Wilford Woodruff reports in his journal for July 28, 1844, that Lyman Wight was told by Joseph that, while in Carthage Jail, "he should not live to see forty years."

Date
Jul 28, 1844
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Wilford Woodruff
LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
2nd Hand
Reference

Wilford Woodruff, Journal, July 28, 1844, The Wilford Woodruff Papers website, accessed July 25, 2024

Scribe/Publisher
Wilford Woodruff
People
Lyman Wight, Wilford Woodruff
Audience
N/A
Transcription

He informed me that Joseph told him while they were in Jeal that he should not live to see forty years but told him not to reveal it untill he was dead. Br Wight as well as the rest of us feels his death deeply

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