July 27, 1884 He had no use of himself could not speak or hardly
swallow any thing yet He knew me I laid my hands
upon his head and Blessed him and sealed upon
him all that had been sealed upon him in life I then
returned home I also administered to Sister Sayers. 7 Mils
~ Monday
28 [FIGURES] I received one Letter from Sister Sarah
I wrote one letter to Franklin Spencer upon doctrin
I spent the day in the office
30 [FIGURE] I wrote Letter to Ward E Pack & told him to mak[e]
a smoke of woollen rags or wool, & hold his bear hand
and arm over it, if that did not help him to boil up
some strong wild sage, pound charcoal fine & make
a poultice of it & try that. I wrote to Samuel Roskelley
I attended council in the Afternoon & went down to L. W. Hardies and staid untill about 11 oclok All the
Presidency had been down to visited him and
administered to him I found him breathing vary hard
and apparently dying I staid untill about 11.
~ Thursday
31 [FIGURE] Wilford and myself called at Br Hardys
found him still breathing But dying hard, had
been dying Apparently since Midnight I came
up to the office Leonard Wilford Hardy Died
at 7 oclok PM. Geo Q. CannonJoseph F Smith
& W Woodruff administered to William W Taylor
who lay at the point of Death
July 27, 1884He had no use of himself could not speak or hardly
swallow any thing yet He knew me I laid my hands
upon his head and Blessed him and sealed upon
him all that had been sealed upon him in life I then
returned home I also administered to Sister Sayers. 7 Mils
~ Monday
28 FIGURES I received one Letter from Sister Sarah
I wrote one letter to Franklin Spencer upon doctrin
I spent the day in the office
30 [FIGURE] I wrote Letter to Ward E Pack & told him to make
a smoke of woollen rags or wool, & hold his bear hand
and arm over it, if that did not help him to boil up
some strong wild sage, pound charcoal fine & make
a poultice of it & try that. I wrote to Samuel Roskelley
I attended council in the Afternoon & went down to
L. W. Hardies and staid untill about 11 oclok All the
Presidency had been down to visited him and
administered to him I found him breathing vary hard
and apparently dying I staid untill about 11.
~ Thursday
31 [FIGURE] Wilford and myself called at Br Hardys
found him still breathing But dying hard, had
been dying Apparently since Midnight I came
up to the office Leonard Wilford Hardy Died
at 7 oclok PM. Geo Q. CannonJoseph F Smith
& W Woodruff administered to William W Taylor
who lay at the point of Death
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," July 28, 1884 - July 31, 1884, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/mqmr