Day in the Life
Journal Entry
February 07, 1877 ~ Wednesday
Feb 7, 1877
I spent the day in the Temple W Woodruff gave second
Anointing to (Josiah ^Guile^ Hardy and his wife Ann Dunston Hardy)
(Matthew Clayton) (Elizabeth Graham Macdonald for and
in behalf of Sarah Johnson Macdonald, & Fanny Vancott
Macdonald Anointed to Allexander Findley Macdonald)
H. W. Bigler held the Horn J L Nuttall Recorder we
baptized 386 for the dead John L Smith Baptized, D H Cannon
confirmed 185, A. H. Raleigh 61, H. W. Bigler 77, D. D. McArthur 63.
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MacDonald, Alexander Findlay
1825-1903
136 mentions
Raleigh, Alonzo Hazeltine
7 Nov 1818 - 13 May 1901
77 mentions
5 mentions
McArthur, Daniel Duncan
8 Apr 1820 - 3 Jun 1908
93 mentions
Missionary
Cannon, David Henry
23 Apr 1838 - 24 Dec 1924
164 mentions
Missionary
MacDonald, Elizabeth Graham
1831-1917
2 mentions
MacDonald, Fanny Vancott Macdonald
1850-1930
1 mention
Bigler, Henry William
28 Aug 1815 - 27 Nov 1900
22 mentions
Smith, John Lyman
17 Nov 1828 - 21 Feb 1898
42 mentions
Hardy, Josiah Gile
1813-1894
45 mentions
Nuttall, Leonard John
6 Jul 1834 - 23 Feb 1905
428 mentions
Clayton, Matthew
1805-1885
2 mentions
1 mention
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Church membership reaches 115,065.
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.
Wilford's wife Phebe, and children Wilford Jr., Beulah and Phoebe Amelia arrive in St. George to serve in temple.
First time Wilford ever served as proxy in endowment when he completed endowment for "Prophet" Robert Mason.
General Conference held in completed St. George Temple, dedication of entire temple.