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Day in the Life

Apr 19, 1882

Journal Entry

April 19, 1882 ~ Wednesday

19 I met in council & Prayer Circle in the forenoon I visited
Mother Mary Ann Young first wife of President Brigham Young wife
who sis sufferin vary much with dropsey, she cannot lie down
but sits up in a chair I laid hands upon her head with her son
Brigham and I Blessed her she will not live long

People

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
540 mentions
Apostle
48 mentions

Events

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March 24, 1882
First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
April 1882
Sixth Constitutional Convention for Utah held; Congress rejects petition for statehood on February 23, 1883.

Apr 19, 1882