Day in the Life

Nov 28, 1878

Journal Entry

November 28, 1878 ~ Thursday

28 Keys crossed A crown I spent the Thanksgiving in useful labor I
had a council in the Evening {Dora signed the bill}

A coffin Orson Hyde Born
Jan 8, 1805.
Died Nov 28 1878
Aged 73 Years

The Apostle Orson Hyde died this day at
6 oclok P.M. Thus has departed
Another of the first Quorum of
the Twelve Apostles of this last dispens
ation
This leaves but one alive in the
first quorum of the Twelve Apostles viz Orson Pratt and two
of the seconed quorum viz John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff
the latter being the oldest man in the present Quorum of the Twelve
and we know not how long we shall remain in the flesh

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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1944 mentions
Apostle
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
694 mentions
Apostle
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle

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Nov 28, 1878