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Day in the Life

Apr 8, 1873

Journal Entry

April 08, 1873 ~ Tuesday

Aprail 8, 1873
Conference Met at 10 oclok. Sin[g]ing & Prayer By G. B. Wallace
A. O. Smoot spoke 47 Minutes & gave a vary interesting practical
discours upon the Temporal affairs in Zion. He was followed By
G. Q. Cannon who spoke 50 Minuts. Afternoon J. F. Smith Prayed
President Young spoke 55 Minuts & gave much good instruction to
the people upon Temporal things. Then the Authorities of the
Church were presented to the Conference & sustained.

[FIGURES] President Brigham Young chose 5 New councillors
making 7 in all. They are as Followers

George A Smith, Daniel H. Wells, Lorenzo Snow, B. Young Jr.
Albert Carrington, George Q. Cannon & John W. Young.
[FIGURE] George A. Smith was Appointed Trustee in Trust
& the following Named persons Assistant Trustees.
John Sharp, Joseph W. Young, John L. Smith, LeGrand Young
Elijah F Sheets, Joseph F Smith, Moses Thatcher, John VanCott,
Amus M. Musser, James P. Freeze, F A. Mitchell, & Thomas Taylor
Total 1 Trustee & 12 Assistants

[FIGURE] The Conference adjourned untill the 6 day of next October
it was a vary interesting Conference much good teaching
And the fact that President Young has begun to throw off the
Temporal labor, & care, & Presidency of the Trusteeship of the Church
The Merchantile Cooperative institution, The Presidency of the Bank
&c shows a change in the right direction & let others bear some
of those burthens I received 3 letters from David, Wilford & Sarah

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
556 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
210 mentions
Apostle
Musser, Amos Milton
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
106 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
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
773 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, David Patten
4 Apr 1854 - 20 Jan 1937
217 mentions
Family
Sheets, Elijah Funk
22 Mar 1821 - 3 Jul 1904
112 mentions
15 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1380 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Wallace, George Benjamin
16 Feb 1817 - 30 Jan 1900
54 mentions
1966 mentions
Apostle
6 mentions
40 mentions
Sharp, John
9 Nov 1820 - 23 Dec 1891
67 mentions
86 mentions
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, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
60 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
655 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Marcus LeGrand
27 Dec 1840 - 23 Jul 1921
54 mentions
370 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
694 mentions
Family
Taylor, Thomas
26 Jul 1826 - 8 Dec 1900
36 mentions
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
Family

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Apr 8, 1873