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.

People

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
630 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Solomon, Alfred
10 Sep 1836 - 17 Apr 1921
54 mentions
87 mentions
9 mentions
2 mentions
1 mention
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1027 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
19 mentions
36 mentions
4 mentions
Smith, Joseph Fielding
13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918
4127 mentions
Apostle
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
428 mentions
17 mentions

Places

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Deseret, Millard County, Utah
Forest Dale, Salt Lake County, Utah
Hinckley, Millard County, Utah
Oasis, Millard County, Utah

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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]

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 Charles Ora Card, 21 May 1898

Prest Wilford Woodruff Salt Lake City Dear Brother To day Bro William Blackmore of this place desires me to ask you the privilege of going to Devonshire England to visit his aged parents and obtain genealogy. He would be able to stay six months and has his own expenses. Bro Blackmore is a good man and could render aid to the missioner's ^and would like to go next fall.^ In my list I presented to you while there was the name of W. W. Cooper of this stake to go to england and as we are short of men in the manatoba mission he has consented to go into this mission immediately if you are willingly permitting to go to England in the winter for the purpose of obtaining his genealogy. We can spare him in the winter as our fields are hard to work at that season of the year. An early reply is desired Your Bro, Charles Ora Card See over

Letter from William Budge, 21 May 1898

Paris, Idaho, President W. Woodruff Dear Bro. In response to your letter of May 3rd. I submitted to the Saints of Soda Springs the opportunity and propriety of their being part of the new Stake comprising with others the Gentile Valley settlements. Having other previous en- gagements I could not conveniently meet with the Saints of that place sooner than last Sunday and have been from home since. I think the organization as proposed will be a benefit to the Saints concerned by placing them where they can attend their quarterly Conferences more conveniently, and of being visited oftener than it has been possible for us to visit them, notwith- standing our endeavor to do all we possibly could. The Saints in Soda Springs were divided in their feelings about the change, most of them desiring to remain, but I think they will be willing to join the new Stake. Also in answer to yours of the 14th., I would say that in my opinion the organization of the proposed new Stake east of Echo will be very profitable to the portion of the Church in that sectinon I think that Woodruff, Argyle and Randolph Wards should be included in said Stake as there would be a very limited Church population without them, and a natural line of division would be the range of mountains between Randolph and Laketown. Were it a personal matter we would hesitate about making the above recommendations, as we have had most pleasant relations with them ^the people^ but their advantages with the continued developments with the Church must guide us Your Bro. Wm Budge

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