Emma Lorena Barrows Brown Journal, January 1878–September 1879

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By Kristin H. South,

January [1878]

1st 1878 Pleasant day at home all day Eve Jan 2 wed Fine day at home all washing at home in the Eve Jan 3 Thur Clear and cold at home it was Fast Day but we dident go to Meeting because George had a lame back at home in Eve Jan 4 Fri Clear and cold at home Bro [William] Wright and Wife¹ came and Spent the day. Bro. Lenard as was Sick with a Sore throat Jan 5 Sat Clear and cold at home Cleaning day Len is no better

Jan 6 Sun Clear and cold at home Len was worse Bro [Enoch] Richens and wife² Staid to Dinner Fanney Richens Staid in the Eve the boys went to Meeting Jan 7 Mon Clear and cold at home Len is a little better got a Letter from Mira McRea³ who lives in Arizona Jan 8 Tus Cloudy and Snow a little at home Len is not much better Br [Nymphus] Murdock⁴ gave ous a call at home in the Eve Jan 9 Wed Warm pretty day thaw Some went to the Store and traded a little wrote a letter to Maria McRea Len is Better Jan 10 Thu fine day at home and washed Len is better Jan 11 Fri fine day at home and in the Afternoon went to Mr [William H.] Bagley⁵ and help lay thair child out at home in the Eve and irion Jan 12 Sat fine day went to the burriel of the Bagley child Bro [Edward] Buyce [Buys] and wife [Celestia Clarissa Bromley]⁶ and Bro [Samuel Joseph] Wing came home with ous and Staid over Night

Jan 13 Sun Clear and cold George and myself Bro. Buyce and Wife and Bro. Wing went to ~~Wallburg~~ Wallburgh to Meeting went to Bro Camps⁷ to Dinner came home had Prayer Meeting Bro Buyce and Wife and Bro Wing staid till after Meeting Jan 14 Mon fine day at home Jan 15 Tus fine day George and Len went to Heber I was to home Jan 16 Wed warm day at home Bro Buyce was here to dinner Jan 17 Thur warm and Snowed a little at home George and Len went to Heber Jan 18 Fri warm pretty day went to a Surprise Party to Bro Watkin⁸ at Midway dance till 12 Oclock visited had Supper came home about 5 Oclock in the Morning Jan 19 Sat fine day at home Mr Gammett⁹ came and Staid all Night the Boys went to the Young Mens Meeting

Jan 20 Sun fine day went to Meeting Bro Murdock & Bro Wing Preached came home and Eat dinner went to Bro Richens to Prayer Meeting Jan 21 Mon Warm pretty day at home in the forenoon in the afternoon Went to Society Meeting Bro Murdock appointed Me as Pres of the Relief Society¹⁰ had a good Meeting in the Eve Bro. Richens and wife and Daughter came to Night School Jan 22 Tus fine day at home all [damaged: day] Jan 23 Wed fine day at home in the Eve went to John Brown to a dance¹¹ Jan 24 Thur warm day at home and washed Len got A letter from Father and Bro Benjamin Jan 25 Fri fine day at home in the forenoon in the afternoon went to Midway to a Consert came home in the night it was George Birth day he was 51 years old Jan 26 Sat fine day at home George went to Heber to High Priest Meeting Ethan and Len went to the Young Mens Meeting

Jan 27 Sun warm day went to Meeting Bro Hatch and Bro Giles¹² Preached came home Bro Richens and wife and Some Young Men from Midway Eat Supper with ous went to Bro Bagley to Prayer Meeting 28 Mon at home all day in the Eve Bro Richens and Daughter came to Night School Snowed Some in the Moring it cleared up 29 Tus wash to day at home in Eve Ethan and Len went to Bro Murdock warm day 30 wed at home all day making Geo a pair of pants warm day 31 Thu at home in the forenoon Bro Murdock & Br [Emmanuel] Richman com & wanted me to go & See Sis Taylor¹³ I went & staid all nigth Georg staid al night to Murdock

Feb[ruary 1878]

1st Fri came home from Sis Taylor ironed warm day 2nd Sat went to Heber to Meeting all day & staid all night fine day

3 Sun went to Meeting & came home in the Eve fine day none at home in the fornoon went to society Meeting Br Murdock ordain me as Pres of the R Societ & my councler Br Richens & wife & Daughter came to night school Stormy day 5 Tus at home all day in the Eve went to a dance & Br Murdock presented Br Wadkin with a Bible fine day 6 wed at home all day Br ~~Wad~~ Wadkin & his women¹⁴ came & staid all night warm day 7 Thu Br Wadkin & his women Staid till Eleven Oclock Geo & me went to Wallsburgh & to the Society Meeting in the Eve went to Night Meeting said all Night to Br camps fine day 8 Fri staid & viseted Br camps went to R Society party fine day 9 Sat came home & ironed fine day

10 Sun went to Meeting then went to Br [James] Prices to Dinner came home Georg & the Boys went to prayer meeting pretty day 11 Mon at home & washed Geo & Ethan Len went to a meeting Snow Some in the night 12 Tus at home all day in the Eve went to Br Murdock to Rehersed some peaces fine day 13 wed at home all day and ironed in the Eve went to the school hous to see some slight hands preform 14 Thu at home all day Snow Some in the moring went to Br Murdock to rehersed some peaces Snow 15 Fri went to help to clean out the Meeting House Snow Some 16 Sat at home Stormed all day

17 Sun fin day went to Teach Sunday School went to Meeting in the afternoon in the Eve went to Richens and staid till after Prayer Meeting 18 Mon wash to day the boys went to a party Stormed all night 19 Tus at home Ethen & len went to B Murdock Stormey 20 Wed at home in the forenoon went to Society Meeting had a good Meeting clear cold 21 Thu at home Bro Daybell & Wife & Willy & Wife¹⁵ came & made a visit in the Eve went to the school house to reherse pretty day clear & cold 22 Fri irionid to day fine day 23 Sat went to the school house to reherse went to Smith¹⁶ to Dinner & staid till night then went to the consert clear and cold

24 Sun in the afternoon went to Meeting Br [Thomas] Todd Preach went to Richens to Prayer Meeting cold day 25 Mon at home George went to Heber to mill Ethan & Len went to Br Murdock clear & cold day 26 Tus wash Georg went to Heber to get his grist Ethan & Len went to Wallburgh Thawing 27 Wed irioned fine day 28 Thu went to Br Murdock to Society quilting fine day

March [1878]

