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Day in the Life

Dec 1, 1883

Journal Entry

December 01, 1883 ~ Saturday

Dec 1. I took car rode to Provo to attend the quarterly conferen[ce]
Met at 10 oclok Prayer By Israel Coombs. The Bishops
made a verbal report. W Woodruff then spoke 30 Min
I dined with Br Smoot I talked with an Icelander
Elder who had just returned home. Afternoon {Prayer By}
Harvy H Cluff Statistics of the stake were then read
As follows 2 Patriarchs, 245 seventies, High Priests 369,
1440 Elders, 175 Priests, 138 Teachers 388 Deacons
8440 Members, 11506 Officers & Members, 4979 children
under 8 years Total of Souls 16485. J F Smith spoke
one hour & 30 M. we held a priesthood Meeting in the
Evening obtaining Means to build the stake House
occupied most of the Evening

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
555 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Cluff, Harvy Harris
9 Jan 1836 - 19 Apr 1916
20 mentions
1 mention
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3567 mentions
Apostle

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Provo, Utah 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.

Dec 1, 1883