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Day in the Life

Aug 28, 1883

Journal Entry

August 28, 1883 ~ Tuesday

28 I was quite sick this Morning with the Diarrhea
I Attended the funeral of Capt Burt I should Judg there
[FIGURES] were 15000 people viewed the Body in the Big
Tabernacle and about 9000 People staid to the funeral
Prayer By F D Richards Bishop John Sharp made
a few remarks, Joseph F Smith spoke 34 M[inutes],
John Taylor 40 M & W Woodruff dismissed

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2 mentions
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
782 mentions
Apostle
Sharp, John
9 Nov 1820 - 23 Dec 1891
67 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3568 mentions
Apostle

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Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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October 5, 1883
Wilford sustained in General Conference as Church Historian and recorder.
October 12, 1883
Majority of proxy endowments completed for Eminent Men and Women; some proxy sealings also completed.

Aug 28, 1883