Day in the Life

Jan 30, 1861

Journal Entry

January 30, 1861 ~ Wednesday

30. A coffin C. L. J. C. Littles oldest son Charles died this morning. He was a vary promises [promising]
Youth

A hand pointing to the right I wrote a letter to Elder Lorenzo Snow of Brigham City

Farrymore Little buryed a man to day who was killed in Big Cotton
wood Canyon
on the 28th with a snow slide, or in runing before int
fell into the creek & drowned. I laid hands upon Brother Rose oldest
31Daughter who was flung out of a sleigh, and nearly broke his [her] head she was insen-
sible through the night Wilford returned home to night bringing ten head of cattle with him

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1 mention
Little, Charles Wallace
14 Nov 1847 - 30 Jan 1861
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
692 mentions
Apostle, Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
716 mentions
Family

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

Jan 30, 1861