Day in the Life

Dec 22, 1879

Journal Entry

December 22, 1879 ~ Monday

22 A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right I received a letter from Sarah Woodruff I wrote
3 letters to Sarah, Sylvia sent her $5 I wrote to Br Thompson

The NavaJoe chief head man Garnomanche with some 20
others Lamanites spent the Evening with me & I preached the
Gospel to them. J W Young left us this Evening My Daughter
Sylvia was Married to Br Heber Thompson on [blank] Nov 1879
Br Hancock spent the night with me

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3 mentions
Native American
Thompson, Heber John
29 Apr 1860 - 2 Mar 1943
15 mentions
Family
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
328 mentions
Apostle
10 mentions
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
707 mentions
Family
Thompson, Sylvia Melvina Woodruff
14 Jan 1862 - 7 Aug 1940
137 mentions
Family
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
264 mentions
Missionary

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Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
22 [FIGURE] I received a Letter from Sarah I wrote 3 Letters to Sarah Sylvia and sent [FIGURE] her $5 as a wedding present, I also wrote to Br Thompson I sent them 2 [medleys] to put my Letters in. The head Navajoe Chief Garnomunche with some 20 other Lamanites spent the Evening with me we talked to him through the evening Br John W Young left us this evening My Daughter Sylvia was Married to Br Thompson on Nov 1879 Br Hancock spent the night with me

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1880
Church membership 135,000; Utah Territory 143,963; population of 38 United States 50,190,000.
January 26, 1880
Wilford receives Wilderness Revelation regarding God's defense of the patriarchal law of marriage.

Dec 22, 1879