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Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 18, 1877 ~ Thursday
18 I spent the day at the Temple I ordained 3 Elders and assisted
in ordaining 4 more. we gave Endowments to for the dead I ordained
2 Elders for the Living & laid hands upon 4 more. We gave Endowments
[to] 43. W. Woodruff sealed 1, E Snow sealed 24 couple
I wrote 1 Letter to A. O. Smoot. We received the Jan
13 No of the News containing the account of the Dedication of the
Temple
I received 3 letters from Phebe, Brigham, & Emeline. we
ordained 8 Elders for the dead W Woodruff ordain 3, gave Endowment to
18 for the dead 1 for the living, B. Young Jr sealed 12 for the dead
People
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Smoot, Abraham Owen
17 Feb 1815 - 6 Mar 1895
584 mentions
1835 Southern Convert
Young, Brigham (Jr.)
18 Dec 1836 - 11 Apr 1903
586 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Brigham Young, b. 1857
18 Jan 1857 - 16 Jun 1877
63 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emeline Burrows
26 Jul 1863 - 25 May 1915
58 mentions
Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
698 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
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First baptism for the dead administered in St. George Temple font.
First proxy endowments administered in this dispensation in St. George Temple.
First proxy sealings and first sealings and endowments for the living in St. George Temple.
Brigham Young asks Wilford and others to write out the temple ceremonies.
Wilford administers second anointing to the first couple in the St. George Temple.
Wilford administers second anointing by proxy for the first time in the St. George Temple.
Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his deceased female relatives.
Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th President of 38 United States.
Wilford sealed to Eudora Lovina Young by her father Brigham Young.