Day in the Life

Dec 17, 1886

Journal Entry

December 17, 1886 ~ Friday

Dec 17, 1886
An arrow An arrow A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right I wrote Letters to Jaques, Asahel, Owen
Blanch and Phebe A Snow. We received Letters
from Jaques Clara and Blanch I received a [letter]
from Oliver Shelby Covington Fountain Co Ind [and]
containing a present of a splendid crimson
silk Hankerchief A telegram informed us
that Marshal Thompson shot Edward Dalton
at Parawan Dead while sitting upon his horse
He was arested & the Grand Jury & 50 Men
at Beaver went to Parawan to take him
out of the hands of the sheriff on a Habus Corpus

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
601 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
690 mentions
Family
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
413 mentions
Family
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
Snow, Phebe Amelia Woodruff
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
340 mentions
Family
Daynes, Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
272 mentions
Family

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Letter to Phebe Amelia Woodruff Snow, 17 December 1886
Salt Lake City, Utah, My Dear Phebe I wrote to Brother Jaques to send you a $10 order on the Coop & $10 on the Tithing office for Christmass or any other purpose I wrote to Dr Leslie W Snow a few days ago I wanted to know how He was doing I see his name occasionally in service on Different occasions I hope he will do Well I want you to give my Love to Orion Milton & Flory and tell Orion I want him to write to me I dont know but he has forgotten that such a Man exists in the Earth but I still live & want to know what He is doing & when He gets a month & how his health is it appears to me that his Education & talent ought to bring him more Money for his services then what He gets at that coop store Dont He like keeping school I dont think that he could get a school in some other District and Milton might write to me I think He has time It is warm and pleasant weather in this Southern County where I am Marshal Thompson shot one of the Brethren

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Edmunds-Tucker Act passed by Congress: disincorporated the Church and Perpetual Emigration Fund; authorized confiscation of Church property.

Dec 17, 1886