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Day in the Life

Feb 27, 1870

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 oclok 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[inutes], John. W. Young spoke 10 M[inutes], Charles Savage
spoke 10 M[inutes]. We stoped with Brother Smoot distance of the day 12
while we were at Springville the Presidency held a Meeting at
Provo. G. A. Smith spoke one hour Joseph Young spoke 15 M[inutes],
President B Young spoke 22 M. Afternoon John Taylor spoke
46 M, Lorenzo Young 35 & then President Young 17 Minuts

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
556 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
540 mentions
Apostle
1 mention
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
1966 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
299 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3567 mentions
Apostle
Horne, Joseph
17 Jan 1812 - 27 Apr 1897
47 mentions
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
304 mentions
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
122 mentions
Missionary

Places

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Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory
Springville, Utah County, Utah Territory

Events

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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 27, 1870