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Day in the Life

Feb 6, 1870

Journal Entry

February 06, 1870 ~ Sunday

6. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning And attended
A Funeral at Brother Heber C Kimballs House. Vilate Murry
Whitney Aged 16 yers was dead, the daughter of Horace & Hellen
Whitney. There was a large Assembly present W. Woodruff
opened by Prayer President Brigham Young spoke [blank] Minutes
I reported his sermon Joseph Young spoke [blank] Minutes
E. L. Sloan spoke in the Tabernacle in the morning followed
By John Taylor. Theadore Curtis spoke in the Afternoon followed

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Sloan, Edward Lennox
9 Nov 1830 - 2 Aug 1874
11 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Whitney, Helen Mar Kimball
22 Aug 1828 - 15 Nov 1896
3 mentions
7 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
304 mentions
11 mentions
1 mention

Places

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Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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1870
Church membership 90,130; population of Utah Territory 86,336; population of 38 United States 39,820,000.
February 1870
Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.

Feb 6, 1870