March 1st 1885 I am 78 years old this day
Sunday morning I find myself at Bunkerville
Lincoln County Nevada I have been driven from
My wives children & home for the gospels sake & that to under
the American flag & Constitution and this is the case to day with
the Presidency of the Church and Twelve Apostles & many leading men
this Because we have obeyed the Patriarchal law of marriage
I wrote 1 Letter to G Teasdale Brother Wm H Thompson
arived last night & wished me to return to St George we attended
Meeting Meeting to day with the People W Woodruff spoke 35 m[inutes]
& Wm H Thompson 20 we then took the Parting hand with
Bishop Bunker & family & friends in Bunkerville and started
at 5 oclok & travelled 20 Miles & camped for the night at the west End
of Bever Dam spread our Blankets & lay upon the ground for the night 20 m[iles]
~ Monday
2 We started at 8 oclok & travelled to St George 40 Miles
& spent the night with Wm Squaire was quite weary I had
a good room & bed provided for me & I had a good nights rest
4 This day is the inorgaration of President Cleveland, and the Past Congress Ends without passing
any Antimormon Bills I wrote a letter to Br C. J. Kemp House of Correction in Detroit
~ Thursday
5 I examined Gaskells Encyclopedia I found
the following Account of the Civil war. The north called into
the field 2,688,523 Soulders if the South had as many
there would have been in the war 5,377,646 There were
reported killed in Battle 455,527. But the heaviest
[FIGURE] March 1, 1885
W. Woodruf
78 Years old
this day
March 1st 1885 I am 78 years old this day
Sunday morning I find myself at Bunkerville
Lincoln County Nevada I have been driven from
My wives children & home for the gospels sake & that to under
the American flag & Constitution and this is the case to day with
the Presidency of the Church and Twelve Apostles & many leading men
this Because we have obeyed the Patriarchal law of marriage
[FIGURE] I wrote 1 Letter to G Teasdale Brother Wm H Thompson
arived last night & wished me to return to St George we attended
Meeting Meeting to day with the People W Woodruff spoke 35 minutes
& Wm H Thompson 20 we then took the Parting hand with
Bishop Bunker & family & friends in Bunkerville and started
at 5 oclok & travelled 20 Miles & camped for the night at the west End
of Bever Dam spread our Blankets & lay upon the ground for the night 20 miles
~ Monday
2 We started at 8 oclok & travelled to St George 40 Miles
& spent the night with Wm Squaire was quite weary I had
a good room & bed provided for me & I had a good nights rest
4 FIGURES This day is the inorgaration of President
Cleveland, and the Past Congress Ends without passing
any Antimormon Bills I wrote a letter to Br C. J. Kemp
[FIGURE] House of Correction in Detroit
~ Thursday
5 FIGURES I examined Gaskells Encyclopedia I found
the following Account of the Civil war. The north called into
the field 2,688,523 Soulders if the South had as many
there would have been in the war 5,377,646 There were
reported killed in Battle 455,527. But the heaviest
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," March 28, 1885 - March 5, 1885, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/VvMW