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Day in the Life

Apr 30, 1869

Journal Entry

April 30, 1869 ~ Friday

30. We left Tokerville & drove to Bennington 5 M[iles] then to
Harrisburgh 3 M[iles] & Held a Meeting H. S. Eldridge spok 23
Minutes & W Woodruff 34 M[inutes]. We then drove to St George 22 Miles
President Young & company had arived Before us we stayed
with Brother Bartley St George is becoming the second City in
the Territory in Beuty & improvement they are building the finest
Meeting House in the Territory it is 100 By 50 feet in the door
Built of fine cut red sand stone it is laid in layers like Brick
& has a fine appearance it is 106 By 56 outside I visited Brother
Erastus Snow also Brother Olive Woolley Sister Sarah Foss
was also there they were in Mourning for the death of Frank
Woolley who was Murdered By the Indians we held a council in

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
640 mentions
Apostle
Woolley, Franklin Benjamin
11 Jun 1834 - 21 Mar 1869
9 mentions
Family
Eldredge, Horace Sunderlin
6 Feb 1816 - 6 Sep 1888
138 mentions
Woolley, Olive C. Foss
12 Apr 1835 - 7 Apr 1877
6 mentions
Family
Bentley, Richard
1 Oct 1820 - 24 Mar 1906
31 mentions
Foss, Sarah Brackett Carter
30 Sep 1800 - 4 Mar 1894
176 mentions
Family

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Apr 30, 1869