Day in the Life

May 4, 1873

Journal Entry

May 04, 1873 ~ Sunday

4th Sunday conference Met at 10 oclok Prayer By Joseph F Smith


Sunday President Brigham Young Preached in the forenoon
to a large congregation of Saints & Gentiles one hour & 12 M[inutes]
Afternoon C. C. Rich spoke 26 Minutes President Joseph
A hand pointing to the right A folded letter/box Young spoke 32 Minutes then President Brigham Y[ou]ng
spoke 45 Minutes making about two hours that He spoke
to day & there was some Twelve thousand People in the Tabernacle
I received A Letter from My Brother Azmon & I wrote 4 letters
to Sarah, Wilford, David & Azmon at the close of the Meeting
the Presidency & Twelve Met For Prayer & After Prayers we
Keys crossed A single key with teeth to the right Appointed 13 Men to be ordained to the High Council
in Salt Lake City viz Thomas Williams, Allexander C.
Piper
, Angus M. Cannon, Milando Pratt, John
Sharp Jr.
, Henry P. Richards, John R. Winder,
George Nebeker, Joseph Horn, George J. Taylor,
C. R. Savage, Robert T Neslin & George G Spencer

we also appointed 53 Men to be ordained Patriarchs

William Hyde Ezra Chase
George Lake Evan M. Green
William Budge Lorenzo H. Hatch
Elias Smith Thomas Collister
Aaron Johnson Edward Hunter
Joseph L. Heywood Levi Jacksonman
Phineas Richards Levi Richards
Erastus Bingham David W. Rogers
D. B. Huntington to the Lamanites David Cluff sen
President Joseph Young sen Ebenezer Miller
Lorenzo D. Young Luther ^Cyril^ Call
Thomas Kington Barril Covington
[blank] Loveland Luman A Shirtleff [blank] Alger Lyman Leonard Thadeus Alverd Joseph Rollins Jesse N. Perkins Levi Hancock Absolam P Free Jesse P. Harman Johnathan Pugmire sen George A Neal Gardner Snow Samuel Merrill Daniel Shearer Jeremiah Woodbury David Fulmer John Vance Ezra Oaklyey Joseph Turnbull John Doolittle George Bundy Benjamin Brown William Burgess William Stewart Charles Edwards Henry Herriman Horace Gibbs Albert Merrill

It was moved & carried that when any one of the Twelve
Apostles Met with any one of the men in list named
for Patriarchs to ordain them to that office & report
it to the Clerk so It might be put on record

People

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Johnson, Aaron
22 Jun 1806 - 10 May 1877
Merrill, Albert (Sr.)
17 Jul 1815 - 1 Nov 1873
Cannon, Angus Munn
17 May 1834 - 7 Jun 1915
Woodruff, Azmon, b. 1802
29 Nov 1802 - 14 Jan 1889
364 mentions
Family
Brown, Benjamin
1794–1878
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3445 mentions
Apostle, Family
Rich, Charles Coulson
21 Aug 1809 - 17 Nov 1883
352 mentions
Apostle
30 mentions
Missionary
Cluff, David
20 Jun 1795 - 6 Dec 1881
Fullmer, David
7 Jul 1803 - 22 Oct 1879
41 mentions
Missionary
Woodruff, David Patten
4 Apr 1854 - 20 Jan 1937
227 mentions
Family
Rogers, David White
4 Oct 1787 - 21 Sep 1881
Huntington, Dimick Baker
26 May 1808 - 1 Feb 1879
Smith, Elias, b. 1804
6 Sep 1804 - 24 Jun 1888
Bingham, Erastus
12 Mar 1798 - 2 May 1882
Snow, Gardner
15 Feb 1793 - 17 Nov 1889
Bundy, George
5 Jan 1788 - 29 Jan 1877
8 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Taylor, George John
31 Jan 1834 - 15 Dec 1914
Lake, George
15 Sep 1838 - 23 Mar 1898
Harriman, Henry
9 Jun 1804 - 17 May 1891
Richards, Henry Phinehas
30 Nov 1831 - 29 Oct 1912
2 mentions
Harmon, Jesse Perse
11 Aug 1795 - 24 Dec 1877
Sharp, John, b. 1841
28 Dec 1841 - 15 Mar 1915
Vance, John
8 Nov 1794 - 24 Jan 1882
Pugmire, Jonathan
28 Mar 1799 - 9 Aug 1876
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4128 mentions
Apostle
Horne, Joseph
17 Jan 1812 - 27 Apr 1897
Heywood, Joseph Leland
1 Aug 1815 - 16 Oct 1910
22 mentions
Missionary
Young, Joseph
7 Apr 1797 - 16 Jul 1881
Jackman, Levi
28 Jul 1797 - 23 Jul 1876
Richards, Levi
14 Apr 1799 - 18 Jun 1876
Hancock, Levi Ward
7 Apr 1803 - 10 Jun 1882
35 mentions
Zion's Camp
Young, Lorenzo Dow
19 Oct 1807 - 21 Nov 1895
124 mentions
Missionary
Hatch, Lorenzo Hill
4 Jan 1826 - 20 Apr 1910
Pratt, Milando Merrill
30 Sep 1848 - 8 Nov 1930
Richards, Phineas Howe
15 Nov 1788 - 25 Nov 1874
Merrill, Samuel
24 Sep 1780 - 25 Sep 1878
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
706 mentions
Family
Alvord, Thaddeus
28 Oct 1781 - 19 Feb 1874
10 mentions
Family
Callister, Thomas
8 Jul 1821 - 1 Dec 1880
Kington, Thomas
18 May 1794 - 1 Jul 1874
182 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
721 mentions
Family
226 mentions
Missionary
Hyde, William
11 Sep 1818 - 2 Mar 1874
14 mentions
Missionary

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May 4, 1873