1st Fri in the afternoon went to Wallburgh to consert came home in the night fine day 2nd Sat at home Sis Mcgee¹⁷ & Richey¹⁸ & Fanney Richens came for a visit Sis Mcgee Staid night George went to Heber to Meeting warm day

3 Sun went to Teach Sunday School went to Isaac to Din went to meeting had some Missionary from Midway fine 4 Mon at home warm day 5 Tus went to geather wheat for the Society Fanny Richin went with me got 3 Bushel 8 lbs¹⁹ 6 Wed went around again to geather wheat got 2 Bus & half Storm all day 7 Thu at home Storm all day 8 Fri wash to day clear & cold 9 Sat at home warm day

10 Sun went to Sunday School went to Br Daybell to Dinner then went to Meeting the boys went to [Young?] Men 11 Mon went to Br Wright snow some to day 12 Tus went to geather some wheat Fanny & me got [illegible number—perhaps 3] Bus went to Br Mcgee to Dinner 13 Wed wash to day Pretty day 14 Th at home in the Eve went to see Isaac baby which sick Georg & the boy was making a dam across the river the boys went to a dance 15 Fri at home Richen & wife here to Dinner Still a working at the dam 16 Sat at home all day

17 Sun went to Sunday School went to Pres Simmons²⁰ to Dinner Mary Ann Simons came home with ous. Pres Hatch Preach 18 Mon at home wash Al Roads & wife²¹ came staid all night 19 Tu at home all day had a dance in the Eve in the barn 20 Wed went to a society meeting organized a Young Ladies Association went to Richens & spent the Eening 21 Th at home Ethan went to work for Isaac 22 Fri at home Al Roads come & got a load of hay went to the store 23 Sat at home

24 Sun went to Sunday School in the afternoon went to Meeting 25 Mon white washing Stormey day 26 Tus white washing & cleaning 27 Wed cleaning house George went to Heber Fanney eat Dinner 28 Th washing to day Stormy 29 Fri at home irioned windy 30 Sat went to Heber went to Br [John] Galigher to Dinner

31 Sun went to Sunday School went to Sis Taylor to Dinner went to Meeting went [cut off: to Sis Taylor to Sis . . . ]

April [1878]

1 Mon wash to day & George Plowed to day 2 Tus at home irioned Geo went to Heber 3 Wed working in garden 4 Th at home George was sowing some wheat 5 Fri Fanny & me went to Society Meeting Geo was sowing grain Len started home 6 Sat at home working in garden

7 Sun went to Sunday school went to Sis Pinapp²² to Dinner 8 Mon at home Fanney [Richens] & Magg[y] Wright came in the afternoon 9 Tus went to Mary Wright to a quilting 10 Wed Washing a Dainish man come and eat Dinner 11 Th white wash Granmother house comenced a vest for George 12 Fri cold & windy at home & irioned finish Georg vest 13 Sat Stormey & Snowed at home Snowed Some in night

14 Sun Stormy in the afternoon went to Meeting 15 Mon Stormy most all day at home writing most al day 16 Tus Stormy most all day making a dress 17 Wed Stormy wash to day 18 Thu clear & fine in the afternoon went to Society Meeting 19 Fri fine day went to Sister [Emma] Trotman²³ wrote a letter to Milly Stop to the Post Office got 2 letters one from Br McRea & Sister Follat 20 Sat Stormy at home wrote a letter to Sister [Maria] McRea

21 Sun Stormy in the afternoon went to Meeting went to Br Richens in the Eve 22 Mon fine day went to Br Wadkin had a good visit 23 Tus at home in the afternoon went to Sis Richens George plowed for Mr Simons 24 Wed fine day wash to day 25 Th at home making a dress 26 Fri at home all day 27 Sat at home George & the boys went to Heber to Meeting

28 Sun went to Sunday School went to Br Murdock to dinner Br Wadkin and family was thare Bro Wadkin & Br Dablin²⁴ Preach 29 Mon wash to day George went to the store 30 Tus at home irioned

May [1878]

1st Wed at home all day sewing 2 Thu at home 3 Fri at home all day cleaning 4 Sat went to Heber to Confers came home

5 Sun went to Heber to Meeting went to Br. Scheldon²⁵ to dinner 6 Mon wash Ethan & Brig went to canyon 7 Tus at home 8 wed at home 9 Th at home Bro Wright & wife came & Br Galligher & wife 10 Fri Br Galligher & wife went home George & me went to Heber George went to Mid[way] 11 Sat at home

12 Sun went to Sunday School went to Sis Trolman²⁶ to dinner after meeting went to Br Buyce come home in night 13 Mon at home making Soap in the afternoon went to the store 14 Tus at home not very well 15 Wed washing to day 16 Th Snowed most all day at home Sewing 17 Fri cold & snowed went to Heber to trade went to Br Hatch to dinner 18 Sat comenced to clear up Some at home

19 Sun went to Br [William] McGee to dinner then went to Meeting 20 Mon raining most all day wash Br Wadkin & wife Said [staid] all night 21 Tus Br Wadkin & wife went home I went to Society Meeting but it was so stormy that I staid to Br Murdock Ethan went to canyon 22 Wed at home all day 23 Th at home sewing 24 Fri at home all day 25 Sat at home made Polley Simons a Hat

26 Sun went to Sunday School then come home Bro Dablin Staid all night 27 Mon Stormy day Bo Dablin Staid all day at home 28 Tus went to Society Meeting staid to Bo Wright & got Dinner Bo Dablin went to Midway 29 Wed wash to day 30 Th at home all day Sis Dablen staid all night 31 Fri at home making Shirts Br Dablin & Bo Richens Eat dinner Sis Dablin went home

June [1878]

1st Sat stormy day George went to Heber had the toothach

2 Sun went to Meeting in the afternoon 3 Mon George planted some corn Ethan went to canyan 4 Tus went to Heber to trade got a letter from Milly & Mide & Len went to Gallagher to Dinner 5 Wed went to Wallburgh Eat dinner to Br Camps 6 Th wash George went to canyon 7 Fri at home George went to the canyon Ethan came home 8 Sat at home wrote a letter to Len & Mide

9 Sun went to teach Sunday School George went to Heber went to Br Murdock to dinner went to Meeting 10 Mon at home Ethan went to canyon B Richens Eat dinner 11 Tus wash John Brown & B Richens Eat dinner 12 Wed at home in the afternoon had a thunder storm 13 Th at home Ethan came [home] 14 Fri at home Ethan went to the canyon cleaning out cellar Br Dablin Eat Dinner 15 Sat at home all day George watering Wheat

16 Sun at home all day George wattering wheat 17 Mon wash to day 18 Tus at home made a chees 19 wed at home 20 Th Made a chees then went to Society Meeting 21 Fri Made a chees 22 Sat at home the Boy went to raise the liberty pole.

