I let Bishop Hoagland have 1000lbs of flour on the Emigration & get Ezra Foss to go After Keets I wrote 2 letters to Wilford & Delight
[FIGURE] I spent the day at home
~ Wednesday to ~ Friday
17 & 19. I spent the time diging ditches watering wheat
& hoeing Corn
21. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
& attended meeting in the Tabernacle all day Alma L Smith
who had just returned from the Islands spoke one hour & 25 m[inutes]
He gave a history of the Mission on the Islands of the memary
of his Father & Brother at Hawns Mill & of his being shot himself
at the same time. In the Afternoon while G A Smith
was giving a History of the Roman & Protestant religion
He spoke 50 Munits [minutes] during the Time Presidet Young came
in From visiting Brother Kimball He said he was Just
alive & that was all at the Close of the Meeting we went to the Prayer Circle after which G A Smith G Q. CannonJ. F.
Smith & W Woodruff of the 12 visited Brother Kimball
& found him suffering as it were in the agonies of Death
we laid hands upon him & rebuked his suffering & he was
Eizer I went home took supper & visited Brother Kimball
again he appeared as though Death was upon him
~ Monday
[FIGURE] 22. Monday President Heber C Kimball was
struck with Death at 1 oclok this Morning I visited him
Early in the Morning and stayed untill about 9 oclock I was
under the necessity then of leaving President Young several
of the Twelve & Many Friends were present & remained with
him untill he died which was 20 minutes to 11 oclok when
he went to sleep like an infant & breathed out his last breath
he was Born June 14, 1801, which made him 67 years & 8 days old
~ Tuesday
23rd I spent this day in the field
~ Tuesday
June 16, 1868
I let Bishop Hoagland have 100lbs of flour on the Emigration & get
Ezra Foss to go After Keets I wrote 2 letters to Wilford & Delight
[FIGURE] I spent the day at home
~ Wednesday to ~ Friday
17 & 19. I spent the time diging ditches watering wheat
& hoeing Corn
21. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning
& attended meeting in the Tabernacle all day Alma L Smith
who had just returned from the Islands spoke one hour & 25 minutes
He gave a history of the Mission on the Islands of the memary
of his Father & Brother at Hawns Mill & of his being shot himself
at the same time. In the Afternoon while G A Smith
was giving a History of the Roman & Protestant religion
He spoke 50 Munits minutes during the Time Presidet Young came
in From visiting Brother Kimball He said he was Just
alive & that was all at the Close of the Meeting we went to the
Prayer Circle after which G A Smith G Q. CannonJ. F.
Smith & W Woodruff of the 12 visited Brother Kimball
& found him suffering as it were in the agonies of Death
we laid hands upon him & rebuked his suffering & he was
Eizer I went home took supper & visited Brother Kimball
again he appeared as though Death was upon him
~ Monday
[FIGURE] 22. Monday President Heber C Kimball was
struck with Death at 1 oclok this Morning I visited him
Early in the Morning and stayed untill about 9 oclock I was
under the necessity then of leaving President Young several
of the Twelve & Many Friends were present & remained with
him untill he died which was 20 minutes to 11 oclok when
he went to sleep like an infant & breathed out his last breath
he was Born June 14, 1801, which made him 67 years & 8 days old
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," June 16, 1868 - June 23, 1868, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/4xL1