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Nov 2, 1880

Journal Entry

November 02, 1880 ~ Tuesday

2 This is the Great Election for the Nation I took cars in the
Morning Rode to Ogden with my Daughter Susan & 2 children
got her a ticket and saw her on Board of the U. P. for
Council Bluffs. I then took cars & returned to Salt Lake to
cast my vote for G Q Cannon as our delegate to Congress
In the Afternoon I returned again to Ogden making 80 M
Miles travel to cast my vote. I took Utah Northern in the
Evening rode to Smithfield arived at Midnight Distance of the day 170 miles

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Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
1982 mentions
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Scholes, Susan Cornelia Woodruff
25 Jul 1843 - 6 Oct 1897
357 mentions
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Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
2nd This is the G[r]eat Election Day for the Nation I took cars in the Morning rode to Ogden with my Daughter Susan & her 2 children I got her a ticket and saw her on board of the U P for Council Bluffs
Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
[FIGURE] As soon as I got my Daughter on board of the cars I took cars & returned to Salt Lake to cast my vote for George Q Cannon & in the afternoon I returned again to Ogden making 80 miles travel to cast my vote I took Utah Northern in the evening & rode to Smithfield arived at midnight and spent the rest of the night with my family there Distance of the day 170 Miles

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Nov 2, 1880