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 Minutes Afternoon J. F. Smith Prayed
President Young spoke 55 Minutes & gave much good instruction to
the people upon Temperal things Then the Authorities of the
Church were presented to the Conference & sustained.

Keys crossed A single key with teeth to the right A single key with teeth to the right President Brigham Young chose 5 New councillers
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.
A single key with teeth to the right 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 VancCott,
Amus M. Musser, James P. Freeze, F A. Mitchell, & Thomas Taylor
Total 1 Trustee & 12 Assistants

A folded letter/box IThe 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 began to throw off the
Temporal labor, & care, & Presidency of the Trusteeship of the Church
The Merchantile Cooporative 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

People

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
232 mentions
Apostle
Musser, Amos Milton
20 May 1830 - 24 Sep 1909
109 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
583 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, David Patten
4 Apr 1854 - 20 Jan 1937
227 mentions
Family
Sheets, Elijah Funk
22 Mar 1821 - 3 Jul 1904
124 mentions
15 mentions
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1432 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Wallace, George Benjamin
16 Feb 1817 - 30 Jan 1900
58 mentions
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2257 mentions
Apostle
8 mentions
Smith, John Lyman
17 Nov 1828 - 21 Feb 1898
42 mentions
Sharp, John
9 Nov 1820 - 23 Dec 1891
69 mentions
Van Cott, John
7 Sep 1814 - 18 Feb 1883
87 mentions
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
330 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4128 mentions
Apostle
Young, Joseph Watson
12 Jan 1829 - 7 Jun 1873
63 mentions
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
699 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Marcus LeGrand
27 Dec 1840 - 23 Jul 1921
55 mentions
439 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
706 mentions
Family
Taylor, Thomas
26 Jul 1826 - 8 Dec 1900
36 mentions
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
720 mentions
Family

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Apr 8, 1873