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Day in the Life

May 25, 1887

Journal Entry

May 25, 1887 ~ Wednesday

25 [FIGURE] I wrote 98 Letters to Jaques, Emma, Clara, Owen, Blanch & Alice
Leslie & Ovando P. Beebe & Leslie W Snow I received
^[FIGURE]^ 2 Letters from Emma & Blanch I was informed there was
a great Loss with our sheep I Blessed Ezra Cottam Thompson
[FIGURE] a child one Month old & Administered to Sister Cottam
she had been vary sick 8 Months. I went down to the Temple
and spent the night 8 mile

People

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
439 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
381 mentions
Family
Cottam, Emma Thompson
27 Jun 1850 - 24 Apr 1901
23 mentions
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
876 mentions
Family
Thompson, Ezra Cottam
25 Apr 1887 - 25 Nov 1967
3 mentions
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
439 mentions
Snow, Leslie Woodruff
6 Feb 1862 - 28 Nov 1935
175 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Mary Alice McEwan
2 Jan 1879 - 14 Jan 1916
181 mentions
Family
Beebe, Ovando Collins
14 May 1867 - 27 Dec 1928
163 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Winnifred Blanche Daynes
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
237 mentions
Family

Places

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St. George Temple, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

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July 25, 1887
Wilford, as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, becomes the leader of the Church.

May 25, 1887