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Day in the Life

Mar 1, 1842

Journal Entry

March 01, 1842 ~ Tuesday

March 1st 1842 My Birth Day

I am 35 years of age this day as the
spring enters. And thinking I could not
celebrate my Birth day more effectually than
to meet my best friends I killed a Turkey made
a feast & invited some of my friends to
attend some came & some could not The
company consisted of Joseph the Seer & Lady
Elders H. C. kimball & Lady J. Taylor & Lady
& Mother, Dr W. Richards & John E. Page.
After supper the evening was mostly spent in
hearing Joseph the Seer convers about the
blessings of the kingdom of God much to our ediyfy-
cation.

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Taylor, Agnes
1787-1868
1 mention
Smith, Emma Hale Bidamon
10 Jul 1804 - 30 Apr 1879
55 mentions
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
112 mentions
Apostle
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2226 mentions
Taylor, Leonora Cannon
6 Oct 1796 - 9 Dec 1868
47 mentions
Kimball, Vilate Murray
1 Jun 1806 - 22 Oct 1867
50 mentions
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
519 mentions
Apostle

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Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1
^On^ My birthday ^^ came and I made a feast

Events

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February 3, 1842
Wilford appointed manager of the Church's official newspaper Times and Seasons.
February 19, 1842
Wilford sets type for printing/publishing the Book of Abraham in Times and Seasons.

Mar 1, 1842