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Day in the Life

Jun 18, 1879

Journal Entry

June 18, 1879 ~ Wednesday

18 I had a good supper & Breakfast on a wild Turkey and
^[FIGURE]^ drove to Sunset and received 4 letters from Phebe, Wilford
Julia & Moses Thatcher and read Papers untill midnight 35
[FIGURE] Wilford informed me that He & Julia Spencer was married
at st George and received the ordinances

People

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Woodruff, Julia Spencer
6 May 1856 - 1 Feb 1895
36 mentions
Family
370 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
699 mentions
Family

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St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory
Sunset, Apache County, Arizona Territory

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I went into the Mountain alone & built an Altar of stone and Dedicated the land to God for the Benefit of the Saints.
~ Wilford Woodruff
W Woodruff spoke one hour on fulfillment of Revelation and Prophesy, spoke of Jeremiah, being ordained a Prophet to the Nations before He was born Jer Ch 1, And all his prophesies concerning Jerrusalem & Babylon were all fulfilled so with all the world [word] of the Lord concerning the last days be fulfilled.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Daybook (28 February - 23 October 1879)
18. I had supper & Breakfast on Wild Turkey we drove to day to Sunset 35 M[iles] [FIGURE] I received 4 letters from Phebe Wilford & Julia & Moses Thatcher & read the paper untill Midnight Wilford informed me that [FIGURE] on Sunday the 25 May He was marriede, Julia Spencer was sealed to him at the Altar as his wife and she received her second anointing I went to bed at Midnight with the Head ake 35 M[iles]

Jun 18, 1879