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Day in the Life

May 18, 1865

Journal Entry

May 18, 1865 ~ Thursday

18 [FIGURE] I called upon Brother James S Brown who has
lain 10 months with a broaken thigh from a shot wound
& suffered nigh iunto death. He concluded to have a
surgeon open his thigh & take out the broaken bones
G. Q. Cannon & myself laid hand upon him & prayed for
him higs thigh was opened 10 peases of bone & the ball taken out

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Brown, James Stephens
4 Jul 1828 - 29 Mar 1902
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May 18, 1865