23 Sun at home Bo Wadkin Eat dinner with ous start to Meeting met Len & Br Rumill²⁷ Boys then came home Mon 24 went to Br Murdock and Eat Dinner then came home fine day Tus 25 wash to day fine day wed 26 at home George went to canyon Thu 27 at home fine day Fri 28 at home Br Rumell Boys went home fine day Sat 29 at home fine day

Sun 30 went to Meeting fine day

July [1878]

Mon 1st wash fine day Tus 2 at home wash [set of ditto marks for “fine day”] wed 3 at home Br Mcgee & B Wright came Teaching Thu 4 at home Fri 5 at home Sat 6 went to Br Buys George went to Heber

Sun 7 went to Meeting fine day Mon 8 wash fine day Sis Mcgee ~~Tus 9~~ come & Charley Decker²⁸ & boy Eat dinner Sis Mcgee Staid Tus 9 Charley Decker Son Eat dinner then Sis Mcgee and Me went to Fany Richens wed 10 at home in the Eve went to Meeting Sis Mcgee went home Thu 11 at home fine day Fri 12 at home George went to Heber Sat 13 at home

Sun 14 in the afternoon went to Meeting Mon 15 Started to the City went to Anderson Tus 16 got in the City about noon the next day Wed 17 Staid to Father till noon then Lucy [Hardy Barrows] & me went up in town and done some trading the [then] went to Mr McCoy where Mira [Barrows] lived Th 18 in the afternoon went to the Exponent Office then went to Sister [Eliza] Snow then went to her [illegible word]²⁹ Fri 19 Started home Sat 20 got to Heber staid to Ghaligher and got Some Dinner then came home

Sun 21 went to Meeting went to Br Dablin had the dark [illegible word] Mon 22 at home Tus 23 wash Wed 24 we all went down to Dear Creek to get some servis Berry³⁰ came home found lots of Grass hopper³¹ Th 25 wash & iron Some George went to Provo Fri 26 at home George met Sis E R Snow & Z[ina] D Young and Lucy [Hardy Barrows] & Charles [Barrows] came Sat 27 George went to Heber had a good visit with the sisters

Sun 28 went to R Society Meeting Meeting comenced at 9 Oclock Sister E R Snow & Zina Young Spoke and gave ous Some good instruction went to Sunday school then went to Bro Murdock to Dinner went to afternoon Meeting come home and got Supper then went to the Y L Meeting Sis Snow Zina Young Spoke had a good meeting Mon 29 went to Wallsburgh to Meeting Eat Dinner to Br Camp had a good meeting come home Tus 30 went to Heber to Meeting had a good Meeting Eat Dinner to Br Shelton then come home Wed 31 at home Sister Snow and Zina come had a good visit George comenced to Mow.

Aug[ust 1878]

1st Th George went to Battle Creek to take Sister Snow and Zina and Lucy and Chas [Barrows] Seen them get on the cars to go to the City wash Fri 2 at home and irioned Geog come and brought Mira [Barrows] Sat 3 at home George mowed

Sun 4 went to Heber to Conference went to Br Galligher to Din Mon 5 in the afternoon went to vote then came home Tus 6 at home and washed Wed 7 at home all day Th 8 at home Fri 9 in the afternoon went to Society Meeting horseback had a good meeting George cutting grain Will Hanks³² came to bind Br Murphy and wife came and Staid all night Sat 10 in the afternoon Mira and me went to Br Murdock George went to Br Murphy to cut grain

Sun 11 went to Isaac to Dinner then went to meeting Mon 12 wash to day George went to Br Murphy to cut grain Tus 13 at home Wed 14 quilted a quilt Th 15 quilted a quilt Fri 16 at home Sat 17 at home all day

Sun 18 went to Meeting Mon 19 at home George cutting grain Will Hanks came to bind Tus 20 wash George finish cutting grain Wed 21 at home coulering³³ Th 22 quilted a quilet raining Fri 23 at home in the afternoon went to Society Meeting Sister Murdock from Heber was thaire had a good meeting got a letter from Maria McRea Sat 24 at home in the Eve went to Meeting Ju F Wells M H Hardy Preached to Y M³⁴

Sun 25 after Dinner went to Heber to Meeting Mon 26 went to Glean wheat for the Society rained got a letter from Father Tus 27 at home Wed 28 washed Th 29 at home all day Fri 30 went to Br Mcghie to Glean wheat for the Society Sat 31 at home all day

Sep[tember 1878]

1st sun went to Meeting Mon 2 washed Tus 3 went to Battle Creek rained when we got on the bench stop to Mr gammet Wed 4 Staid in Battle Creek Mira got on the train to go home rained all day Th 5 Started home in the afternoon got home in the night Fri 6 the thrashing machene came to thrash Lattie [Murdock] come to help cook Sat 7 got done thrashing about noon Lattie went home

Sun 8 went to Meeting Al Roads come and staid all night Mon 9 at home taking care my fruit Mr Oaks³⁵ come and staid all night Mon 12³⁶ wash to day Tus 13 at home Wed 14 went to Bro Buys George went to Heber Thu 15 went to wallsburgh Fri 16 at home irioned Sat 17 at home

Sun 18 went to Meeting then after Meeting went to Bro Buys Staid Till Six Oclock Mon 19 at home George is cutting grain Wm Hanks came over to Tus 20 wash George finish cutting grain Wed 21 at home all day Callering Th 22 quilted a quilt Jake Harris³⁷ bought Me [illegible word] rained Fri 23 at home in the afternoon went to Society Meeting Sister Murdock come from Heber to make the Society a visit had a good Meeting got a letter from Maria McRea Sat 24 at home in the Evening went to meeting Junis F Wells & Milton Hardy Preach to the Young Men & Young Ladies Association

Sun 25 Eat dinner then went to Heber to meeting J F Wells & M Hardy Preach Mon 26 went out to glean wheat for the Society Tus 27 at home rain Wed 28 wash to day Th 29 at home all day Fri 30 went up to Bro McGhie to glean wheat for Society Sat 31 at home all day

September [1878]

Sun 1st went to Meeting Mon 2 wash Tus 3 went to Battle Creek rain in the afternoon Stop at Mr Gammitt Wed 4 Mira went home on the train went down to Mr Gammett on the Lake Bottom Th 5 Started home got home all well Fri 6 in the afternoon the machine came to Thrash or grain Lattie Murdock came to help me Sat 7 got done thrashing about noon & left Lattia went home

