Day in the Life

May 17, 1873

Journal Entry

May 17, 1873 ~ Saturday

17. I took cars at 6 oclok & went to Ogden the Presidency & the
rest of the company came on the 8 oclok train we met at 10 oclok
in the Tabernacle for a 2 days Meeting Prayer By C. W. Penrose
D. H. Wells spoke one hour & 10 Minuts At noon the following persons
[FIGURES] were called together & ordained Patriarchs under
the Hands of the Presidency & Twelve

Erastus Bingham MaBorn March 12, 18798 Concord vermont
President Young ordained him assisted By five other

Ezra Chase born Feb 4, 1796, Colerain Franklin County Mass
Son of Timothy & Sarah Chase Ordained by D H Wells

Luman A Shirtliff born March 13, 1807 Montgomery Hampden co Mass
Son of Noah & Lydia Shirtliff. Ordained Patraiarch By Orson Pratt

George Washington Hill, Born March 5, 1822 Amestown, Co Ohio
Son of Richard & Sarah Hill Ordained By Elder John Taylor

Berril Covington Born July 6, 1794, Welling Valley, North hamptonshire England
Son of Simon & Elizabeth Covington Ordained By W. Woodruff

Phineas Richards Born November 15, 1788 Framingham Middlesex Co Mass
Son of Joseph & Rhoda Richards Ordained by Franklin D Richards

Thaddeus Alvord Born Oct 28, 1781 [blank] Hampshire Co Mass
Son of Joseph & Submit Alvord Ordained by D. H. Wells

Thomas Richardson on Born Feb, [blank] 1804, Wigom Lancashire England
Son of [blank] Ordained by President Brigham Young

People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.

Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Penrose, Charles William
4 Feb 1832 - 16 May 1925
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
798 mentions
Apostle
Bingham, Erastus
12 Mar 1798 - 2 May 1882
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Hill, George Washington
5 Mar 1822 - 24 Feb 1891
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1946 mentions
Apostle
Alvord, Joseph
1733-bef. 1809
1 mention
Family
Richards, Joseph
16 Mar 1762 - 29 Mar 1840
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Phineas Howe
15 Nov 1788 - 25 Nov 1874
Hill, Sarah Strait
26 Mar 1799 - 28 Oct 1852
1 mention
Family
Alvord, Thaddeus
28 Oct 1781 - 19 Feb 1874
10 mentions
Family

May 17, 1873