Edmunds Act passed: plural marriage a felony, cohabitation a misdemeanor.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 08, 1882 ~ Monday
8
I rwrote a letter to S Roskelley & took cars with the Brethren
& rode to Ogden we there Met a telegram & Letter from
G. Q. Cannon of importance and wanted an Answer by Telegram
Br Taylor had gone to his Mill and Brother Joseph F Smith
F. D. Richards L John Nuttall & myself went down there
4 miles to Meet him and held a council then returned to
Ogden and took the Freight train at 3:20 for Salt Lake
City On our arival we went to the office & set apart & Blessed 8
Missionaries W Woodruff was Mouth in blessing 4, & J F Smith 4
I had taken cold & had a severe head ake Distance of the day [blank]
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Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2272 mentions
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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1961 mentions
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Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4135 mentions
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Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
432 mentions
Roskelley, Samuel
1 Jan 1837 - 10 Feb 1914
139 mentions
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First Presidency counsels men to live with "only one wife under the same roof."
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