Sun 8 went to meeting A Rhaods come Staid all night Mon 9 taking care of my fruit Mr Oaks come to get Some hay Staid all night Tus 10 Making perserves & taking care of my fruit Bro & Sis McGhie & Sist Trotman come and Eat dinner Wed 11 wash Th 12 at home George & Granmother went to Springvile Fri 13 at home & irioned Sat 14 at home George & Granmother come home Ethan came from canyon

Sun 15 went to meeting Mon 16 kill a hog Ethan went to the canyan Tus 17 wash George went to Heber Wed 18 Maggie Wright³⁸ come to Stay a while I went to Heber Thu 19 started to the city camp b[e]low Park City Stormy Fri 20 Started in the Morning got in the city about 7 Oclock Sat 21 went to the Society Conferance in the forenoon read the report of the difreant Society in the afternoon the Pres gave a verabel report Con. E. Taylor³⁹ Preside a good meeting

Sun 22 went to Meeting in the Tabnacle good Meeting went to See Sister Snow had a good visit She gave ous Spesiman she got from Palestine Mon 23 Started for home got as far as Snydervill⁴⁰ Staid all night Tu 24 came to Heber Stop to Bro Ghaliger Eat dinner got home about 2. Oclock all well Wed 25 at home sent Ethan some ~~vittels~~ Provition Th 26 Wash george went to Heber Fri 27 at home irioned Sat 28 cleaning house George went to Heber with a laady Dry

Sun 29 went to Meeting Mon 30 rained in the forenoon Stopt rain went to Wallsburgh trade Ethan went to the canyon

Oct[ober 1878]

Tus 1 wash Geo & Brig went to canyon ~~Oct~~ Wed 2nd irioned Geo went to Heber Thu 3 Georg commenced digin Potate wrot a letter to Mrs Follet Fri 4 went to Sist Dablin in the afternoonwent to Society Meeting Geo went to Heber Sat 5 Geo sick Brig went the canyon

Sun 6 at home all day Geo Sick Mon 7 at home Ethan & Brig finish diggin Potatoes Ethan went to canyon Tus 8 at home Geo is no better Bro & Sist McGhie came to see ous ~~ous~~ Wed 9 Geo is pretty Sick gave him a Sweat Th 10 wash Geo is better Brig went &⁴¹ got a load of Lumber Fri 11 Geo is still a getting better Brig went to Heber Ethan came home from the canyon Sat 12 at home Geo & Ethan went to Bro. Murphey to get some grain

Sun 13 at home raining Mon 14 at home Ethan went to the canyon Stormy day Tus 15 Sewing Snowed Some Wed 16 wash Thu 17 went to wallsburgh Eat dinner to Br Camp Fri 18 at home in the forenoon in the afternoon went to Society Meeting Sat 19 at home Br McGhie come around as teachers⁴²

Sun 20 went to Meeting come home wrote two letters one to Father & one to Milley Storm Mon 21 at home Ethan went to canyon come home at Night Tus 22 wash Ethan & Brig went to the canyon Geo lost his Mules cold Wed 23 at home Geo was hunting the Mules & cows all day cold Thu 24 irioned Br Wrights Boy found the Mules & cows cold Fri 25 went to the Society quilting Brig came home from canyon Sat 26 had the toothache Geo went to Heber to Mill Ethan came home from the canyon

Sun 27 went to Meeting Mon 28 at home Geo & Ethan went to the canyon Tus 29 Went to Wallsburgh to trade Wed 30 at home Th 31 wash Geo went to canyon A Rhoads came and Staid night

November [1878]

Fri 1st at home Sat 2 went to Heber to Stake Conferance came home at night Ethan went to drive Some horses up Daniel creek A Rhoads staid all night

Sun 3 went to conferance J[oseph] F Smith was a here Preach had a good conferance went A Rhoads Staid all night up center creek Mon 4 went to Sist Horner⁴³ Eat dinner then came home Tus 5 went to the Schoolhouse to vote then came home look like a Storm wed 6 kill 2 Hogs Sam McFee⁴⁴ come and help went to Sist McGhie Staid till Eve then came home Th 7 wash Geo & Brig went to the canyon Fri 8 at home in the afternoon went to Society meeting had a good meeting Sat 9 at home

Sun 10 went to Meeting after Meeting went to Isaac Eat Supper staid till Eve then came home Mon 11 cleaning house Tus 12 at home Wed 13 wash Thu 14 went to Wallsburgh to trade Fri 15 cleaning house Sat 16 at home

Sun 17 went to Meeting Mon 18 went to the Young Ladies Association had a good meeting Fri 19 at home Sat 20 wash Ethan came home Th 21 at home Fri 22 at home in the afternoon went to Society meeting Sat 23 went to Heber to trade got a letter from Mare McRea

Sun 24 went to Meeting Mon 25 went Midway to a Relief Society meeting Staid all night Tus 26 came home all well Wed 27 wash to day Th 28 went to wallsburgh to trade Ethan went to canyan Fri 29 Bro Camp & wife came & Staid all night Sat 30 Geo & Bo Camp went to Heber Sister Staid with me

December [1878]

Sun 1st went to Meeting stop to Br Murdock ~~Sister Murdock~~ got Some Blank from Sist Murdock Mon 2 at home Ethan & Brig went to Joseph Murdock wedding dance Tus 3 at home Wed 4 Wash to day Th 5 at home in the afternoon went to wallsburgh to trade Fr 6 Jasper Boran⁴⁵ & wife came and Staid till after dinner I went Society meeting Ethan went to Provo Sat 7 went to Sist McGhie Geo went to Heber Ethan come from Provo

Sun 8 went to meeting after meeting went to Midway to Br Wadkin Staid till Eve Mlissa⁴⁶ Murdock went with ous Mon 9 at home Sewing Tus 10 at home making a coat Geo & Ethan went the canyon Wed 11 wash Ethan went a Deer hunting Th 12 went to wallsburgh to trade Fr 13 at home irioned Sat 14 at home

Sun 15 went to meeting Mon 16 Wash Tus 17 went to Wallsburgh Ethan went to Center Creek Wed 18 at home ironed Th 19 went fix the School house for a Dance Fri 20 went to Society Meeting then at 12 Oclock Eat dinner after Dinner had a Dance Sat 21 at home Geo went to Wallsburgh to take the fidlers home cold

Sun 22 went to meeting clear cold Mon 23 at home cold day Tus 24 wash Granmother was sick Wed 25 at home Geo & Granmother was sick with a cold Brig came home and Eat Dinner he was living to Taylor cold day Thu 26 at home cold

