Day in the Life

Sep 20, 1868

Journal Entry

September 20, 1868 ~ Sunday

20 I met with the sunday school in the morning & spoke to
the children & Parents G. Q. Cannon & Joseph Smith spoke
Also. We held a Meeting at 10 oclk W Woodruff Prayed
D. H. Wells spoke 38 m[inutes], W Woodruff spoke 30 m[inutes], Presid[en]t
B Young spoke 5 Minutes. We held a council at the close
of the meeting to take into consideration the propriety
of organizing that place into a stake of Zion & Appointing
a Presid[en]t over it & a Branch of the school of the
Prophets. All voted to do this we then adjourned I dined with
Brother Pitchforth Afternoon we met in the Bowery
prayer By J. F. Smith G Q Cannon spoke 45 m[inutes]. the
Meeting was then resolved into a special conference, it was
moved & carried that this conference be organized into
a stake of Zion. Jacob Bigler was Appointed A
President over theis stake of Zion A High Council was
then organized Edward Oakey Mathew MCCoon, Timothy S Hoyt
Timothy B Foot Andrew Love Jacob G Bigler Jr
George Kendall, David Kazier, Wm H Warner
& Samuel Kazier. Bishop Bryon presented his resig-
nation & it was excepted. He was then appointed an Agent
to take care of the tithing property. The special conference
was then adjourned & Joseph ^W^ Young ^W^ spoke 15 minutes W
Woodruff spoke 10 Minutes Names were called to
organize a school of the Prophets. They assembled in the
Meeting House The school was organized By appointing
Jacob G Bigler Presid[en]t Brother Brian vice Presid[en]t
Brother Pitchforth Secretary & Treasurer.

We held a meeting in the Evening

People

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Love, Andrew
1808-1890
4 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
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Apostle, Family
Bryan, Charles Hinkle
14 Dec 1807 - 14 Jan 1885
4 mentions
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
Oakey (Ockey), Edward Ockey
27 Feb 1816 - 14 Aug 1871
54 mentions
5 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2259 mentions
Apostle
Bigler, Jacob G.
4 Apr 1813 - 23 Feb 1907
27 mentions
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4129 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
63 mentions
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5 mentions
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3 mentions
Missionary
24 mentions

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Sep 20, 1868