Day in the Life

Mar 15, 1889

Journal Entry

March 15, 1889 ~ Friday

5. We drove to Spring ville 6 Miles And Met
the People at 10 oclok A congregation of all parties
Saints & Sinners Mormons & Gentils & Apostates one
Minister Harvey H Cluff Prayed G. Q. Cannon
spoke 50 Minuts & W Woodruff 35 Minuts the power
of God
rested upon us and we spoke in Great plainness
We drove to spanish Fork stoped with Bishop George
D. Snell
we Met at 3 oclock G Q Cannon spoke 52 M[inutes]
W Woodruff spoke 50 Minuts Met at 7 oclok in
the Evening Prayer By George D Snell A O Smoot
spoke 40 Minuts W Woodruff 39 M[inutes].

15 A hand pointing to the right I signed 17 Recommends I received 19 Letters
I wrote 7 Letters to Lot Smith, Sarah, Mary ^$10^
Bell M. Jaques, David Sylvia, {[Mary]} Henry
& Nellie I had an unplesant day with
John W Taylor I went to the farm & spent the night

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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
583 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Woodruff, David Patten
4 Apr 1854 - 20 Jan 1937
224 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Manella
4 Jul 1860 - 30 Nov 1905
241 mentions
Family
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2227 mentions
Apostle
Cluff, Harvey Harris, b. 1836
9 Jan 1836 - 19 Apr 1916
Woodruff, Henry Eugene
6 Apr 1883 - 23 Mar 1970
18 mentions
Family
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
Taylor, John Whittaker
15 May 1858 - 10 Oct 1916
155 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Smith, Lot
15 May 1830 - 21 Jun 1892
365 mentions
Missionary
Ross, Mary Ann Jackson Woodruff
18 Feb 1818 - 25 Oct 1894
40 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Mary, b. 1867
26 Oct 1867 - 15 Feb 1903
164 mentions
Family
Moses, Phoebe Arabell Woodruff
30 May 1859 - 7 Sep 1939
164 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Brown
1 Jan 1834 - 9 May 1909
702 mentions
Family
Thompson, Sylvia Melvina Woodruff
14 Jan 1862 - 7 Aug 1940
135 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
716 mentions
Family

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Letter from John Theophilus Miller, 15 March 1889
Providence 1889. Pres. Wilford Woodruff. Dear Brother, Circumstances having changed since I wrote you last, I will drop you a few lines, before I answered I went to the Bishop of this ward and told him I could not raise the money without borrowing. he said the ward would provide, as has been the custom ever since mission aries have been called, but he has left the country and his councelors also. The acting councelor says he has no authority to collect the money, the only show I have is to
Letter to William Henry Thompson, 15 March 1889
Elder Wm. H. Thompson, St. George. My dear Brother William:—Your welcome favor of the 1st inst came duly to hand. I am much gratified with your kind ekxpressions towards me, in memory of my 82nd birthday anniversary and the many pleasant and agreeable personal asso- ciations of the past. I appreciate the warm feelings of friendship you express on your own behalf and on that of your family, Brother and Sister Cottam, Brothers Samuel & Jos. Hardy, their wives, and also Brothers Pymm, Randall, McArthur and Atkin, and all my friends and the saints in the sunny and sandy south; and I reciprocate their love and friendship and from my heart I bless them and pray God my heavenly Father to pour out upon the[e] in rich abundance every blessing, both temporal and spiritual, that they can desire or ask for in righteousness, as a reward for their integrity and faithfulness to the cause of Zion. I should be greatly pleased to have an opportunity of visiting the saints in the south again, with the liberty I now have, according to my strength, of

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Mar 15, 1889