Wilford is dying; gives family final instructions on funeral and disposition of belongings.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 15, 1859 ~ Thursday
145th I spent the day in the office examining corresponding
letters. I called upon President Young in the evening the
subject was brought up of cold weather and freezeing
He said He said on the cold Friday in 1814 He choped timber
all day for Browse. He froze his feet vary bad. He put them
in cold water but He had always been troubled with
the chilsl Blains untill 1835. He was at Sister Brewers
in Boston. He there went & stood with his bare feet
upon the stone hearth whare there was a fire
and poured viniegar upon heris feet which boiled untill
his feet was almost boiled this cured the Chill Blai-
ns and he never was troubled with it since. we were
informed that a young man froze to death in Cash valley
on Monday
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3459 mentions
Apostle, Family
1 mention
Brewer, Martha Livermore
1755-unk.
1 mention
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