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Aug 24, 1887

Journal Entry

August 24, 1887 ~ Wednesday

Aug 24, 1887
[FIGURES] I spent the day at Brother Ovando C Beebe with
him & Clara and Blanch our Daughter in the
Afternoon I took a ride with A. O. Smoot through
the town of Provo In the Evening I met A O Smoot
& wife Judge Dusenbury & Brother & Brothers Cluff
& Johns. I wrote 4 Letters to Asahel, Pheb James &
Jesse Moses and spent the night at Brother Beebe's
25 I Administered to sister Webb who was burned
a year ago and had suffered a great deal I was called
up at Midnight to administerd to her it was said
she was Better

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
556 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
648 mentions
Family
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
381 mentions
Family
Woodruff, James Jackson
25 May 1847 - 8 Dec 1927
85 mentions
Family
Moses, Jesse Tilton, b. 1848
9 May 1848 - 26 Feb 1928
118 mentions
Family
94 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Beebe, Ovando Collins
14 May 1867 - 27 Dec 1928
163 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
333 mentions
Family
6 mentions
25 mentions
Woodruff, Winnifred Blanche Daynes
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
237 mentions
Family

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Daybook (July - November 1887 and April - October 1888)
24 [FIGURE] I wrote 4 letters to Asahel Phebe James & Jesse I took a ride around provo with A O Smoot I Met in the evning A O Smoot & wife 2 Dusenbury David John Cluff & A O Smoot & wife I was called up at 12 at night to adm[inis]ter to the young woman [Zellen] well b[u]rned a year or so old to Death got [Let her Answered]

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

Aug 24, 1887