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Day in the Life

Oct 2, 1842

Journal Entry

October 02, 1842 ~ Sunday

SepOctt 2 Sunday Elder John Taylor
called upon me & informed me that I
was not going to Keokurk But Joseph
wished me to Assist in the printing in
Nauvoo. Elder Allexander Arived from
the south & called upon me. Our Babe
has been preserved unto us she appeared to
be deliverd from her fever & is fast recover-
ing. it has been vary healthy in Nauvoo
this fall untoill within a few days many
have been taken sick & a Number of deaths

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Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1834 mentions
Apostle
Smith, Joseph (Jr.)
23 Dec 1805 - 27 Jun 1844
2228 mentions
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
333 mentions
Family
Alexander, Randolph
22 Mar 1802 - 12 Mar 1879
55 mentions
1835 Southern Convert

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Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois

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Oct 2, 1842