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Day in the Life

Jan 2, 1877

Journal Entry

January 02, 1877 ~ Tuesday

Jan 2, 1877 [FIGURES] I received 2 letters from Phebe and Brigham
and I wrote 2 to Phebe W Woodruff and Emma I sent two
Boxes one to Mrs P W Woodruff containing packages of raisins
to Phebe, Bulah & her children, and Brigham and one Box
to Emma with packages to Emma & her children & to
Delight and Elizabeth Woodruff & Sister [Hulse]

People

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Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
248 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Brigham Young, b. 1857
18 Jan 1857 - 16 Jun 1877
60 mentions
Family
Frisbie, Elizabeth Woodruff
27 Sep 1775 - 9 Feb 1806
16 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
875 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1546 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Delight Stocking
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
168 mentions
Family

Events

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1877
Church membership reaches 115,065.
February 23, 1877
Wilford receives revelation authorizing proxy ordinances for his family by non-relatives.
March 1, 1877
In honor of Wilford's 70th birthday, 154 women serve as proxies in ordinances for his deceased female relatives.

Jan 2, 1877