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Day in the Life

Feb 28, 1870

Journal Entry

February 28, 1870 ~ Monday

28 Monday [FIGURE] Presidt Young G A Smith B. Young Jr Lorenzo Young
John W. Young Charles Savage, Squares & Orson Arnold &
Amelia Young started from Provo to St George G A Smith
Had his son John Henry & his wife Barsheba with him
we also left for Home rode to American Fork & attended
the school of the Prophets. G. Q. Cannon spoke 233 M[inutes], J F Smith
45, & W Woodruff 30 M[inutes] we held a Meeting in the Evening
W Woodruff spoke 40 M[inutes], Heber Kimball 2, G Q Cannon 30,
J Taylor 22, & J F Smith 15 Minutes

People

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Smith, Bathsheba Wilson Bigler
05-03-1822 - 09-20-1910
46 mentions
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
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Smith, John Henry
18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
258 mentions
Apostle
5 mentions
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
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
122 mentions
Missionary
8 mentions
53 mentions

Places

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Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory
St. George, Washington 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 28, 1870