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Mon 6 at home in the afternoon went to a Mass Meeting had a good Meeting⁴⁷ Tus 7 made a pair of pants for Brig Ethan comenced going to School thawed Some Wed 8 at home Snowed Thu 9 Wash Snowed Fri 10 went to Bro Murdock Isaac & wife came while I was gon wrote 2 letters one to Follett Sat 11 ironed fine day

Sun 12 went to Meeting Bro Foreman & Crook⁴⁸ preach clear & cold Mon 13 went down to Br. Wright Tus 14 wash George went to wallsburgh with John Brown came home with his Shouldr out of place Bro Wright⁴⁹ & Richens came and Set it Snow Wed 15 at home taking care of George Brig came home fine & plesant cold Thu 16 George is not much better Fri 17 at home it was Society Meeting but I dident go to Meeting George not much better Sat 18 Bro Buyce & his two women & children came and staid all night Isaac & Sina & Joseph Murdock came over & Bro Richens & wife came up got a letter from Lucy

Sun 219 at home Bro Buyce went home Bro Murdock & wife came & staid the Evening Geo not much bett Mon 20 George was a little better Bo Bromley⁵⁰ came and Staid all night Tus 21 Geo was a little better Br. Bromley went home John Brown & wife called in Wed 22 ~~commens~~ comenced to wash Bro Mcghie & wife & Sister Daybell & Bro Wright came Geo was better fine day Th 23 finish washing Brig came⁵¹ home & Staid the Eve fine day Fri 24 Isaac & Sina came and Staid till Evening the Teacher came and visit ous Bro Richey & Sam McFee Snowed Sat 25 Geo is better at home rained & blowed

Sun 26 Geo is better reading & fixing a scrap book fine Mon 27 Sewing carpet rag Tus 28 wash Snowed Wed 29 at home [set of ditto marks for “Snowed”] Th 30 went to Bro Murdock snowed Fri 31 went to Wallsburgh to the Theater Staid all night

Feb[ruary 1879]

Sat 1st staid till Sundown started home the Sled brake went back to Bro Campe and Staid all night

Sun 2nd staid till 2 Oclock then started home all right Mon 3 at home Tus 4 comenced to make a dress Wed 5 comenced to wash John Brown came and wanted ous to go to his house we went Al Rhoad came in the Evening we went [to] Sam McFee to a dance fine Th 6 Bro Price & wife & W. Daybell & wife came and Eat dinner Bro Camp & wife came & staid all Night warm day Fri 7 Bro camp & wife Staid Sat 8 Bro camp & wife went home after dinner

Sun 9 went to Meeting Bro [John] Jardan & [Samuel?] Davis preach had a good meeting Mon 10 at home Geo Sold a calf to Bro camp & 3 lbs Butter wrote 2 letters one to Maria McRea and to Jenett Duncan Ethan went to a dance Tus 11 at home rained

[The next page of the journal is missing.]

and then went to Society working Meeting come back to Annie and got Supper Fri 21 ironed & comenced to make a vest a Man from Eveston come and baught Some calves & Staid all night Geo went to the Y M Meeting Sat 22 at home Fanney & Jane Richens call in

Sun 23 went to meeting Mon 24 went to Wallsburgh Staid till after Dinner then came home Tus 25 at home Wed 26 ~~at home~~ wash Thu 27 at home Fri 28 went to Society Meeting then came home & irioned

March 1879

Sat 1st at home all day to work Ethan Sowed Some wheat

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went from thair to Society Meeting had a good Society Meetg came home after Meeting Fri 7 Geo went to Provo to take Bro J E Taylor I went to Sister Saby⁵² staid till 4 Oclock then came home 8 Sat wash George came home

Sun 9 went to Bro Dablin to Dinner then went to Meeting Bro Dill was the Preach Mon 10 wash Geo Plowed Tus 11 Made some Saop and worked in the garden Wed 12 worked in the garden Th 13 ironed Fri 14 went to Sister Taylor then went to Society Meeting Geo went to Heber to mill Sat 15 went to wallsburgh stop to Bo Camps all night

Sun 16 came from wallsburgh then went to Meeting Stop to Bro Richeys to dinner in the Eve went to Bo Richens to Meeting Mon 17 commenced to white wash Tus 18 white washing John Richey & wife came and Eat Dinner Geo Sold them 5 head of Sheep Wed 19 cleaning house Snowed Thu 20 wash to day Stormy Fri 21 put down my carpet a man came and staid all night Bro and Sis Camp came and Staid all night got a letter from Mira Sat 22 Geo & Bro Camp went to the Elders Meeting Bro Camp went home

Sun 23 went to Meeting Mon 24 Sewed Some to day Tus 25 work Geo sowed some grain Wed 26 ironed Geo sowned some grain Thu 27 at home Stormy Fri 28 went to Society Meeting some of the Sisters from

[One page is missing; evidently she went to Salt Lake City.]

Sun 6 went to Meeting after Meeting went to Sallie Rumell Eat Super Mon 7 went to meeting all day Eat dinner to Sister Snow had a good Meeting Tus 8 went to see Mira in the afternoon went to Meeting Stormy day Wed 9 Started for home Bro. Buyce & wife came home with ous Thr 10 came to Bro Buyce place and Staid all night Fri 11 got home all well Sat 12 went to wallsburgh rain

Sun 13 Stormy night went to Meeting Mon 14 at home rain all day Tus 15 at home rain & Snowed Wed 16 wash Isaac & Sina came and Staid all night I was Sick all night Thu 17 Sick all day Bro Wright

[The missing page spans April 18–28.]

to Bro Murdock Tus 29 went to Wallsburgh then came home Wed 30 Lousia Bagley came & work

May 1879

Thu 1st at home all day Fri 2nd at home Sat 3 went to Meeting to Heber Bro Lorenzo [Dow] Young & Son Preach in the afternoon Br Hardy & Burton Preach

Sun 4 went to Heber to meeting Mon 5 wash Tus 6 at home in the Eve went to Meeting Wed 7 at home Dr Young came⁵³ Baught some Midicine ironed Th 8 at home Fri 9 at home in the afternoon went to Society Meeting Sat 10 at home

Sun 11 went to Meeting Ethan came home from Green River all right Mon 12 at home Ethan & Brig went to canyon Tus 13 wash & Sew Carpet Wed 14 ironed Thu 15 made a chees and put down my carpet Sick Fri 16 Sick all day Mrs Bagley and her daughter came and Staid all day Bro Richens & wife Staid all Night Ethan & Brig came home from the canyon Sat 17 Some better Bro McGhie & Thacher came a Teacher

