Day in the Life

Feb 19, 1862

Journal Entry

February 19, 1862 ~ Wednesday

Feb 19 1862

A hand pointing to the right A folded letter/box I wrote 2 letters ITo I F. Carter & Azmon Woodruff
I spent the day in the office and the Evening at Brother George
Godards
with a party there were present John Taylor W. Woodruff
G. A. Smith A. O. Smoot Bishop Hunter, & E. D. Woolley with
our wives. We got a Telegraph dispatch saying that
Savannah had surrendered to the North without a blow, and that Gen
Pillow was not taken prisioner at Fort Reynolds

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Woodruff, Azmon, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
362 mentions
Family
Woolley, Edwin Dilworth
28 Jun 1807 - 14 Oct 1881
120 mentions
Missionary
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1431 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Goddard, George
5 Dec 1815 - 12 Jan 1899
Carter, Ilus Fabyan
8 Nov 1816 - 11 Dec 1888
409 mentions
Family
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1944 mentions
Apostle

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President Young who treated upon Zion. He quoted the Prophets about building up Zion, redeeming Zion &c. "He said "we should not have Zion untill we made it the Lord would no more build up Zion for us than He will plough & sow our fields, we had got to do it ourselves.
~ Brigham Young
Kimball who spoke of the body & spirit of man but did not Explain the subject to the satisfaction of President Young He then followed Brother Kimball and Explained the matter to the people and said the Bodoy or Tabernacle was all & Every thing to us without the Tabernacle we could not get an Exaltation we should have in the morning of the resurrection the same body we have now, the baby resurrection as taught by OH was a fals doctrin & no truth in it.
~ Brigham Young

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

Feb 19, 1862