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Day in the Life
Journal Entry
January 25, 1877 ~ Thursday
25. I spent the day at the Temple we gave Endowments to 65 persons
we ordained 33 Elders W Woodruff ordained 12 Elders sealed 6 couple
E Snow sealed 17 couple (W. Woodruff gave Nathan ^C^ Tinney and&
wife their second Anointing) Presided in the Temple and officiated
as El and E Snow Y.E. & David Cannon as Mik
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296 mentions
Scriptural Figure
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
165 mentions
Missionary
Snow, Erastus
9 Nov 1818 - 27 May 1888
699 mentions
Apostle
Tenney, Nathan Cram
28 Jul 1817 - 24 Jun 1882
9 mentions
Tenney, Olive Strong
18 Feb 1819 - 20 Jan 1881
5 mentions
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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.
Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th President of 38 United States.
Wilford sealed to Eudora Lovina Young by her father Brigham Young.
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.
Wilford administered first adoptions (two couples to Brigham Young) in St. George Temple.