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Day in the Life

Jul 7, 1862

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July 07, 1862 ~ Monday

[FIGURE] July 7^th 1862
I spent the forenoon at home in the guarden the afternoon in the
Office, Journalizing & compiling History Ira Jones Willis spent
the afternoon with us He gave us an account of his life He
was baptized April 18 1831 By Newel Knight He started
with the first company for Ohio, then was sent to Jackson
Co Missouri & was in the first company that arived there
July 25 1831. was through the persecution of Jackson Co M
was whiped by Moses G. Wilson with Hickery gads in 1834
& he bears the marks upon his back to this day whic he has
Exhibited to us He went to Calafornia in the Mormon Batta-
lion & He & his Brother William Sidney Smith Willis took the
Job of digging the mill rase for Capt Sutter and discovered
the gold of Calafornia after labouring about 2 month & coll-
ected $1,400 dollars. He pioneered the road from Sacramento
across the Siere nevada mountain through Carson valley to
the sink of the Humbolt & brough the first train of waggon
over that road He had 29 men, 17 waggons, 40 yoak of oxen
& about 40 mules & Horses, 20 cows & calves & was 30 days
in travelling from Plesant Valley to Carson Valley 80 miles
the value of time Expended in pioneering & making the road
amounted to $100000 as the company would have made
that amount in spending ther time in the gold mines and
saved the lives of many of the Emigrants by making this
road. Mrs Woodruff spent a vary sick night with the Neuralgy