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Day in the Life

Aug 16, 1856

Journal Entry

August 16, 1856 ~ Saturday

16th we had a vary hard rain through the forenoon I went into the
field in the forenoon after my Family we all got vary wet I went
to the office in the afternoon President Young went North to day to
Farmington accompanied by Presidents Kimball & Grant & profesor
Carrington who took minutes of the Journey & they attended a meeting
of the citizens upon the subject of takeing out the webber river

People

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Carrington, Albert
8 Jan 1813 - 19 Sep 1889
210 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1402 mentions
Apostle
Grant, Jedediah Morgan
25 Feb 1816 - 1 Dec 1856
269 mentions
Apostle

Events

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Sep 1856 - April 1857
Church-wide reformation includes rebaptizing, restructuring and recommitment to principles and covenants. First "home missionaries" introduced (precursor to ministering program).
October 2, 1856
First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).

Aug 16, 1856