Day in the Life

Dec 31, 1886

Journal Entry

December 31, 1886 ~ Friday

31 A folded letter/box A hand pointing to the right I received Letters from Jaques, Jesse Moses, Charles I Robson
& Crazy William I wrote ^4^ Letter to Jaques, Clara, Owen, Blanch
Robson & Jesse & Bell Moses.

Keys crossed A crown I looked over my Journal and have recorded a
synopsis of my labours of 1886 upon the opisite page
The year of 1886 is past & gone it has been an important year
in the History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints
it has sent to Prision hundreds of the Leading men of the Church
and rriven into Exile the Presidency of the Church & Twelve Apostles
and many other Leading Men all for obeying the Celestial Law
of God and the patriarchal order of Marriage And our Nation
are uniting in passing unconstitutional Laws for the purpose
of Destroying the Latter Day Saints from off the Earth. Our
Nation is becoming vary wicked and fast ripening in iniquity
and preparing for the Just Judgments of God which await them
we have now to look forward to see what the year 1887 will
bring forth I was Born the 1 day of March 1807 Eighty years
ago the coming March The Lord Reigns Let the Saints rejoice

People

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
601 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
20 mentions
Missionary
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
413 mentions
Family
Moses, Jesse Tilton, b. 1848
9 May 1848 - 26 Feb 1928
119 mentions
Family
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
Moses, Phoebe Arabell Woodruff
30 May 1859 - 7 Sep 1939
164 mentions
Family
Daynes, Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
272 mentions
Family

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

Dec 31, 1886