November 13, 1876 Wilford, L. John Nuttall and John D. T. McAllister begin writing down the temple ceremony.
January 11, 1877 First proxy sealings and first sealings and endowments for the living in St. George Temple.
February 7, 1877 Wilford administers second anointing by proxy for the first time in the St. George Temple.
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.