry

January 29, 1861 ~ Tuesday

29 A hand pointing to the right I wrote 2 letters one to Erastus Snow in New York & one
to Richard Bentley in England I called to see Brother J. C. Little &
family with Mrs Woodruff His oldest son Charles was but just
alive with the Lung & Brain fever He had been sick about 2 weeks
Dr Burnhisel was attending him. We also called upon Sister Smoot
who had been sick for several days

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Little, Charles Wallace
14 Nov 1847 - 30 Jan 1861
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
691 mentions
Apostle
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
Bernhisel, John Milton
23 Jun 1799 - 28 Sep 1881
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
Bentley, Richard
1 Oct 1820 - 24 Mar 1906

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Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

Jan 29, 1861