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Day in the Life

Oct 5, 1883

Journal Entry

October 05, 1883 ~ Friday

5 [FIGURE] I met in conference in the Assembly Hall G. Q. Cannon
Prayed I was in quite poor health But attended Meeting
President Taylor spoke 30 M[inutes] J H Grant 20 M[inutes] B Young
25 David H Kimball 5 M[inutes] G Q. Cannon 10 M[inutes]

Afternoon Prayer By J. F. Smith Lorenzo Snow 46 M[inutes] Erastus Snow 30 M[inutes].

People

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Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
541 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, David Heber
26 Feb 1850 - 6 Oct 1927
4 mentions
Missionary
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
1967 mentions
Apostle
Grant, Heber Jeddy
22 Nov 1856 - 14 May 1945
256 mentions
Apostle
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
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
653 mentions
Apostle, Family

Places

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Assembly Hall, 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.

Oct 5, 1883