Wilford moves to St. George to assist in readying temple for dedication.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 30, 1876 ~ Saturday
Events
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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.
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.