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Jan 16, 1879

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January 16, 1879 ~ Thursday

16 We drove to Beaver stoped at Bishop Murdocks
I Administered to a Boy 10 years old by the
name of Prisby 26 Mils

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1869-1931

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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.

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