Edmunds Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
April 30, 1882 ~ Sunday
30. ^
^ Sunday I visited Br Jacob Gibson And administered to
him He was vary sick and hardly Expected to live Just
before I arived at his house his son was flung from his
horse and cut a large gash in his head I also laid
hands upon the child of Br J. D. ^T^ McAllister I returned to
the city 6 Miles
I attended Meeting at the Tabernacle George Bywater
spoke 1 Hour and 25 Minutes to a large congregation &
about 200 visiters from the East
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Bywater, George Gwillym
1828-1898
42 mentions
Missionary
Gibson, Jacob
1 Jan 1814 - 1 May 1882
49 mentions
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
661 mentions
Missionary
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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.