Sun 18 better at home Mon 19 Louize Bagley came & wash Tus 20 at home wed 21 at home Thu 22 Made a chees Fri 23 at home Sat 24 at home George went to Heber & braught a Man & his wife Staid all night⁵⁴

June 1879

Sun 1st went to Meeting Mon 2nd Louisia Bagley came & wash went to a Show at night Tus 3 Geo took that man & wife to Wallsburgh Wed 4 Made a chees Geo killed 3 Calf Th 5 at home Geo went to the City Fri 6 Made a chees then went to Society Meeting Br Richey took Mrs Bagley and my self to Meeting Sat 7 at home

Sun 8 at home Geo come from the City Mon 9 Louis Bagley work I went to Br Murdock to get Betsy Maurdock to come & live with me Tus 10 ~~went to Br Wadkin Mill~~ Made a chees ~~Sat 11 went to wallsburgh~~

~~Sun 12 went to Br Buys then to Meeting~~ ~~13 Wed Mon Betsy work Tus 14 Sewing Wed 15~~ Wed 11 at home Thu 12 made a chees Fri 13 went to Br Wadkin Mill Eat dinner had good visit Sat 14 went to wallsburgh

Sun 15 went to Br Buys then to meeting Mon 16 Betsy [Murdock] wash Tus 17 Sewing wed 18 Made a chees Th 19 at home Fr 20 I went to Sis Dablin Staid till Meeting time then went to Society Meeting Geo went to Heber Sat 21 at home Geo went to the Canyon

Sun 22 went to Meeting Br Taylor & wife came home with ous Mon 23 wash to day Tus 24 at home Wed 25 went to Br Taylor

[Another page is missing; the month is now July.]

Sat 12 at home

Sun 13 went to Meeting Isaac & Sina came home with ous Mon 14 went down the canyon Tus 15 wash Wed 16 Made a chees Thur 17 went to Heber stop to Mrs Shelton Fri 18 at home Sat 19 went to wallsburgh Staid all Night

Sun 20 came home then went to Meeting Mon 21 Sewing Tus 22 at home Wed 23 at home Geo & Ethan & Brig went to raise the Liberty Pole Th 24 went to celerbrate the 24th Taylor Barn Fri 25 at home Sat 26 went to Midway

Sun 27 at home Mon 28 at home Geo took Betsy Maurdock home braught Amy Wing⁵⁵ home to work for me Tus 29 at home Wed 30 at home Thu 31 at home

August 1879

Fri 1st made a chees then went to Society Meeting Sat 2nd went to Heber to meeting J F Smith Preach staid all night to Br Shelton

Sun 3 went to Meeting went to Br Giles to Dinner had a good Conferance Mon 4 went to vote come home got dinner then went to wallsburgh Bro Capner⁵⁶ and Bro Murphy came to work on the barn Tus 5 Isaac and Sina came over and staid all night Wed 6 at home all well Thu 7 Lousia Bagley come and wash Fri 8 at home all well Sat 9 at home Isaac and Sina went home

Sun 10 at home Amy Wing was sick Mon 11 at home al Tus 12 wash Wed 13 at home Thu 14 at home in the afternoon Hannah Bagley and her daughter came and spent the afternoon Fri 15 at home in the afternoon went to Society Meeting Sat 16 at home

Sun 17 went to meeting Mon 18 at home Lizza Hanks⁵⁷ came and staid a few days Tus 19 at home the Lizza and Amy wash Wed 20 at home Lizza ironed ~~I we~~ Geo and myself went to Wallsburgh Thu 21 we had the Barn raised the men staid till after dinner Sister Jane Taylor came and staid till Evening Fri 22 at home Sat 23 cleaning house

Sun 24 went to Meeting Mon 25 the girls wash Lizza went home Tus 26 went to Mlissia Murdock to a quiltting Bro Grosebeck⁵⁸ and ~~Wed 27~~ wife and children came and camp in the pasture I was taken sick in the night Wed 27 sick all day Hannah [Bagley] came and staid a while then went home Sina came over Thu 28 better to day Geor Dablin⁵⁹ came to work Fri 29 better went to Wallsburgh then went to Society Meeting Sat 30 Geo went to Midway Sina went home

Sun 31 went to Meeting Sina and Lizza came home with ous

September 1879

Mon 1st Geo went to Provo Tus 2nd Geo came home Sister Snow and Sister Wells came a up to visit the Society and to organize Wed 3 we had Society Meeting in Charleston then went to Heber staid to Sister Shelton Thu 4 went to Society meeting in Heber I was put in as President over all the Societys and assocition in Wasitch Stake Sister Wells was sick Fri 5 went to center ward and organized a Society and Primary association [added later: with E R Snow M E Cluff as Pres of RS & Retta Harvey as Pres ovr Prim⁶⁰ I dismiss the Meeting] then went to Midway Staid all night to Bro Wadkin Sat 6 Sister Snow and myself met with the R Society and ~~organ organize a P~~ met with Primary association Sister Snow stop at Pres Hatch we came home

Sun 7 went to Buyesvill Sister Snow and E B Wells and Sister Hatch met me thare organize a Primary association Clara Buyse as Pres I dismiss the meeting in the afternoon went to Charleston Meeting house and Mallissia Murdock was put in a Pres over the Relief Society and Ester Dablin was Pres over the Primary association Mon 8 went to wallsburgh met with the Relief Society in the afternoon organize a Primary association Sister Glen was chosen a President come home Sister E R Snow and Sister E B Wells came home with me and found Sister [Rhoda or her mother Ann Coope] Harvey there Tus 9 went to Provo stop to Mr Sister Smoots⁶¹ got dinner then Sister E R Snow and E B Wells got on the train for home we went to Springvill stop to Mary Crandell Wed 10 seen Bro and Sister Rollens then went to Jane Crandell for dinner then came to Provo stop to Bro Paxmen all night Thu 11 went to the factory got Some cloth there got dinner then came home all well Fri 12 went to Society Meeting had a good Meeting Sat 13 at home Geo went to Midway

Sun 14 went to meeting Sister Taylor came home with ous Mon 15 went to wallsburgh to trade went to Sister Clifton to dinner Tus 16 at home Geo went to Midway Ethan went to the canyon Wed 17 at home Thu 18 at home Fri 19 at home Sat 20 at home

Sun 21 went to meeting Mon 22 at home Ethan went to the Canyon Tus 23 went to Sister Taylor to a quiltting Wed 24 at home Bro Dablin and a pedler by the name of Mr Plant came Thu 25 at home a fruit pedler by the name of Mr Pace came and stop all night Fri 26 went to a Society quilting Sat 27 went to wallsburgh

Sun 28 went to meeting Mon 29 went to Bro Buyes Geo went to Heber Tus 30 at home

Notes

1. William Wright and his wife Mary Jane Baum Wright were on the records of the Charleston Ward in 1884. Margaret (Maggy) Wright was a daughter of William and of Jemmima Dands Wright, who had died in 1871. William Thomas (the “Billy” mentioned later in the journal) was the oldest child of the family, of the same generation as Isaac and Ethan Leonard Brown. Membership Records, Charleston Ward, 1884, Archives Division, Historical Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City (hereafter cited as LDS Church Archives); William James Mortimer, comp. and ed., How Beautiful upon the Mountains: A Centennial History of Wasatch County (n.p.: Wasatch County Chapter Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1963), 1042.

