Day in the Life

Dec 8, 1861

Journal Entry

December 08, 1861 ~ Sunday

8th Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning Arza Hinkley open
by Prayer W. Woodruff was mouth I attended the meeting at the Tabernacle
H. Stout, Wm. Crosby & John Taylor Preachesd in the forenoon & J V
Long
in the afternoon. My son David Patten was kicked by a Mule in
the head & was carried into the House for dead & it was several minuts
before he showed signs of life He vomited a good deal of Blood. I
^ An arrow^ Examined his head & found the skull not Broak I spent the afternoon
with him He was better at night I spent the evening at Presid[en]t
Youngs & the Historians Office

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Hinckley, Arza Erastus
15 Aug 1826 - 18 Feb 1901
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
Woodruff, David Patten
4 Apr 1854 - 20 Jan 1937
225 mentions
Family
Stout, Hosea
18 Sep 1810 - 2 Mar 1889
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1945 mentions
Apostle
5 mentions
Missionary

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Council (Legislature) of the State of Deseret meets simultaneously with Utah Territorial Legislature.

Dec 8, 1861