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Day in the Life

Mar 8, 1885

Journal Entry

March 08, 1885 ~ Sunday

8 Sunday we met in the Overton school House
at 10 oclok Prayer By Bishop Edward Bunker G Teasdale
spoke 55 M[inutes], Bishop Crosby 25 M[inutes]. Afternoon
Prayer By Henry Eyreing H Eyreing pspoke 30 m[inutes]
Edward Bunker 10 W. W. 38 M[inutes]. We held a priesthood
Meeting in the Evening to prepare the way for insta-
lling Isaiah Cox as Bishop and we had a stormy
time in the midst of a great variety of spirits a great
deal of division & but little union I told the people to
poor out all they had against the Bishop & nearly all
the Hous spoke & when they got through I called a vote
and all voted for the Bishop but 2.

8 I wrote letters to day to Joseph H. Richards & G Teasdale
and to Phebe concerning her [birthday|Birth day]] I did not attend
Meeting to day but staid at home & wrote

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Bunker, Edward
1 Aug 1822 - 9 Feb 1901
16 mentions
Teasdale, George
8 Dec 1831 - 9 Jul 1907
502 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Eyring, Henry
9 Mar 1835 - 10 Feb 1902
64 mentions
Cox, Isaiah
1839-1896
4 mentions
14 mentions
Missionary
Richards, Joseph Hill
5 Dec 1841 - 3 Jul 1924
30 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1544 mentions
Family

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Overton, Lincoln County, Nevada

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Mar 8, 1885