Day in the Life

Jan 19, 1877

Journal Entry

January 19, 1877 ~ Friday

19. Endowments given 1 for the Living, 18 for the dead, Ordained 7 Elders
for the dead, 1 for the living, W Woodruff ordained 3. B Young sealed 12 co
A hand pointing to the right A folded letter/box I received 3 letters from Emma & Nelly I wrote 9 letters
2 to Phebe 2 to Emma 1 to Brigham to Asahel, Nellie, Clara, Owen,
& Blanch, {Emma [illegible shorthand]}. Held a prayer meeting at McDonalds a good Meeting

People

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Woodruff, Abraham Owen
23 Nov 1872 - 20 Jul 1904
616 mentions
Apostle, Family, Missionary
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
693 mentions
Family
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
Apostle, Family
Woodruff, Brigham Young, b. 1857
18 Jan 1857 - 16 Jun 1877
63 mentions
Family
Beebe, Clara Martisha Woodruff
23 Jul 1868 - 29 Dec 1927
413 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Manella
4 Jul 1860 - 30 Nov 1905
242 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1002 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
Daynes, Winnifred Blanche Woodruff
9 Apr 1876 - 2 Apr 1954
276 mentions
Family

Events

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Church membership reaches 115,065.
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.

Jan 19, 1877