Wilford moves plural wife Delight to Fort Herriman to be near her family.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
August 20, 1862 ~ Wednesday
Aug 20 ^1862^
I spent the forenoon in the garden the Afternoon in the office
I met the board of the D. A. & M Society at the H. Ooffic [office]
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President Young said I expect this Temple will stand through the Millennium & the Brethren will go in and give thei Endowments to the people
~ Brigham Young
Presidet Young then said right west of the Temple in a line between the North & South gates we shall build a Tower & put a Bell in it we shall build it square & build it as high as we please then west of the Tower we will build a Tabernacle to hold some 15,000 people the Tower will stand so as to have a road Each side of it, one between the Tower & Temple, & one between the Tower & Tabernacle this plan was shown me in vision when I first came onto the ground.
~ Brigham Young
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Wilford baptizes son David Patten Woodruff.
Morrill Anti-Bigamy Law signed by Abraham Lincoln.
Wilford serves as President of Deseret Agriculture and Manufacturing Society for 15 years.
Wilford records Brigham Young's plans for a 15,000-seat tabernacle on Temple Square.