Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Point, Utah, effectively ending the Church's isolation in Utah.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 26, 1869 ~ Wednesday
26. It has rained hard acfor the last 48 hours & is still ra[inin]g
we are having the Hardest rain & most water falling
we have ever seen in any summer Month since we have
been in this Territory the whole face of the Earth is all
soaked deep, the seasons are changing with us
we received 2 letters from Wilford & Susan at
Susan was At Omahaw Robert my son in Law had
become dissatisfied with Mormonishm He had no faith
in it nor in God He never did have much religion
He does not pray nor enjoy the spirit of the Lord He sold
out his place in Box Elder & Brought his wife & children to
My House they have been stoping with me more than one
Month. I Blessed Susan & her children on the Evening of
May 17, & on the morning of May 18 Susan & her 4 children
left my House to go to the States with Her Husband Robert
Scholes they went to Ogden & took cars & arived in
Omahaw on thursday night it was quite a trial to her and
to her parents to have her leave but they are in the hands of God
& he will deal right with them I spent most of the day in writing
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Scholes, Robert
19 Nov 1835 - 14 Jul 1891
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Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
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Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
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