Wilford helps dedicate baptismal font beside unfinished Salt Lake City Temple in Salt Lake City.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
November 18, 1856 ~ Tuesday
18th I am quite poorly this morning I spent most of the day in the office
Wilford started to day to get my Beef ox at Charles White.
President Young F D Richards & D. Spencer rode to Dr W Richards
pasture. It rained some to day & a hard shower at about 5 oclok &
snowed during the night I spent the evening in reading Comodore Perrys visit
to Jappan
People
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3433 mentions
Apostle, Family
White, Charles
1812-1856ish
5 mentions
Spencer, Daniel
20 Jul 1794 - 8 Dec 1868
64 mentions
Richards, Franklin Dewey
2 Apr 1821 - 9 Dec 1899
816 mentions
Apostle
Perry, Matthew Calbraith
10 Apr 1794 - 4 Mar 1858
1 mention
Historical Figure
Woodruff, Wilford (Jr.)
22 Mar 1840 - 9 May 1921
717 mentions
Family
Richards, Willard
24 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1854
541 mentions
Apostle
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First baptisms administered in baptismal font; members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles rebaptized (4th rebaptism for Wilford).
Wilford serves seventh term as member of Territorial Legislature.
Members of Territorial Legislature rebaptized (Wilford for the fifth time).
Church membership is 55,236.
Wilford and George A. Smith complete Manuscript History of the Church up to Joseph Smith's death in 1844.
