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Day in the Life

Jan 11, 1879

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January 11, 1879 ~ Saturday

11. We rode up to see a sight for a Factory and went
over the Hills. George Teasdale & wife & James Jenkins
arived in the Evening we held a Meeting with the people
Br Teasdale spoke 38, W Woodruff spoke 45 M[inutes]
we administered to W^m Ray Cahoon a child 12
Years old who was almost stone Bling [blind] without any
appearance of Difficulty with the Eyes.

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8 Dec 1831 - 9 Jul 1907

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Apostle, Missionary

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1869-1879

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December 2, 1878

Wilford asks to be resealed to him. (Note written in shorthand in journal margin.)

January 1, 1879

Wilford and move from into house next door; lease Valley House to be used as a hotel.

January 2, 1879

eighth child, Wilford's 34th and last child, is born in .

January 6, 1879

Supreme Court denies challenge to Law; plural marriage a criminal offense.

February 7, 1879

Wilford goes into hiding to avoid arrest for polygamy.

March 1879 - April 1880

Wilford spends a year in "on the underground" serving a mission among the Native Americans.

Jan 11, 1879