Priesthood members vote in favor of building temple in St. George.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
October 28, 1871 ~ Saturday
28 Oct 1871
I met with the school of the prophets. D H
Wells was present & spoke & left the school Before it was closed &
went into the street & soon after the school was closed President
Daniel H. Wells Hosea Stout, & Wm Kimball were all three
arested for Murder on the Testimony of Wm Hickman
all three of the Men were as innocent as children But Wm
Hickman is trying to clear himself By laying all of his damna-
ble Murders upon Innocent Men & the wicked Judges and
U. S. Officers in this city are trying to Murder the Innocent
& to clear the guilty. The above 3 Brethren were confined in
Camp Douglass & it is reported that President Grant is backing
up these wicked Judges to persecute the leaders of this People
so as to create an open war upon the L. D. Saints. We held
a council at President Youngs office in the Evening
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
799 mentions
Apostle
Stout, Hosea
18 Sep 1810 - 2 Mar 1889
54 mentions
Grant, Ulysses S.
27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885
29 mentions
Hickman, William A.
16 Apr 1815 - 21 Aug 1883
29 mentions
Kimball, William Henry
26 Apr 1826 - 29 Dec 1907
47 mentions
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Groundbreaking ceremony for St. George Temple.