Day in the Life

Sep 25, 1868

Journal Entry

September 25, 1868 ~ Friday

25. We started on our days Journey we had not gone more
than about half a mile Before Presidet Young stoped his team
& shot at a wolf with a Barrifle Barrel pistol & it kicked & struck

him in the nose & nearly broke it. the pain struck to his
stomach & he fainted away & it took near half an hour
to bring him to, it frightened us all. We drove to Levan &
took dinner & held a meeting. T Taylor prayed Joseph Young sr
spoke 15 m[inutes] W Woodruff 17, Erastus Snow 35 M[inutes], D. H. Wells 10.
at the close of the Meeting we drove to Nephi & spent the night
with Brother Oakey he has been quite sick 45 M[iles].

We held a Meeting in the Evening Brother Dunford prayed
Thomas Taylor spoke 20 m[inutes] Joseph F Smith spoke 30, G Q Cannon
15 Minutes Joseph Young sen 12 Minutes

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Oakey (Ockey), Edward Ockey
27 Feb 1816 - 14 Aug 1871
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
697 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4129 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
Taylor, Thomas
26 Jul 1826 - 8 Dec 1900

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Sep 25, 1868