Wilford moves to St. George to assist in readying temple for dedication.
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Jackson, Caroline Perkins Joyce
1825-1876
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Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
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Dame, William Horne
15 Jul 1819 - 16 Aug 1884
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National election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden (outcome determined after the Compromise of 1877).
Wilford, L. John Nuttall and John D. T. McAllister begin writing down the temple ceremony.
Church membership reaches 115,065.
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.