Day in the Life

Oct 8, 1868

Journal Entry

October 08, 1868 ~ Thursday

Oct 8. W Woodruff Prayed G. A Smith continued hi[s] subj[ec]t
& spoke 40 Minutes Robert Williams spoke 8 M[inutes], Presid[en]t Young
spoke 63 minutes Afternoon D H Wells spoke 50 Minutes
Missionaries were then called to go south Presid[en]t Young spoke
A few Moments. In the Evening I Met with the First Presidency
and all the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles A privilege which

I never Before enjoyed in my life Brigham Young Jr was
set apart as one of the Twelve Apostles He had been ordaineg as
Apostle Before By his Father

I Anointed [FIGURE] Samuel Hardy & wife to their 2nd Anointing
On the 7, I Anointed 2 wives of Morris Phelps
On the 8, I Anointed [blank] Love & wife I assisted Orson Hyde
in Anointing one of his wives

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
583 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
Hardy, Caroline Bacon Rogers
16 Sep 1806 - 21 Nov 1898
6 mentions
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1432 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
13 mentions
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
693 mentions
Apostle
26 mentions
Hardy, Samuel Bradford
21 Sep 1804 - 9 Sep 1899
47 mentions
1 mention

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Oct 8, 1868