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Day in the Life

May 31, 1873

Journal Entry

May 31, 1873 ~ Saturday

31. Saturday we met in the Meeting House at 10 oclok to hold a
2 days Meeting singing & Prayer By W Woodruff then W Woodruff
spoke 41 Minuts. John W Young spoke 30 M[inutes], President Young 32 M[inutes]
At the close of the Meeting we Ordained 5 Patriarchs as follows
Abramham Owen Smoot Born Feb 15, 1815, Owington Owen Co K. Y.
Father & Mother George & Nancy A Rowlett. B Young was Mouth
Zebedee Coltrin born Sept 7, 1804, Ovid, Senaca New York
Parents John & Sarah Graham. John Taylor Ordained him
David White Rogers Born Oct 4, 1787, Morristown Newhampshire
Parents Samuel & Hannah Sinclair ordained By W Woodruff
Brother Rogers A literal Descendant of John Rogers burnt at Smithfield London
Aaron Johnson Born June 22, 1806, Haddam Middlesex Co Conn
Parents Didymus & Ruhannah Stephens. Ordained By Joseph F Smith
David Cluff sen Born June 20, 1795, Nottingham, Rockingham co N. H.
Sunday June 1, we also Ordained Thomas Collister a Patriarch
Born July 8, 1821, Isl of Man. John & Catherine Murphy. Ordained By B YB Young
Afternoon Prayer By J. F. Smith. President Young spoke one hour
& 20 Minuts W. Woodruff spoke 10 Minuts

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Johnson, Aaron
22 Jun 1806 - 10 May 1877
33 mentions
Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
1 mention
Cluff, David
20 Jun 1795 - 6 Dec 1881
6 mentions
Rogers, David White
4 Oct 1787 - 21 Sep 1881
22 mentions
1 mention
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Coltrin, John
30 Jun 1775 - 13 Aug 1846
27 mentions
4 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1836 mentions
Apostle
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
299 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3567 mentions
Apostle
Smoot Taylor, Nancy Ann Rowlett
2 May 1787 - 16 Mar 1871
8 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
1 mention
1 mention
1 mention
Callister, Thomas
8 Jul 1821 - 1 Dec 1880
24 mentions
Coltrin, Zebedee
7 Sep 1804 - 21 Jul 1887
45 mentions
Missionary

May 31, 1873