2. Enoch Richens was married to Fanny Boardman Richens and Susannah Bird Richens. Membership Records, Charleston Ward, LDS Church Archives. In 1877, Charleston was organized as a ward with Enoch Richens as one of the counselors to Bishop N. C. Murdock. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 1003. Fanny Richens served in the Charleston Ward Relief Society presidency with Emma Brown. Carlie C. Tidwell, “Brief Sketch of Wasatch Stake Relief Society from Its Organization June 7, 1869 to June 7, 1915,” LDS Church Archives.

3. Maria McRae had served with Emma Brown in the Charleston Ward Relief Society from 1873 to 1877, when she moved to Arizona. Tidwell, “Brief Sketch.”

4. The Murdock clan was prominent in Heber Valley. Nymphus Coridon Murdock helped organize a cooperative store in Charleston; starting in 1877, he served as bishop there for fourteen years. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church, 4 vols. (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901–36), 3:174. In 1879 his first wife, Melissa Barney Murdock, was a first counselor to Emma Brown, who was president of the Charleston Relief Society. Tidwell, “Brief Sketch.”

5. The 1884 membership records for Charleston Ward record a Sadie Bagley, daughter of William H. and Hannah Burnes Bagley. When Sadie died on January 10, she would have been eleven months old.

6. This couple were the first settlers in “Buysville,” and the ones for whom it was named. Other settlers Emma Brown knew in Buysville included the William Bromley family, the Wings, Thackers, Bancrofts, and Wahlquists. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 863. Buysville was still a part of the Charleston Ward at the time of this journal.

7. Richard Camp and Sarah Jane Glenn Camp lived in Wallsburg. In 1879, Sarah Glenn was secretary and assistant counselor of the Wallsburg Ward Relief Society. Wallsburg Ward Relief Society Minutes, LDS Church Archives. Richard Camp was made president of the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association (YMMIA) in 1877–78. John C. Calderwood, “History of the Wallsburgh [sic] Ward, Wasatch Stake,” LDS Church Archives.

8. John Watkins was the head of a large family in Midway and first counselor to the bishop from 1877 until 1893, when he himself was appointed bishop. He had presided over the Charleston Branch earlier, which fact may in some part explain Emma Brown’s acquaintance with his family. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 681–82.

9. Mr. Gammett is not otherwise identified; however, Emma Brown later mentions stopping at Mr. Gammett’s place on the way to Battle Creek.

10. This appointment is curious since several other records agree that Emma Brown became Relief Society president in Charleston in 1874. Since the ward was first organized as such in 1877 with N. C. Murdock as bishop, perhaps this appointment constitutes an official organization of the Relief Society within the Charleston Ward even though the Relief Society had been organized in Charleston since 1870.

11. Evidently John Brown was not related to George Washington Brown and Emma Lorena Brown. He claimed farming land around Charleston and taught school there. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 994, 1008.

12. Abram Hatch, considered “the foremost man in the county” in 1893 (Orson F. Whitney, History of Utah, 4 vols. [Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon and Sons, 1892–1904], 2:24), was stake president; Thomas Huskinson Giles was his first counselor. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia 4:660.

13. Jane Maria Capener Taylor is often mentioned in this journal, as the mother of Sarah Elizabeth (“Lizza”) Hanks and as the ex-wife of Ephraim Knowlton Hanks. At the time of this journal, she was the wife of Joseph E. Taylor, one of the original settlers of Charleston. Charleston Ward Membership Records, LDS Church Archives. She became first counselor in the Charleston Relief Society in 1879. Tidwell, “Brief Sketch,” LDS Church Archives.

14. John Watkins was married to Margaret Ackhurst, Harriet Steele, and Mary Ann Sawyer, all of whom lived in one house with their families. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 680–81.

15. These visitors are Finity Daybell and Mary Draper; William Daybell, their son; and Annie Price, his wife.

16. George Smith and Hannah Turner, his wife, lived in Charleston at this time. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 482.

17. Agnes McGhie, wife of William McGhie, was treasurer in the Charleston Relief Society at this time. Tidwell, “Brief Sketch.”

18. Sarah McAffee Ritchie, married to John Ritchie, lived in Charleston. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 1034.

19. The number of bushels is very faint and may read either 2 or 3.

20. George E. Simmons was a high priest and seventy, which may explain Emma’s use of “Pr[esident]” with him. Mary Jane Simmons, his daughter (here age fifteen), could be the Mary Ann in the next sentence. Charleston Ward Membership Records, LDS Church Archives.

21. Jannetta Rhoads is named as a member of the Heber Ward Relief Society in an 1872 list, so this couple was probably living in Heber.

22. This may be Margaret Abpnalp of the Midway Ward Relief Society. Midway Ward Relief Society Minutes, 1877 list of members, LDS Church Archives.

23. One of the Relief Society sisters, Emma Trotman, acted as secretary in Charleston jointly with Sina Brown, Emma’s daughter-in-law, at least from May 1878 to January 1879, since she is named as secretary in two reports of the Charleston Relief Society that were published in Woman’s Exponent 7 (February 1, 1879): 189.

24. George Dabling was married to Esther Richman Dabling and they lived in Wallsburg, where Esther was a member of the Relief Society. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 647; Wallsburg Ward Relief Society Minutes, LDS Church Archives.

25. Charles Shelton was the founder of Charleston and the man after whom it was named. When he returned from a mission in 1869, he moved to Heber. His wife was Susan Jane Wilkins. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 478–79.

26. This is the same person as Emma Trotman, above (n. 23).

27. Rumill cannot be identified at present, but he (and his boys) may be related to Sallie Rumell of Salt Lake City, who is mentioned later in the journal on April 6, 1879.

