Wilford asks Mary Ann Jackson to be resealed to him. (Note written in shorthand in journal margin.)
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 02, 1879 ~ Thursday
Jan 2nd 1879
I spent the day at the farm Emma had
a Daughter Born to day at 5.30 PM. We named her
Mary Allice and I Blessed her and Returned to the city at
10 Oclock, and prepared for leaving in the morning
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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
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Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
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Wilford and Phebe move from Valley House into house next door; lease Valley House to be used as a hotel.
Supreme Court denies George Reynolds' challenge to Morrill Law; plural marriage a criminal offense.
Wilford goes into hiding to avoid arrest for polygamy.
Wilford spends a year in Arizona "on the underground" serving a mission among the Native Americans.