Day in the Life

Aug 4, 1887

Journal Entry

August 04, 1887 ~ Thursday

Aug 4, 1887
A hand pointing to the right A folded letter/box I received Letters from Asahel, Sarah, Roskelley
I wrote Letters to Sarah sent $10 To Sylvia & sent $10
& sent $10 to Emeline & sent $10. I met in council
at 10 oclock with the Apostles 10 of us The Constitution
for a State Government was discussed John W Youngs
Letter was Read and $5000 dollars was voted to send
to him Auditing Committee was Appointed viz
Wilford Woodruff Joseph F Smith Erastus Snow F D Richards
M Thatcher F M Lyman & John ^&^ Henry Smith we voted
to increase the wages of Wm H Thompson from $1200
to $1500 as the Engeineer of St George Temple $100
dollars was appropriated to him to bear his travelling Expenses
in carrying me through the country which was Paid
me and I paid the same to him we adjourned to meet
on the 12 A hand pointing to the right I wrote to George Teasdale

People

Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal. Click on the person's name to view a short bio and other pages they are mentioned on or click on "View in Family Search" to view their FamilySearch profile.

Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
700 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emeline Burrows
26 Jul 1863 - 25 May 1915
58 mentions
Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
697 mentions
Apostle
Lyman, Francis Marion
12 Jan 1840 - 16 Nov 1916
271 mentions
Apostle
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Teasdale, George
8 Dec 1831 - 9 Jul 1907
695 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Smith, John Henry
18 Sep 1848 - 13 Oct 1911
293 mentions
Apostle
Young, John Willard
1 Oct 1844 - 11 Feb 1924
326 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4127 mentions
Apostle
438 mentions
Apostle
Roskelley, Samuel
1 Jan 1837 - 10 Feb 1914
139 mentions
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
705 mentions
Family
Thompson, Sylvia Melvina Woodruff
14 Jan 1862 - 7 Aug 1940
137 mentions
Family
Thompson, William Henry
1 May 1838 - 3 Apr 1922
264 mentions
Missionary

Places

Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day. Click on the place names to view other pages where they are mentioned.

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

Related Documents

Browse other documents with this same date. These could include pages from Wilford Woodruff's autobiographies, daybooks, letters, histories, and personal papers. Click on the document titles to view the full document.

Letter to Thomas and Caroline Smith Cottam, 4 August 1887
Salt Lake City, U. T. Brother & Sister Cottam My Beloved Friends I received your kind Letter of July 29, [18]87 & was glad to hear from you you all heard of the Death of President Taylor I was interested in your account of the Meeting at St George I was Glad to hear that there was some improvement in Sister Cottam I do hope she will soon get Well yes Amelia is true & faithful give her my Love and to Emma & family & George & Thomas & families also John & Emma Squirs It was quite a Disappointment to Emma & Clara not going to St George to see you they have gone to Logan I expect will be back to day I had a happy Meeting with my family I was glad to hear from Cottam & Children I have a very sick family in Smithfield My Daughter Arabella &children all sick they want

Events

View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life. Click on the dates to jump to that day in Wilford Woodruff's journal.

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

Aug 4, 1887