National election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J. Tilden (outcome determined after the Compromise of 1877).
Day in the Life
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]
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Woodruff, Beulah Augusta Beatie
19 Jul 1851 - 13 Jan 1905
261 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Brigham Young, b. 1857
18 Jan 1857 - 16 Jun 1877
63 mentions
Family
Frisbie, Elizabeth Woodruff
27 Sep 1775 - 9 Feb 1806
16 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1027 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Sarah Delight Stocking
26 Jun 1838 - 28 May 1906
173 mentions
Family
Events
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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.