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Day in the Life

Jan 24, 1877

Journal Entry

January 24, 1877 ~ Wednesday

24. I spent the day at the Temple thank God for the privilege we bapti-
zed 251 for the dead A H Raleigh confirmed 105 H W Bigler 55
David H Cannon 101, W Woodruff 3. I wrote 5 letters to
[FIGURE] Phebe A Snow Leslie, Orion, Milton, & Flossy Snow I wrote
a letter to G. Q. Cannon I called upon President Young a short time
then went to the 4th ward school House, and spoke a short time

People

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Raleigh, Alonzo Hazeltine
7 Nov 1818 - 13 May 1901
75 mentions
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
141 mentions
Missionary
1966 mentions
Apostle
Bigler, Henry William
28 Aug 1815 - 27 Nov 1900
20 mentions
Snow, Leslie Woodruff
6 Feb 1862 - 28 Nov 1935
175 mentions
Family
Snow, Milton Woodruff
7 Feb 1868 - 24 Jan 1943
24 mentions
Family
Snow, Orion Woodruff
7 Sep 1866 - 7 Mar 1939
52 mentions
Family
33 mentions
Family
Woodruff, Phoebe Amelia Snow
4 Mar 1842 - 15 Feb 1919
333 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.
March 21, 1877
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.

Jan 24, 1877