Day in the Life

Apr 9, 1861

Journal Entry

April 09, 1861 ~ Tuesday

9th I set out some abovut 1000 grape cuttings to root this morning and I
done this in the midst of a severe snow storm we had a hard snow storm
which lasted till 1 oclok I had a visit in the afternoon From Father Smith
& Sister Whitney, also Sisters Eliza & Zina Young Sisters Pierce, Free &
Bigelow Young also Lorenzo Snow I wrote a letter to Elder Erastus Snow
A hand pointing to the right & sent him a copy of a letter to J. M. Bernhisel about Cooks
portible Evaporator

People

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6 mentions
Historical Figure
Snow, Eliza Roxcy
21 Jan 1804 - 5 Dec 1887
Whitney, Elizabeth Ann Smith
26 Dec 1800 - 15 Feb 1882
Young, Emeline Free
28 Apr 1826 - 17 Aug 1875
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
691 mentions
Apostle
Bernhisel, John Milton
23 Jun 1799 - 28 Sep 1881
Smith, John, b. 1781
16 Jul 1781 - 23 May 1854
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
691 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Lucy Bigelow
3 Oct 1830 - 3 Feb 1905
39 mentions
Family

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Apr 9, 1861