Brigham Young reintroduces second anointings.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 31, 1866 ~ Monday
Dec 301.
James Geary shot himself with a pistol
ball through the body. He went out with some boys to
shot at a mark & while the boy was setting up the mark
the pistol went off in the mans hands & the man fell to the
ground He was carried into the House of James Cummings
wha[r]e he was living. I visited him at 11 oclok he was
suffering much The surgeons did not think he would
live. I met with the Presidency & Twelve in the Endowment
House we clothed & offered up prayers then
President D H Wells & his 4 wives received their second
Anointing at 1 oclok. I returned home and Found my
Indian boy Sarrowkeets with great Pain in the head
I administered to him & he got Better. I conversed
with Wilford upon the Principle of improvement of over-
coming our passions & bringing them all in subjecttinion to
theo the law of Christ. I wrote 3 letters to Phebe, Leslie, &
Susan Scholes
People
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Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Cummings, James Willard
1819-1883
61 mentions
Geary, John Thomas
1823-1867
1 mention
Snow, Leslie Woodruff
6 Feb 1862 - 28 Nov 1935
181 mentions
Family
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
344 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Saroquetes
abt. 1852-1901
29 mentions
Family, Native American
Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
361 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
719 mentions
Family
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