28. Charles Franklin Decker lived in Salt Lake City and was related through marriage to Brigham Young. Ethan Leonard, Emma Brown’s son, tells in his life history of living “across the Provo river south with Ike Decker” around 1860. Delight Decker, the sixth wife of Isaac Decker, was the neighbor of Emma and George Brown. FamilySearch, Personal Ancestral File (PAF), version 2.20, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1987, 1994 (hereafter cited as FamilySearch). Isaac Decker was the father of Charles Decker. Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing, 1913), 56.

29. This entry is very faint; the word appears to be “brother,” in which case it would refer to the residence of Lorenzo Snow.

30. In an undated story probably written years later entitled “Hard Times Again,” Emma Brown relates an experience that occurred on one such outing: the bishop, hearing a rustling behind a bush, mistook a bear for one of his group, “so he commenced to preach to him” and “Mr Bear” came after him. After a series of comical mishaps, the group ate poor Mr. Bear and some of the berries they had gathered; “then they comenced to get sick and they concluded that servis berries and bear meat warent good together.” Photocopy of holograph in possession of DeeAnne Clark Whetten.

31. According to John M. Calderwood’s “History of the Wallsburgh [sic] Ward, Wasatch Stake,” a plague of grasshoppers descended in the following summer (1879) and destroyed all the wheat crop.

32. Ephraim Knowlton Hanks was married to Harriet Amelia Decker and Jane Maria Capener. Among the children of the second marriage were William Albert, mentioned in this entry, and Sarah Elizabeth, later to marry Ethan Leonard Brown. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 1028.

33. That is, dyeing cloth.

34. Junius Free Wells was called in 1875 to organize the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association. Milton H. Hardy accompanied him on their mission of organizing the program in all the wards of the Church. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia 1:714, 2:240.

35. Several Oaks families lived in Heber Valley, all directly related to Hyrum and Sarah Ann Woods Oaks. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 666–67, 883–87. Emma Brown does not clarify which Oaks she has in mind.

36. Here begins a complicated pattern of duplicated entries. With the skip from “Mon 9” to “Mon 12,” Emma Brown goes back and retells, with some variation, the events of August 12–31. With the entry dated “September Sun 1st,” she repeats the events of September 1–9 as recorded above, with minor variations. From the entry dated “Tus 10,” she moves ahead with her narrative.

37. Jake Harris was a store owner in Wallsburg. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 912.

38. “Wright” is written over “come.”

39. Elmina S. Taylor, counselor to Mary Isabella Horne in the Salt Lake Stake Relief Society, was also president of the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association. Jill Mulvay Derr, Janath Russell Cannon, and Maureen Ursenbach Beecher, Women of Covenant: The Story of Relief Society (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992), 120, 122.

40. Snyderville was a small settlement near present-day Park City, well situated as a halfway point on the road to Salt Lake City.

41. “&” is written over “and.”

42. When Emma Brown names men who come to her home as “teachers,” she makes reference to visits from church men in the forerunner of the modern LDS “home teaching.”

43. Probably refers to Jane Freeman, wife of William Eaton Horner, or to Amanda Jane Smith, her daughter-in-law. FamilySearch.

44. Samuel McAffee had a young family and lived in Charleston with his wife Ann Campbell Baird McAffee. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 1077.

45. William Jasper Boren Sr. and Lucina Mecham Boren moved to Wallsburg in 1864. Emma Brown is said to have taken the butter Lucina Boren made and to have sold it in Salt Lake City for her. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 926–27.

46. The writing is blurred, so the reading of this word is a guess.

47. Woman’s Exponent 7 (February 1, 1879): 189 reports: “A Mass Meeting of the ladies of Charleston was held in the Meeting House Jan. 6, 1879. Mrs. Mary Daybell called the meeting to order, and moved that Mrs. Emma Brown preside; the motion was carried and Mrs. Emma Trotman was chosen Secretary. After singing and prayer Pres. E. Brown explained the object of the meeting, and stated that as the Gentile ladies of Salt Lake City had got up a petition to abolish polygamy, we, as sisters believing in plural marriage, wish to oppose them. Many of the sisters expressed their feelings, and all felt to uphold and sustain the principle of plural marriage.”

48. William Forman was bishop of the Heber West Ward, 1877–84. Andrew Jenson, Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing, 1941), 329. Catherine, his wife, was the Relief Society president of the same ward. In 1877, John Crook was made one of the high councillors of the stake as well as first counselor to Bishop Forman. Wasatch Stake Historical Notes, LDS Church Archives.

49. The neighbors of William Wright relied on his medical expertise, although he was never trained as a physician. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 1042.

50. William Bromley and Sarah Bullimore Bromley lived in Charleston. Their children were Celestia Clarissa, Amanda, and Benjamin. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 862.

51. The corner of the original page is turned down in the copy, so one word is illegible.

52. Eliza McCullun Sabey, wife of James Sabey, lived in Charleston and Wallsburg. Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men, 1146.

53. The only doctor in the area named Young was Seymour Bicknell Young, a trained physician practicing in Salt Lake City. Perhaps he is the doctor to whom she refers. See Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia 1:200–202.

54. Unlike other lacunae of a week or more, this one cannot be explained by a missing page, at least according to Emma’s own pagination.

55. Amy and Elvira Wing were twin daughters of Samuel Joseph Wing and Elizabeth Jane Wright. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 501.

56. Perhaps Emma Lorena is referring to William Capener, father of Jane Capener Hanks Taylor and grandfather of Elizabeth Hanks. In 1885 he and Sam, his son, came to help build a home for Ethan Leonard and Elizabeth Hanks Brown. Ethan Leonard Brown, “Life History of Ethan Leonard Brown,” as told to Reta Brown Clark, typescript, n.d., in possession of DeeAnne Clark Whetten.

57. This is Sarah Elizabeth Hanks, who would marry Ethan Leonard Brown on October 27, 1880.

58. Cannot be identified at present.

59. George Dabling was sixteen years old in 1879. He later married Ada Glenn. Mortimer, How Beautiful, 931.

60. Mary Ellen Foster married Benjamin Cluff in 1854, and they lived in Center Creek; Rhoda Elizabeth Harvey was married two weeks after this entry (September 21, 1879) to Joseph Foster. FamilySearch; family information in possession of Maureen Ursenbach Beecher.

61. This and the following entry contain names of several Utah Valley acquaintances, including Margaret Thompson McMeans Smoot, president of the Utah Stake Relief Society.