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Day in the Life

Feb 8, 1861

Journal Entry

February 08, 1861 ~ Friday

8 I called into Presidents Youngs saw Governor Cummings Judge
Kinney & Mr Bell. I then left the City in company with
Elder John Taylor for a mission North We rode to Farmington and
Held a meeting with the people in the evening the spirit of the Lord
was with us and we had a good meeting I spent the night with Ezra Clark

People

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69 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Clark, Ezra Thompson
23 Nov 1823 - 17 Oct 1901
33 mentions
Kinney, John Fitch
2 Apr 1816 - 16 Aug 1902
39 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
10 mentions

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Farmington, Davis County, Utah Territory
Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Events

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Dec 1860 - Jan 1861
Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

Feb 8, 1861