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Day in the Life

Sep 19, 1868

Journal Entry

September 19, 1868 ~ Saturday

19 I met with a company of Brethren in the Meeting
House to organize a School of the Prophets, it was
Organized By appointing Bishop Fairbanks President &
Borother Thurber vice Presidet J Coombs Secretary
O Simons Treasurer President Young spoke 15 Minutes
Then the rules were read & excepted. we then drove to
Santaquin & held a Meeting at 10 oclok Joseph Young sen
Prayed then spoke 40 minutes D. H. Wells spoke 25 m[inutes] G. Q. Cannon
28 m[inutes] We then drove to Nephi City 25 miles

A large procession of Men Women & Children met us in the
street they had Erected large Pyramids of Evergreen
with a welcome Erected upon them I stoped with Edward
Oakey. A Meeting was held in the meeting House J Vancott
Joseph W. Young Joseph W. Young Joseph F. Smith A M
Musser & Joseph Young sen all spoke at the Meeting. President
Young D. H. Wells W. Woodruff G Q Cannon met with

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47 mentions
Musser, Amos Milton
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
106 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
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Oakey (Ockey), Edward Ockey
27 Feb 1816 - 14 Aug 1871
53 mentions
1966 mentions
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1 mention
4 mentions
86 mentions
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3567 mentions
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Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
60 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
304 mentions
2 mentions

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Nephi, Juab County, Utah Territory
Santaquin, Juab and Utah Counties, Utah Territory

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Sep 19, 1868