Edmunds Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 08, 1882 ~ Saturday
Aprail 8. Conference Met at 10 oclok prayer By D H Wells
Franklin D Richards spoke 62 M, G Teasdale 21 M
Afternoon A M Cannon Prayed Moses Thatcher spoke
one hour & 23 M.
At noon I met with 8 of the Quorum
of the Twelve & councoillors D H Wells & Joseph F Smith to take
into consideration the filling of the Quorum of the Twelve At the
first vote the following person received the following number
of votes G Teasdale 2, Wm W Cluff 1, C W Penrose 2
A. M. Cannon 2 Junius F Wells 2 L John Nuttall 1,
D H Wells 5, Jesse N Smith 5. Total 20 At the close
of the Meeting in the Afternoon Meeting we Met at President
Taylors office and Presented to him what we had done but
He prefered to put it off untill G. Q. Cannon came home
and we voted to do so we Met the Priesthood in the Evening &
the financtial report of the Church was read to them & speeches made
People
Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.
Cannon, Angus Munn
17 May 1834 - 7 Jun 1915
206 mentions
Penrose, Charles William
4 Feb 1832 - 16 May 1925
169 mentions
Wells, Daniel Hanmer
27 Oct 1814 - 24 Mar 1891
800 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2271 mentions
Apostle
Teasdale, George
8 Dec 1831 - 9 Jun 1907
708 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Smith, Jesse Nathaniel
2 Dec 1834 - 5 Jun 1906
153 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1961 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4135 mentions
Apostle
Wells, Junius Free
1 Jun 1854 - 15 Apr 1930
90 mentions
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
432 mentions
Thatcher, Moses
1842-1909
446 mentions
Apostle
Cluff, William Wallace
8 Mar 1832 - 21 Aug 1915
66 mentions
Missionary
Places
Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.
Events
View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.
First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
Sixth Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.