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Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 27, 1870 ~ Sunday
27. Sunday G Q Cannon & J. F. Smith & myself went to
Springville & held a Meeting in the Meeting House at
10 o'clok G Q Cannon spoke 1 Hour Afternoon J. F. Smith
spoke 67 minutes & W Woodruff 40 Minutes. We returned
to Provo & held a Meeting in the Evening J. Horn Prayed
B. Young Jr spoke 40 M, John W. Young spoke 10 M, Charles Savage
spoke 10 M. We stoped with Brother Smoot distance of the day 12 [Miles]
While we were at Springville the Presidency held a Meeting at
Provo. G. A. Smith spoke one hour Joseph Y[ou]ng spoke 15 M,
President B Y[ou]ng spoke 22 M. Afternoon John Taylor spoke
46 M, Lorenzo Y[ou]ng 35 & then President Young 17 Minutes
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3466 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
589 mentions
Apostle
Savage, Charles Roscoe
1832-1909
31 mentions
Missionary
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1442 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2284 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1964 mentions
Apostle
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
328 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4142 mentions
Apostle
Horne, Joseph
17 Jan 1812 - 27 Apr 1897
50 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
312 mentions
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
124 mentions
Missionary
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Utah women given the right to vote; Liberal (non-Mormon) Party formed opposing People's (Mormon) Party.