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Day in the Life

Feb 24, 1870

Journal Entry

February 24, 1870 ~ Thursday

Feb 24, 18670.

I laid Hands upon Asahel who was quite sick & then
in company with G. Q. Cannon & Heber Kimball rode
to American Fork & met President Young G. A. Smith J. Taylor
B Young Jr & John W Young Joseph Young & Lorenzo Young we held
a Meeting in the meeting House at 6 oclok B Young Jr spoke
30 Minutes Lorenzo Young 20 M[inutes] & E. Snow 40 M[inutes] J. Taylor G Q C
& myself spent the night at Brother Robinsons

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Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
507 mentions
Family
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
2404 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
478 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
Host
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
492 mentions
Apostle
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
987 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
1757 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
964 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1488 mentions
Apostle
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
281 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
201 mentions
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
90 mentions
Missionary

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American Fork, Utah 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 24, 1870