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Day in the Life

May 21, 1898

Journal Entry

May 21, 1898 ~ Saturday

Sat May 21st My wife Emma accompanied myself and party consisting
of Prest Jos. F. Smith & wife Edna, A. O. Woodruff & wife Helen, Bros John Nicholson, Chas
H. Wilcken, A. Solomon, Geo M Cannon, L John Nuttall, Chas W. Hardy & B[isho]p Jensen of Forest Dale
&to Oasis. We arrived at Oasis at 245 pm & had dinner at Bro David Days. B[isho]p W. H
Pratt & John Styler & other brethren were there with teams &c. We drove to the Reservoir
& Dam & examined the same, then drove to the Farm. When near the farm Owen was
driving, as crossing a ditch the tongue strap broke & let down the tongue which run into the
bank. When the team started it broke the tongue into peaces. No further damage was
done, the team held & Bro Pratt gottook myself & Emma to his home at Hinckley, while
Owen & others got another another tongue & drove to Hinckley. Bro Smith & others
drove to other parts of the land. Prest Smith & wife & Bros Nicholson & Nuttall also put
up at B[isho]p Pratts. I was very tired.

-he went to deseret to attend
conference and look into the tempreal
interests of the Saints there who were
having trouble in securing water.

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
496 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
52 mentions
85 mentions
9 mentions
2 mentions
1 mention
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
918 mentions
Family
Cannon, George Mousley
25 Dec 1861 - 23 Jan 1937
25 mentions
Woodruff, Helen Bulkley
26 Jun 2024 - 10 Mar 1893
4 mentions
Family
Jensen, James
1847-1915
18 mentions
36 mentions
4 mentions
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
3987 mentions
Apostle
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
408 mentions
17 mentions

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Letter from Lawrence Brigham Duke, 21 May 1898
Heber, Utah, Pres. Wilford Woodruff. Dear Bro, Since my name has been suggested and you have seen fit to call me on a mission to the Eastern States, I feel it my duty to respond to the call and will be on hand at the appointed time July 2nd should no unforseen obstacle prevent. Your Bro. in the Gospel L. B. Duke. R. S. Duke Bp of ward.
Letter from Benjamin Samuel Openshaw, 21 May 1898
Insane Asylum Pheonix Ariz May 21 1898 Mr. Woodruff Dear Friend I would like to tell you my circumstances here in Arizona Benjamin Johnson and Openshaws and Barrens Babbits and Brimhauls ^of Mesa City^ claim to be my relations and I dont belong to them I was stole from New York when a small boy about 4 or 5 years old and brought to Utah and raised by Samuel Openshaw and when I asked them my right name and told them I wanted to go back to my people ^in New York^ they brought a charge of Insanity aganist me and put me in the Asylu[m]

Events

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April 10, 1898
Wilford's Conference address on his 1877 vision of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

May 21, 1898