Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
March 08, 1861 ~ Friday
8. I Bought 4 plums trees of Mrs Session & set them out I then
went to the office found G. A. Smith accompanied him to Presid[en]t
Youngs & sat & talked awhile upon various things President Young
wished H. S. Eldridge to rent his Farm & take the superintendency
of Building the seventies Hall. G. A. Smith said that Israel P
Hoyt was about to leave Filmore. I wrote Elder Orson Pratt a
letter and gave him the News of the day.
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
142 mentions
Hoyt, Israel P.
1828-1883
1 mention
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
Parry, Patty Bartlett Sessions Smith
4 Feb 1795 - 14 Dec 1892
5 mentions
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News arrives in Utah of firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of the Civil War.