Funeral of Bishop L E. Harrington we met at the House and followed
the corpse to the Meeting House which was filled to overflowing
The servises commenced at 10 oclok Prayer By Brother Paxman
W Woodruff spoke 25 M[inutes] A short synopsis is published in D News
of June 25/[18]83 He was followed By L W Hardy, R T Burton, John
SharpA. O. SmootM Tanner, Dusenbury Masen & D Johns
who spoke about 5 M[inutes] each. The Body looked amaciated. He
was followed to the Tomb by a large company at the close of
the services we took the car and returned to the City 70 Mils
~ Sunday
24 ^^ Sunday I went up to visit Ensign Stockings who has the
Appearance of a walking scheleton scearsly any flesh upon his
bones yet he is vary hopeful that He will get up but he looks
as though he might die any day. At 1 oclok in company
with John Sharp Bishop HunterL W Hardy & some others
we took a special train & rode to Lehi to Attend the funeral
of Bishop David Evens & Jeppa Larson. The bodies of
Both lay Dead at Lehi when we arived at the Meeting house
we found the House crouded and a large number that could
not get in the bodies of Both Men lay before us in the House David John opened By Prayer Bishop Edward Hunter
spoke 11 Minuts followed by W Woodruff who spok 30 M
He said yesterday we were called to attend the funeral of
Bishop Harrington, today we are called to attend the
funeral of Bishop David Evans. I do not Know whose
funeral we will be called to Attend to morrow or,
when we will be called to Attend our own He refered
to going toin Zions Camp to Missouri and said Br Evans
had Been a Bishop 41 years & spoke of his labors
Funeral of Bishop L E. Harrington we met at the House and followed
the corpse to the Meeting House which was filled to overflowing
The servises commenced at 10 oclok Prayer By Brother Paxman
W Woodruff spoke 25 Minutes A short synopsis is published in D News
of June 25/1883 He was followed By L W Hardy, R T Burton, John
SharpA. O. SmootM Tanner, Dusenbury Masen & D Johns
who spoke about 5 Minutes each. The Body looked amaciated. He
was followed to the Tomb by a large company at the close of
the services we took the car and returned to the City 70 Mils
~ Sunday
24 [FIGURE] Sunday I went up to visit Ensign Stockings who has the
Appearance of a walking scheleton scearsly any flesh upon his
bones yet he is vary hopeful that He will get up but he looks
as though he might die any day. At 1 oclok in company
with John Sharp Bishop HunterL W Hardy & some others
we took a special train & rode to Lehi to Attend the funeral
of Bishop David Evens & Jeppa Larson. The bodies of
Both lay Dead at Lehi when we arived at the Meeting house
we found the House crouded and a large number that could
not get in the bodies of Both Men lay before us in the House
David John opened By Prayer Bishop Edward Hunter
spoke 11 Minuts followed by W Woodruff who spok 30 M
He said yesterday we were called to attend the funeral of
Bishop Harrington, today we are called to attend the
funeral of Bishop David Evans. I do not Know whose
funeral we will be called to Attend to morrow or,
when we will be called to Attend our own He refered
to goingin Zions Camp to Missouri and said Br Evans
had Been a Bishop 41 years & spoke of his labors
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," June 23, 1883 - June 24, 1883, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 2, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/x6xB