Day in the Life

Nov 3, 1883

Journal Entry

November 03, 1883 ~ Saturday

3 I rode to Logan attended a Meeting of at the Temple
went through the temple I Attended the conference in the
Afternoon. The Bishops Made their verbal Report
statisticls of the stake was then read as follows 1 Apostle
7 Patriarchs, 360 seventies, 473 High Priests, 1794 Elders
451 Priests, 382 Teachers, 597 Deacons 8282 Members
12347 officers & Members, 5582 children under 8 years
Total Souls 17927. The Temple Report was Read there
had Been Expended $520,000. Trustee in Trust had
had appropriated about $200,000 of it. President Taylor
spoke about 5 M[inutes], A O Smoot spoke 15 M[inutes], L Snow 30 M[inutes]
At the close of the Meeting I rode to Smithfield in the mud & rain 16 M[iles]

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1945 mentions
Apostle
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
692 mentions
Apostle, Family

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

Nov 3, 1883