in that place they contributed ^$9^ to our necessities and George Miller gave us a horse
as Father Coultrin was going east he took us into his waggon to help us along we spent 5
days in Springfield where Elder Taylor printed fifteen hundred copies of a pamphlet upon
the Missouri persecution also had a trial with Elder Babbit having prepared a charge against
him for improper conduct. We sold our horse in Springfield, and left on the 21^st continued
our journey we spent the night of the 24 with Dr Modasett, at Terrehaute. On the 28^th
while travelling Elder Taylor had a suddent attack fell to the ground as though he had been
knocked down we administered to him and he revived, on the following day he fell again
and fainted several times, it seemed as though the Destroyer would take his life, we
travelled with him 4 days after he was taken sick, ^his sickness proved to be^ it was then evident that he had a hard
attacked of the billious fever we stoped with him ^two^ at a Jerman Tavern in Germantown Wane
County Indianna with a k kind family with whom he was acquainted, we stoped with
him two days, untill Father Coulton would stop no longer, I offered ^proposed^ to remain with
Brother Taylor but as I was sick with the fever and ague and not able to take care of
myself Brother Taylor he ^Brother Taylor^ advised ^me^ to continue my journey, with Father, Coultrin^ ^saying it was easier to take care of one sick man than two^ saying
that one such man could get along better than two, according to his council I committed
him into the hands of God and the family promised to do all in their power to make him comfortable
I parted with him with a heavy heart, on the 2nd Sept and continued my journey with
Father Coultrin to Cleaveland Ohio, I there took steamer on the 10^th for Buffalo but we
had a severe gale and did not reach Buffalo untill the 12th^th I travelled to Albany on a
canal boat had the ague daily, was very sick, had no companion except sectarian
priest who was daily lying about ^the mormons^ mormonism I took stage ^at Albany^ for Farmington
Ct on the night of the 19^th and rode all night and the following day and suffering
immensely ^severely^ with the fever and ague I arived at my Fathers house in Farmington Ct
on the 21^st Sept Quite sick I found my Father and family well. On the 27 Sept 1839
my ^maternal^ Grand Mother Anna Thompson on my mothers side died aged 84 years of age
I was to sick to attend her funeral, it is a singular incident that my Grand Father
Lot Thompson and Anna Thompson his wife, Samuel Thompson and Mercy Thompson
all ^of one family^ died the year they were ^in their^ 85 ^year^ years of age old. On the 4^th Oct Adna Hart died
brother to my step Mother, aged 43. He requested me to preach his funeral sermon
I had been sick at my fathers house with the ague for fifteen days attended with a
severe cough and the hour for the funeral was the hour for my ague, yet I gave out
the apointment, attended the funeral, preached an hour and a half, and I had no more
ague for many days, I left my fathers house on the 7^th Oct and visited New York
Long Island, New Jersey and various parts of the country but was ^in^ very poor health
Nov 1^st I assisted Elders Clark, Wright, & Mulliner, to sail for England. Elder
John Taylor recovered from his sickness and arived in New York 13 Dec and on
the 19^th, in company with Elder John Taylor & ^Theodore^ Turley I went on board of the