Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 08, 1876 ~ Saturday
April 8. Conference Met at 10 oclok President B Young was
quite sick G Godard wopened By Prayer. C W Penrose spoke
38 Minuts Orson Pratt spoke 45 M.
Afternoon W Woodruff Prayed. After which the Authorities
of the Church were presented & received Angus M Cannon
was Appointed the President over this stake of Zion and David
O Calder & [blank] His councillors. The Missionaries were
called after which John Vancott spoke 35 M, & Joseph
E Taylor 25 minuts
The Priesthood met in the Old Tabernacle in the Evening when
the subject of the building of the Temple was taken up, and the
the People in Mass called upon to rise up & build the Temple
at the close of the Priesthood meeting, John Henry Smith Br
Hardy and one of President Youngs sons Addressed the meeti[ng]
they being the Presidents of the Young Mens mutual Improvement
association W Woodruff then Addressed the meeting upon the
same subject & called upon all the people to incourage the
young Men in the association
2 Boys Killed
At noon on the 7 April I Attended the funeral of the
two Young men who were killed at the Explosion of the
Powder Magazens the son of Dr Richardson & the son of Br
Arche Hill. Br J Taylor spoke at the funeral followed By
D H Wells.
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Cannon, Angus Munn
17 May 1834 - 7 Jun 1915
205 mentions
Hill, Archibald Newell
1816-1900
7 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3454 mentions
Apostle, Family
Richardson, Charles Rose
1858-1876
1 mention
Penrose, Charles William
4 Feb 1832 - 16 May 1925
169 mentions
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Richardson, Darwin Charles
1812-1860
7 mentions
Zion's Camp
Calder, David Orson
18 Jun 1823 - 3 Jul 1884
33 mentions
Hill, Frank F.
1859-1876
1 mention
Goddard, George
5 Dec 1815 - 12 Jan 1899
71 mentions
Smith, John Henry
18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
298 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1957 mentions
Apostle
Van Cott, John
7 Sep 1814 - 18 Feb 1883
87 mentions
Taylor, Joseph Edward
11 Dec 1830 - 13 Feb 1913
66 mentions
Hardy, Milton Henry
26 Sep 1844 - 23 Aug 1905
21 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1084 mentions
Apostle
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