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Day in the Life

Feb 6, 1877

Journal Entry

February 06, 1877 ~ Tuesday

6 [FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder John Taylor I spent the day in
the Temple we Baptized 315 for the dead A. P. Windsosor Baptized D P.
Cannon confirmed 162 A H Raleigh 65 W Woodruff 57. all
of the Hardy family H W Bigler 31, L J Nuttall recorder at the font

People

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Raleigh, Alonzo Hazeltine
7 Nov 1818 - 13 May 1901
75 mentions
11 mentions
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
141 mentions
Missionary
Bigler, Henry William
28 Aug 1815 - 27 Nov 1900
20 mentions
Taylor, John, b. 1808
1 Nov 1808 - 25 Jul 1887
1835 mentions
Apostle
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
397 mentions

Places

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St. George Temple, 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.
March 21, 1877
Wilford and others finished writing down the ceremonies and temple procedures.

Feb 6, 1877