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Day in the Life

Jan 9, 1877

Journal Entry

January 09, 1877 ~ Tuesday

9. [FIGURES] This is the day that the first ordinances of the Endowments
for the dead was performed in the Temple of God in St George at 12
oclok President Brigham Young being present we commenced to
Baptized fore the dead W. Woodruff Baptized the first 141 persons
and confirmed the first persons President Young laying on hands at the
same time. John L Smith Baptized the next 83 person making 224
Baptized on this day. John D T. Mcallister confirmed 44 A. H Raleigh
15 H. W. Bigler 124 Erastus Snow 20. Susie Amelia Young Dunford
was the first Baptized & confirmed By W Woodruff

People

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Raleigh, Alonzo Hazeltine
7 Nov 1818 - 13 May 1901
75 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
641 mentions
Apostle
Bigler, Henry William
28 Aug 1815 - 27 Nov 1900
20 mentions
McAllister, John Daniel Thompson
19 Feb 1827 - 21 Jan 1910
599 mentions
Missionary
40 mentions
53 mentions

Places

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St. George Temple, St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory
St. George, Washington County, Utah Territory

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 9, 1877