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Day in the Life

Jun 4, 1864

Journal Entry

June 04, 1864 ~ Saturday

4. I spent the most of the day in the Endowment House we gave
Endowments to 39 persons HCK sealed 10 couple W. Woodruff
[FIGURE] sealed 20 couple There was present B. Young H. C. Kimball
J Taylor W. Woodruff G. A. Smith F. D. Richards ^Joseph Young^ D Calder
G. D. Watt J. D. T. Mcallister, Wm Folsom S. Sprague
J. V. Long & L Farr. Also Eliza R Snow Elizabeth Ann
Whitney & Sarah M Hyde. At the close of the sealings all
the above Named persons repaired to the Font & we thare
dedicated the Baptismal Font unto god for Baptisms for
the remission of sins for the Healing of the sick & for Baptisms
for the dead President Brigham Young was mouth & he
named in his Praryer every thing from the foundation to
the Top, and He said that He felt that the Lord AcExcepted the Dedication

I visited G D. Watt's garden in the Evening & saw some vary
fine strawburies in Beds I think the Excellenta were the
best

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3302 mentions
Apostle, Family
Calder, David Orson
18 Jun 1823 - 3 Jul 1884
30 mentions
Snow, Eliza Roxcy
21 Jan 1804 - 5 Dec 1887
47 mentions
Whitney, Elizabeth Ann Smith
26 Dec 1800 - 15 Feb 1882
9 mentions
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
784 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Watt, George Darling
18 May 1812 - 24 Oct 1881
119 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
596 mentions
Missionary
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
60 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
304 mentions
Farr, Lorin
25 Jul 1820 - 12 Jan 1909
69 mentions
39 mentions
1 mention
Folsom, William Harrison
25 Mar 1815 - 19 Mar 1901
76 mentions

Places

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Endowment House, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

Jun 4, 1864